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Mara Schaeffer replied to Robert Vitale's discussion Week #4 Zombies Now in Applied Mythology Certificate Participant Group — March/April 2015
"In other myths, the giants or demons bent on destroying the world appear when the hero, god or avatar appears to do battle and save the world. I was listening to Robert Bly’s “The Human Shadow” last night, and he talks about the shadow of America’s…"
Apr 12, 2015
Mara Schaeffer replied to Marta Koonz Lassow's discussion Week 4 Zombie Apocalypse: Three Possibilities in Applied Mythology Certificate Participant Group — March/April 2015
"The Zombie myth for me expresses the high cultural value the West places on the competitive thinking function rather than the feeling function. To value and actualize the feeling function and place a high value on the importance of compassion and…"
Apr 12, 2015
Mara Schaeffer replied to Depth Alliance Board's discussion Join the Depth Discussion: Making Meaning of Mayhem —Week of August 1, 2013
"A living religion is important in that it supports a rich mythology true to an intuitive understanding of the psychological world of archetypal energies that exist in our collective unconscious. Religion gives these archetypal energies names,…"
Aug 3, 2013
Mara Schaeffer replied to Bonnie Bright's discussion Join the Depth Discussion: Finding the Sacred in Everyday Life - Week of 7-25-13
"I subscribe to two “TV from India” streaming Internet services: YuppTV and DishWorld. DishWorld has more than half the programs and most movies with English subtitles, carrying both “Swami Mukuanand” on TVAsia and “Devo ke Dev Mahadev” with English…"
Jul 26, 2013
Mara Schaeffer replied to Bonnie Bright's discussion Join the Depth Discussion: Finding the Sacred in Everyday Life - Week of 7-25-13
"I wake every morning, record and amplify my dreams. The brilliance with which Dream-maker talks with me in resonant images beyond anything my simple awareness could know has convinced me of Something beyond, wise, and interactive. I also have been…"
Jul 26, 2013

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  • Janet Fortess April 21, 2013 at 10:42am

    Hi Mara,

    Welcome to the Red Book Forum.  Were you on the Q & A live phone call with Robbie yesterday?   I look forward to hearing what is stirring you in the Red Book.  Are you following the course and study guide for credit?  Please do jump in a little or a lot.

    Janet

  • Ed Koffenberger March 7, 2011 at 7:11pm

    Welcome Mara,

    I'm curious as to what the other field of psychology might be that is your MA work. Does it correspond with Jungian work or are you stretching out into another field/adding another field of psychology? I think you will find the various blogs, forums, and groups interesting and hope you will be posting to them in the near future. Again, welcome.

    Ed

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Dealing with Resistance to Dream Work

Posted by Mara Schaeffer on January 30, 2015 at 7:53am

 “I don’t think I’ve ever sat down to do my inner work but that I’ve had to make myself do it. I may have to make myself get up and leave it a little bit later, I get so interested. The resistance is always there. Don’t pay any notice. Just go do it!” -Robert Johnson*

 

      I’ve kept a dream diary for forty-eight years, but most days I still find I have a great resistance to waking up and writing down the images that appear in my dreams each night. It occurred to me that my…

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