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Archive for November, 2008

Of UFOs and Rainbows

A couple nights ago I had this dream:
My husband in “conscious life” and I are traveling down a two-lane highway. He is driving and I am in the passenger seat beside him.  The road ahead is smooth and flat.  The surrounding landscape is covered with short, clumpy grass and dirt, like you’d find out West.  The sky is [...]

Movie Landscape Mirrors 007’s Mood

On Saturday night, I saw the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace.  As I watched Bond grapple with his grief at loosing his lover Valenka (she died in Casino Royale), I was impressed by how the movie’s creators chose landscapes that mirrored Bond’s emotional state.
As Jungian analyst Marie Louis Von-Franz states in Man and His [...]

The Sum of a President Elect: 4+4=8

Late last night, we Americans elected our next president.  But in some ways, Barack Obama is our first president because he has the greatest potential to be a true president of all the people.  His bi-racial heritage makes him a living, breathing example of the melting pot demographic we have always — at least theoretically – held dear.  Obama’s upbringing and adult experiences have given [...]

Cars get us where we want to go — or do they?

Earlier this week, I had the following dream:
I am outside, looking down at a woman who is kneeling on the ground.  A young man, a murderer, takes a chain saw and chops off her head.  I see the bloody stump and can’t believe he actually did it. Two women are now with me and I [...]