In a dream, I find myself working diligently on the renovation of a living room. In the center of the room is a round pool, actually the replica of a small 36″ deep pool that Jan and I put in the backyard this year. I am concerned about the cover being firmly in place, sealed, [...]
#663 Chuck’s Place: The Hen, the Egg & the Golden Psyche
March 6, 2010 – 8:49 am
The alchemists, like the ancient Chinese sages who created The I Ching, studied nature to discover the fundamental process at the heart of transformation. They focused on the hen and the egg. Within the egg lies a composition of primordial liquid. Encapsulating this liquid is a tough boundary, a shell. Sitting upon the egg and [...]
#654 Chuck’s Place: The Heart of Romance: Solutio
February 13, 2010 – 10:38 am
Welcome to Chuck’s Place, where Chuck Ketchel expresses his thoughts, insights, and experiences! Many of the shamanic and psychological terms used in Chuck’s essays are defined in Tools & Definitions on our Psychotherapy website. Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, the day of ROMANCE! Romance is an innate, quick-acting solvent, capable of dissolving boundaries, with the promise [...]
#650 Chuck’s Place: The Wise Ancestral Self
February 6, 2010 – 8:57 am
Welcome to Chuck’s Place, where Chuck Ketchel expresses his thoughts, insights, and experiences! Many of the shamanic and psychological terms used in Chuck’s essays are defined in Tools & Definitions on our Psychotherapy website. We are born into this world with bodies fully formed and constructed via ancient programs of evolutionary successes and, yet, our [...]