“There may be no Self, but the Self is a useful fiction which helps us find an Archimedean point, a stance outside that of the ego, from which to question all other points. Making fictions consciously is sanity and pragmatism; making fictions unconsciously, and being captivated by them, is madness. Such madness is common to [...]
Archive for the ‘Mid-life Crisis’ Category
“Creating a life: Finding Your Individual Path” by James Hollis
Posted in Jungian Psychology, Mid-life Crisis on July 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife” by James Hollis
Posted in Jungian Psychology, Mid-life Crisis on May 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Romance feeds on the distant, the imagined, the projected; marriage sups the common gruel of propinquity, ubiquity and commonality.”
“Living with another person on a daily basis automatically wears away projections. This person to whom one has delivered one’s soul, to whom one has opened up in intimacy, turns out to be only a mortal [...]
