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Ithell Colquhoun: Art, Magic, and The Living Landscape
Ithell Colquhoun’s work stands at the crossroads of art, magic, and social reform. Rooted in landscape, myth, and the living intelligence of matter, her paintings and writings speak powerfully to contemporary longings for depth, enchantment, and ecological relationship.
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Dec 14, 20256 min read


50th Anniversary of Re-Visioning Psychology by James Hillman
Fifty years after James Hillman published Re Visioning Psychology, his work remains vivid, challenging, and creatively alive. This article explores Hillman’s life, ideas, and contributions to archetypal psychology, with reflections on image, soul, dreams, imagination, and the deep ecological and cultural themes that shaped his vision.
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Dec 5, 202513 min read


The Philosophers' Secret Fire by Patrick Harpur: Imagination, Myth and the Psyche
Patrick Harpur's The Philosopher's Secret Fire explores a forgotten understanding of imagination. Not fantasy or invention, but a living realm where myth, psyche, and world meet. This article reflects on imagination in psychotherapy, creative practice, and the imaginal dimension of reality.
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May 13, 20257 min read


Lost Knowledge Of The Imagination - Gary Lachman
Important writing on imagination, by Gary Lachman . This book describes the various ways in which imagination has been (mis)understood, charting the story of its neglect in Western culture, and the figures that sought to preserve and live by this particular 'way of knowing.' "..it is the source and medium of our other way of knowing. It shows us aspects and dimensions of reality that we would miss without it .... While it can be used for fantasy, illusion, make-believe, and e
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May 3, 20252 min read


Act And Image - The Emergence Of Symbolic Imagination, Warren Colman
An exploration of material becoming living presence in the art object. Jungian Analyst Warren Colman explores the formation of Archetypes as derived from human engagement with their social and material environment. This is a phenomenological approach which sees psychic life as emergent from embodied action in the world, in contrast to a classical Jungian perspective which would view archetypes as pre-existent, either 'inborn' biologically, or metaphysically a priori . As I
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Apr 23, 20255 min read
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