In a conversation with Katherine Olivetti, Stanislav Grof and Richard Tarnas discuss their four decades of collaboration, covering perinatal experiences, non-ordinary states of consciousness, archetypal patterns, and the view of astrology as a transpersonal phenomenon. The dialogue explores how these themes intersect and inform each other's work, offering insights into the nature of consciousness and human experience.
Barbara Holifield argues that depth psychology must attend to the body as much as to words, integrating Jungian and somatic traditions to address trauma and development. She introduces Donald Kalsched's concept of the archetypal self-care system into the body, showing how early defenses manifest in musculature, posture, and breath. The therapeutic relationship becomes a container for unmetabolized emotional pain. Holifield draws on clinical, contemplative, and personal experience, weaving trauma theory, developmental research, and embodied presence to guide clinicians toward listening to interoceptive experience as a path to nature, soul, and belonging.
Shamanism is considered humanity's original religious practice. Despite centuries of Russian oppression and recent Western media influence weakening traditional transmission among the Sakha people of Arctic Siberia, a new generation of Sakha healers maintains their unbroken shamanic tradition. These contemporary healers serve as a living bridge to their ancestors. This collaborative article, written by a Californian psychotherapist and a new-generation Sakha healer, aims to foster understanding of the Sakha perspective while examining shamanism through a Jungian lens.