When I was a child my mother began a slow journey with cancer. Her journey ended when I was fourteen years old. That was when I learned that the price of love was grief. It was love’s absence that finally …
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Reflections on Our Need for Unity (A Wake-Up Call to the White Middle Class) Centuries ago, an old story tells us, a proverbial wise man from the East implored his deity to spare him from living in interesting times. …
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We must courageously look in the mirror, examine our own shadows, and begin living more vigilantly and realistically. A realistic outlook will remind us that there never is a permanent happy ending to life’s stories, and there never was a so-called golden age of greatness and smooth sailing in our past. It is far better for us to remember that it is our courage, our awareness, and the living and evolving manner in which we face our challenges that are more important than dreaming of wishful happy endings and positive outcomes.
Dear Readers, Over the years of my writing career this book has been one of my favorites. In fact I’ve read it over many times and even though I wrote it, it still generates new ideas, new understandings and I …
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Dr. Bud Harris is one of the most prolific Jungian authors for our time. He has authored and co-authored 16 books, and has been in the field of Jungian psychology for more than 40 years. At 82 years old, …
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Too many people would love for us to lose heart and believe these times are hopeless, that we have no power and therefore little reason to act. Do you remember that our nation began in a time when there …
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Dear Readers, The following is the Introduction to my new book, The Midnight Hour: A Jungian Perspective on America’s Current Pivotal Moment, which will be published in early February, 2020. This is the third edition in which I discuss our …
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At midnight on New Year’s Eve I noticed there were far less fireworks celebrating the arrival of the new year than in the past. On New Year’s Day, a day I like to spend in reflection, I realized that I …
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Why do so many of us insist we need to have military-grade assault weapons? This question has haunted me for decades, and I am surprised that so few on our national scene have asked it. I also wonder why so …
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The following is an excerpt from my book Becoming Whole: A Jungian Guide to Individuation. I think most of us would like to know more about what a complex is, what it does, how we spot it, and then what are …
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