Before you go further, please be sure you are applying for membership with YOUR REAL NAME, FIRST AND LAST, or if you are signing up as an organization, publisher, or project, list the organization name here; then list the name of the contact person in the next question.
nanamin@gmail.com
What are your main areas of interest?
Jungian Psychology, Mythology
If you are signing up as an Individual Member, do you have a degree in Depth Psychology?
No
Are you a licensed or clinical therapist?
No
Please share a little about yourself by way of introduction. What draws you to Depth Psychology and what are you looking for from this community?
I study occultism, particularly Hermetic Qabalah, Alchemy, etc, the practices of which share a lot of common themes with depth psychology. Contrary to what you may believe, occultism isn't a bunch of lunatics (okay, most of them are, but not *serious* occultists) who think they can bend spoons. Evoking a demon, for instance, is basically just projecting an aspect of your subconscious mind and perceiving it as separate and external. One might call it psychotherapy with religious symbolism to it.
Do you belong to any other online Psychology-related communities or orgs? If so, which?
nope
What is your WEB SITE (IF you would like to promote it)?
https://www.sigil93.net
Comments
Hi Sacha,
What an intriguing way of describing occultism--as Bonnie says, not at all unlike aspects of the field of Depth Psychology. I'm excited that you will be joining the discourse!
Dorene
Welcome Sacha,
Your example of a demon is in line with therapeutic chair work where the complex is projected onto a facing chair and then the client dialogues with it. Interesting. The Black Swan has caused quite a stir among archtypal folks. Some loved it (the predominant view) while others thought it misrepresented mental illness as the of obession by a complex (not the definition but the theatrical representation of the dynamic). It will be interesting to read your take of the film. Welcome to the Alliance.
Ed