As we are touched by the feminine and are able to step outside of our traps of rationality, efficiency, and “things that have to be done,” we become more open to our innate wisdom. An awareness of our innate wisdom helps us understand the language of love, the mystical, art and poetry—the language of symbolism, metaphor, meaning, eternity, and, most of all, the real language of stories.
Personal Transformation
Where Love Begins
Bud and Massimilla HarrisFacing the Death Mother: Remembrance of Things Lost
Bud and Massimilla HarrisThe Death Mother Archetype and Lost Femininity
Bud and Massimilla HarrisMany of my female analysands painfully confess that they no longer have an idea of what it is to be feminine. Over twenty-five years ago, the Jungian analyst June Singer, in an article titled “The Sadness of the Successful Woman,” said that she believed that such women are suffering from a particular form of depression: They are mourning for their lost femininity.
Welcome to Reflections from the Heart of the Feminine
Bud and Massimilla HarrisWe want to invite you (men and women) into the adventure of restoring and revitalizing the eternal feminine into our lives and culture. To help you along we will be publishing a new blog series based on an expanded and updated version of the Study Guide for Into the Heart of the Feminine. This study guide series can be done in a discussion group setting, or individually through journaling.
The Journey into Wholeness
Bud and Massimilla HarrisDear 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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Hope for the New Year Depends Upon Our Own Resolution
Bud and Massimilla HarrisAt 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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What is a Psychological Complex?
Dr. Bud HarrisThe 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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Two Paths to Knowing Our Shadows
Dr. Bud HarrisThe following is an excerpt from my book Becoming Whole: A Jungian Guide to Individuation. There are two primary paths that we can follow in looking for our shadows. The first one is in dreams. Figures who are the same …
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Sacred Selfishness Lecture Video
Dr. Bud HarrisI define Sacred Selfishness as valuing ourselves enough to develop into “authentic” human beings who give back vitality and hope to the people around us. It is acquiring what Emerson refers to as “character—a reserved force which acts directly by …
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