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The Grandstander Bully is a shadow aspect of the Hero archetype initially promulgated by Carl Jung. The eminent psychologist was among the first psychoanalysts to draw comparisons between ancient mythology and the human psyche. Modern psychology has furthered Jung’s initial inquiry and categorised aspects of...

Ares, as a god and an archetype, appears to be a contradiction in terms. He is a warrior and lover, a violent and aggressive man yet warm and passionate with women and supportive of friends and family. In Greek Mythology, Ares was hated by Zeus...

Stress, anxiety and depression is a global pandemic conventional medicine has no effective solutions for. Take a look at the statistics and it is obvious the number of people suffering from stress, anxiety and depression is getting worse. It is estimated that one in six Brits...

In the mainstream – or exoteric circle – the stag/deer is recognised as a symbol of spiritual authority. More precisely, the symbolic meaning of the stag is given as regeneration, intuition and gentleness. These interpretations of the symbolism are not entirely wrong. However, they only...

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Are You Living In Heaven Or Hell? The Greek playwright, Euripides wrote: “the mind in each of us is a God.” Buddha said pretty much the same thing in his famous quote, “each of us is a God.” And there are literally hundreds of commentators...

Mindfulness means to pay attention. Live in the now and focus on whatever it is you are doing in this precise moment. When you are active, do not fill your mind with thoughts about the past and the future. Save those thoughts for quiet moments...

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It seems to have been forgotten, or overlooked, that ancient scriptures and world mythologies are self-development guides. The yogis of ancient India that first put these teachings in writing around 6000 years ago (scholars can’t decide) began a cascade of timeless wisdom that describes how...

Nine Steps to Rediscovering The Buddha In You We are all born as Buddhas. But the illusion of the world confuses our feeble minds and we forget who we really are. Or what we really are: Natural. The ancients discovered this truth and wrote about...

Mindfulness is one of those buzzwords associated with meditation. When you mention meditation – or mindfulness – to some people, they instantly repeal it as spiritual bullshit practised by pretentious creatives and people who believe in fairies. But this is merely an opinion, and often...

Yoga is an ancient practice that has been a daily activity in parts of Asia for more than 5000 years. Records show yoga was developed by the Indus-Saravati culture of northern India and was included in the Rig Vedas, the oldest of the sacred texts...