Tag: fiction
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What Makes a Hunter – Lessons from Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda (1/2)

There are many ways of knowing the world, interacting with it, and participating in it. On his way to understanding sorcery and “separate realities”, Castaneda learns to understand the ways of the hunter and warrior. This book and its lessons are for anyone interacting with the hidden realities and forces of nature; the people who listen…
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i went to the tea shop

I went to that tea shop today, the one I’ve been wanting to visit. The man at the counter was really friendly, but they didn’t have the drink I had spent the last 20 minutes planning to order. Yelp didn’t tell me they were out of hibiscus today. I ask about the substitute, but I don’t…
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The Symbolic World of Wonderland: Alice’s Journey of Initiation and Individuation – An Esoteric Analysis of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”

Alice’s journey through Wonderland is an ancient rite of initiation and the Jungian process of individuation—complete with symbolic death, descent into chaos, confrontation with the shadow, and ultimate rebirth. Through a symbolic lens, Wonderland reveals itself as an initiatory underground forest, preparing its novice for the reclamation of Self and Psyche.
