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The Philosophers Secret Fire - A history of the imagination by Patrick Harpur
Imagination is the ground of reality. What a treasure trove this book is. "It must be understood that Imagination in the poetic,...
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2 days ago1 min read


In Search of the Mythic and Magical in Devon & Cornwall
Last week I visited the west country, during a spell of unusually prolonged warm and sunny weather for the British Isles during spring....
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4 days ago5 min read


Differences between Psychotherapy and Mentoring / Coaching.
I offer both Art Psychotherapy, and Mentoring / Coaching sessions. There are many similarities and overlaps, for a start, in all my work...
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May 81 min read


The Smell Of Rain On Dust - Grief and Praise, by MartÃn Prechtel.
"If there is ever to be any real peace on earth, all people need to relearn and reestablish the now diminished and hidden arts of Grief...
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May 62 min read


Crossing The Unknown Sea - Work As A Pilgrimage Of Identity, David Whyte
As you can see from the condition of this book, it has lived a life. A sign of its importance to me during the past decade, and no doubt...
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May 54 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,...
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May 32 min read


Alchemy & Mysticism - A journey through art
I love this Taschen volume. I see in these pages evidence that even when partly instructional or diagrammatic, to approach the opus...
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Apr 241 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...
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Apr 235 min read


David Whyte and the inner fire of creativity.
...in a world that is more often than not associated with a harsh and destructive bottom line." It's scary stuff! The Soul cares not for...
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Apr 222 min read


Walking your path. The lifelong journey of becoming who you are. Transforming your life journey in Psychotherapy and Mentoring.
"Traveller there is no path. The path is made by walking." We might hear this excerpt from a poem by Antonio Machado in relation to...
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Apr 162 min read


Adam Phillips - Attention Seeking. Curiosity in therapy and art.
"If explanation is the self-cure for curiosity, we have a lot of explaining to stop doing; if desire is the refuge from wide-angled...
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Apr 153 min read


"James Hillman was an artist of psychology."
This is the opening sentence of Thomas Moore's prologue. I thought that this book would make a good first post as I begin to describe...
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Apr 102 min read


Carl Jung on the permeability of Psyche
In this quote Jung is describing his experience of the tower he constructed at Bollingen on the shore of lake Zurich. This suggests that...
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Apr 92 min read


Carl Jung - Modern Man in Search of a Soul
The first time I encountered the work of Carl Jung was when I plucked this volume from the shelves of a bookshop sometime during my...
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Apr 92 min read


In Celebration Of Cecil Collins
"Images arise from the fountainhead of human life--the heart, the solar centre from ancient memories in the blood, and from the polarity...
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Apr 82 min read


Soul-oriented online Mentoring & Coaching
An introduction to Soul-oriented Mentoring & Coaching. One to one online sessions. Art | Spirituality | Work & Purpose | Nature & Psyche.
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Jan 286 min read


Studio Update | Recent ramble | Inspirations
You can read the Numinous Landscape newsletter in its original form here . If you would like to receive future dispatches by email please...
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Jan 273 min read


New Work On Paper
A group of ink, pastel, and graphite images are now available. Click the image below to visit the webshop, or click here for details of...
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Dec 1, 20241 min read


Royal West Of England Academy RWA Annual Exhibition, Bristol
'The Unquiet Land' has been selected for this year's exhibition. Click the image above for further details on the RWA annual exhibition...
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Sep 9, 20241 min read


Paintings at Gallery 57, Newport
In the center of Newport you will find this gallery specialising in visual art and crafts, made predominantly by artists living in the...
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Sep 9, 20241 min read
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