The Newsweek article “A New Theory of PTSD and Veterans: Moral Injury” was probably the best article I ever read about PTSD – besides Shay’s Achilles in Vietnam. Yes most important factors may very well be moral injury, traumatic events and being betrayed by leadership. But, there is more – ethical, Jungian depth psychological and political circumstances: Villains don’t … Continue reading
In the sixteenth century, the time of Johannes Kepler, fields such as alchemy, astrology, and harmonics were considered important subjects eyed suspiciously by theology which overtook metaphysics. Narrowed down to chemistry, astronomy and (some) art and a materialistic positivism, C.G. Jung gave us back an holistic and spiritual view very compatible with Kepler’s religious motivated … Continue reading
It is Christmas time. Besides the shopping season and Biedermeier family season, this time is a colorful, light-rich spectacle and tourists from all over the world come year after year to Europe, to look at this drive from nearby. They are thrilled by ginger, roasted almonds and the mulled wine. Even we go impressed by the atmosphere on this … Continue reading
Newsweek run an excellent piece about the cultural implication of the Petraeus scandal, with which I largely agree. However, modern technology is not the main culprit nor is it really a privacy issue. Think of Seneca, Wallenstein, Petraeus, DSK, J. Assange and others . There is a recognizable pattern here. All of them were not destroyed by Gods, but by powers … Continue reading
Todays answer to aging of medicine, psychology and sociology (or the happy union of postmodern and materialistic society) is contrary to common sense and spiritual void: Accept to be incomplete and fragmentary and the own life – regardless of the question how incomplete, unsuccessful void it has been. Consume if you have money, don’t bother us if you don’t. To the contrary C. G. … Continue reading
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