by Lisa Marchiano | Jun 18, 2026 | Archetypal, Personal Issues, Relationships
A father who is absent – whether due to untimely death, a demanding job, family breakup, or simply an inability to step up and meet his children’s needs – may deprive his children of the emotional bedrock they require. They can...
by Lisa Marchiano | Jun 11, 2026 | Archetypal, Fairytales, Guests
Merlin, the mythical prophet, magician, and kingmaker of medieval legend, has lived in the Western imagination for centuries. Arthurian legend gives us more than the idealized government of the Round Table and the hero’s valiant quest for the Holy...
by Lisa Marchiano | May 29, 2026 | Archetypal, Personal Issues
In this episode Jungian analysts Lisa Marchiano and Deborah Stewart explore Erich Neumann’s The Great Mother and his and Jung’s concept of the unconscious as devouring mother. Every archetype has a dual aspect: light and dark, and ‘mother’ as...
by Lisa Marchiano | May 21, 2026 | Archetypal, Core Jungian Concepts, History & Development of Analytical Psychology, Relationships
In this final episode of our series on Jungian alchemy, we explore coniunctio, the union of opposites that gives rise to new wholeness. There are many ways in which we might encounter coniunctio in outer life. We might fall in love, form a...
by Lisa Marchiano | Apr 16, 2026 | Archetypal
AUDIO The labyrinth is a powerful metaphor for psychological development and the path of individuation. “But the right way to wholeness is made up, unfortunately, of fateful detours and wrong turnings. It is the longissima via [longest path], not straight but...
