Depth Psychology is the study of the Unconscious, an inquiry into what we don’t know by looking at how psyche emerges in symbols, mythology, art, & dreams and how we live out the repressed, the silenced, & the marginalized in our personal lives and in the culture at hand. It explores our relationship to soul, and includes ideas from anthropology, cross-cultural studies, ecology, philosophy, theology, indigenous cultures, the arts, and more. Early pioneers of the field are Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung. Contemporary Depth Psychologists include James Hillman, James Hollis, Marion Woodman, Christine Downing, Micheael Meade, along with many others. One particular emerging aspect is how technology, neuroscience, and innovations in modern culture affect the psyche of humanity and individuals alike.

Here is a look back at some of the week’s top Tweeted “soul bytes” (along with the intrepid @Tweeters who are responsible if you’re looking for great minds to “follow”)

Carl Jung & Jungian Topics: Dreams, Archetypes

Forging meaning: In Memories, Dreams, Reflections, #Jung relayed his encounter with Native Americans in Taos in 1925... http://bit.ly/glbYOF

Enter the World of Soul and You are Like a Madman: Learnings from Carl Jung's Red Book: http://www.depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/enter-the-world-of-soul-and #depthpsychology

Living Mythically: Many people live their entire lives w/o any awareness of the #archetypes living through them. http://bit.ly/g3DGhj

Compelling: Ariadne and the Minotaur: Love, Trauma & Abandonment - A Jungian Perspective: http://jungianwork.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/ariadne-and-the-minotaur-lovetrauma-abandonment-a-jungian-perspective/ via @heidiko44 @AshevilleJungCt

Jung's Underworld journey: Not for the timid. Tapping the Power of Dreams, Coincidence, and Imagination by Robert Moss: http://blog.beliefnet.com/dreamgates/2010/10/jungs-underworld-journey-not-for-the-timid.html#ixzz17PrwAm00

Carl #Jung believed the goal of life is not happiness, but meaning: Swamplands of the Soul by James Hollis: http://www.jungian.info/library.cfm?idsLibrary=26

Why we should record our dreams: http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Importance-of-Dream-Journals---Why-We-Should-Record-Our-Dreams&id=4987910

Psychology, Therapy, Disorders, & Trauma

The Myth Of Therapy: An Interview With James Hillman (1991)- A brilliant & provocative thinker, reading Hillman is like stepping off a bus into the clamorous, exotic, slightly menacing streets of a foreign city: http://www.thesunmagazine.org/archives/1032

Personality Disorders Shakeup in DSM-5: What are the replacements and what does it mean to you? http://bit.ly/fd6Yd3

Ethical? Worth considering? Mind-altering substances may induce profound psychological realignments that take decades in therapy: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hallucinogens-as-medicine&sc=emailfriend

What will it really do? Method to erase traumatic memories may be on the horizon - http://bit.ly/cDZNyy

Recovering from #Trauma: The enduring effect of #war & terrorism in #PTSD in soldiers and civilians of #combat zones: http://bit.ly/i14tHw

Technology & Culture

It was bound to happen sooner or later: NYU Professor Gets Camera Implanted In Head For “Art “(Video available): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/04/nyu-professor-gets-camera_n_792079.html?ref=tw

Amazon Conservation Team: Preserving Indigenous Cultures and Lands With GPS and Google Maps. http://www.greenmarketing.tv/2010/12/01/amazon-conservation-team/ via @WiserEarth @AmazonCT

UFOs, psychic phenomena, ghosts, Bigfoot? Increased interest in the paranormal has gone hand in hand with greater media attention and the rapid diffusion of the Internet: http://www.noetic.org/noetic/issue-five-december/paranormal-america-ghost-encounters-ufo-sightings/

American Psychosis: What happens to a society that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion?…http://projectworldawareness.com/2010/09/american-psychosis-what-happens-to-a-society-that-cannot-distinguish-between-reality-and-illusion/ via @PeterBrownPsy

AS A CULTURE, WE FEEL DEEPLY ambiguous about genius. Are we failing our gifted children?http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1653653,00.html

Mind, Brain, & Neuroscience

Your #brain lights up when #giving: The science behind creating a chain reaction of goodness: http://www.spiritualityhealth.com/spirit/archives/indulging-totally-selfish-joys-selfless-giving

Synaesthesia: Asperger’s man sees emotions as #auras of color around other people: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/11/auras.html?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=0ab5dd44ff-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email

Naps boost memory, but only if you dream: http://nhne-pulse.org/naps-boost-memory-but-only-if-you-dream/ RT @sunfellow

Why do You Turn Down the Radio When You’re Lost? (2006) The ability to multitask & pay #attention to two things at once… http://bit.ly/biKL9

Does Insomnia Shrink Your Brain? Bad sleep is not just a nuisance; it’s bad for the brain at a neurological level. http://news.discovery.com/human/insomnia-brain-sleep.html

Neuroscience and dreaming: Some biologically minded researchers would argue that both Freud and Jung are wrong about dreams' real purpose: http://www.pbs.org/pov/edgeofdreaming/background.php#neuroscience

How to be a brilliant thinker: Developing Our Skills at Divergent and Convergent Thinking http://www.business-strategy-innovation.com/wordpress/2010/11/different-thinking-is-needed/

Nature, Ecology, & Ecopsychology

The much anticipated Terrapsych anthology, Rebearths: Conversations with a World Ensouled just released on Amazon! http://www.amazon.com/Rebearths-Conversations-Ensouled-Craig-Chalquist/dp/0982627912/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1291506676&sr=8-4

Perfect Symmetry Between Humans and Nature: Is not everything in #nature a reflection of a feeling etched deep within the #consciousness of all human beings? http://resurgencetrust.blogspot.com/2010/11/perfect-symmetry-between-humans-and.html

Tips for giving Mother Earth a greener Christmas” http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/12/green-christmas-tips-save-mother-earth/1 via @catalogchoice

Climate change could kill up to 5 million people in the next 10 years—and most of them are children under the age of 5: http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/12/children-hit-hard-climate-change?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+motherjones%2FTheBlueMarble+%28Mother+Jones+|+The+Blue+Marble%29&utm_content=Twitter via @heidiko44 @MotherJones

Peru’s long-term survival depends on water from the glaciers of the high Andes. The problem is that all that ice will soon be gone. http://www.onearth.org/article/life-and-death-in-a-dry-land

Save trees! US consumers get 19 billion catalogs yearly: app 3.6 M tons paper, 8.3 M tons wood, 53 M trees. Opt out at http://www.catalogchoice.org/

ABOUT THE HOSTS/PRESENTERS
BONNIE BRIGHT, Ph.D.,(Founder of Depth Psychology Alliance), is a Transpersonal Soul-Centered Coach certified via Alef Trust/Middlesex University, and a certified Archetypal Pattern Analyst®, and has trained extensively in Holotropic Breathwork™ and the Enneagram. She has trained with African elder, Malidoma Some'; with Transpersonal Pioneer Stan Grof; and with Jungian analyst, Jerome Bernstein, among others.Her dissertation focused on a symbolic look at Colony Collapse Disorder and what the mass vanishing of honeybees means to us both personally and as a collective. Bonnie’s path to soul began with a spontaneous mystical experience in 2006, and she continues her quest for awakening each day with a sense of joy, freedom, and gratitude at the magic afoot in the world.

JAMES R. NEWELL, Ph.D., MTS, (Director of Depth Psychology Alliance) earned his Ph.D. in History and Critical Theories of Religion from Vanderbilt University (2007), and holds a master's degree in pastoral counseling and theology from the Vanderbilt University Divinity School (2001). James is also the director of the Depth Psychology Academy, offering college-level courses in Jungian and depth psychology. James has spent much of his working life as a professional musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist with interests in jazz, blues, folk, world, and devotional music. Since his youth, James has worked with a variety of blues greats including John Lee Hooker, James Cotton, Jr. Wells, Hubert Sumlin, Big Joe Turner, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and others.