“Active imagination refers to a process or technique of engaging with the ideas or imaginings of one's mind. It is used as a mental strategy to communicate with the subconscious mind. In Jungian psychology, it is a method for bridging the conscious and unconscious minds. Instead of being linked to the Jungian process, the word … Continue reading Active Imagination
Tag: spirituality
In its highest sense.
To my friend Dionysus "According to Jung, humanity holds a special role in creation: to contribute to the act of consciousness, and the point of view of morality, in its highest sense." ~ Johnson, Robert A. Ecstasy (p. 64) Harper One. Kindle Edition.
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Time of Coyote
As we move into the Summer Solstice I celebrate the “Time of Coyote!” We have been beginning to walk in the Santa Monica Mountains again. I was not feeling well enough but my two sons went for a walk today. Guess who popped out of the wild to show up? Coyote. Youngest son said Coyote … Continue reading Time of Coyote
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Chiron Retrograde Dance
Chiron enters Taurus I tread gentle with Chiron. Savvy of his ways his rainbows and charms. Besides, I am working with a gentle friend of his named Pholus. These centaurs fly around Through our psyches Engaging them Amidst Song, painting through their mysteries Are the softest ways possible To endure their potions. ~Holly / … Continue reading Chiron Retrograde Dance
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Rocket Man Review: The Film
PUNK ROCK COLLEAGUE & HISTORIAN AND PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT HUDLEY FLIPSIDE Centrifuge Going So Swiftly “And we went to California and up and down the Pacific Coast for a day and a half, settling at last on the sands of Malibu to cook wieners at night. Dad was always listening or singing or watching things on … Continue reading Rocket Man Review: The Film
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2016 Film 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
20TH CENTURY WOMEN Photo included in this Film Black Flag with Keith Morris Singing. Last image of this band in their original lineup.1979 Nice to be acknowledged in closing credits.Very honored to be a part of the film. "Black Flag live in the basement of the Church in Hermosa Beach. Greg Ginn, myself, Robo and Chuck "The Duke" sandwiched between Dez Cadena … Continue reading 2016 Film 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
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Mindfulness and Raven
“… but rather that it is the intangible things that imprint on us and we imprint on others that are most important… allow that magic to spread to your soul and enlighten you spiritually.” ~ Bear Medicine Walker / omtimes.com RAVEN MEDICINE Raven Medicine https://www.pinterest.com/whytte/dream-catchers-mandalas-shields-medicine-wheels-fe/ Often our lessons in life come through illness. We all … Continue reading Mindfulness and Raven
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Anthropomorphism
Here is my latest praying mantis caricature. A holiday greeting from long ago ancient times. Attis brings Liberte' At the darkness time of the year, the longest night, the winter solstice... here comes some ancient anthropomorphism... and praying mantis is here to make life so meaningful.
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Bathed in its own reflection.
"By their fruits you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistle?" ~ Mat. 7:16 Jerusalem, Plate 28 Proof Impression William Blake
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My Mentor Tree and Eucalyptus Friend
The tree replied to me today, "I AM WHO I AM." This is the same whisper I always heard from my mentor tree and eucalyptus friend. Dad first visited the eucalyptus tree when he went horseback riding in the San Fernando Valley. The late 1940s. He rode from Ventura Blvd towards the dirty hills of … Continue reading My Mentor Tree and Eucalyptus Friend
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Summer Poem number 2b
I used to see anarchy & chaos much differently. Today I see it as something I will not agree to. Yet the will of an individual can be applied for the benefits of all or for only oneself. To harm others without caring. I used to think it was to bring all others to … Continue reading Summer Poem number 2b
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A “Daily Fuck Gazette” Limerick
Uppity dubiety Scott Pruitt purines Eat your prunes you’re a greedy old man Lotion on your bottom Sleeping in a used bed Will not get you any respect The day you're found dead! Uppity dubiety Scott Pruitt purines Chicken finger frenzies lost in your gloom Uppity dubiety Scott Pruitt purines!
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Only in the shower do I sing…
Doe: a deer, a female deer, alludes to the first solfège syllable, do. Ray: a drop of golden sun [i.e. a narrow beam of light or other radiant energy], alludes to the second solfège syllable, re. Me: a name I call myself [i.e. the objective first-person pronoun], alludes to the third solfège syllable, mi. Fa’ … Continue reading Only in the shower do I sing…
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As a friend of friends
Urania is talking to Uranus Ambassador to the planets and stars She calls to Earth As a friend of friends, Catalyst of goodness and humor, to Uranus ascending electric magma Eccentric insect antenna muses Human Beings To be the best we can be. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XtcQTYBUo84
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Bubbles. Christ ‘Salvator Mundi’
While sitting in my computer room I heard a lady screaming. In a fire windy weaving voice yelling, "Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you!!" The car raced by my home. Oldest son heard it too. It was not directed at us, but we did catch it in passing. Last night while watching reruns of Ancient … Continue reading Bubbles. Christ ‘Salvator Mundi’
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In Return
Receptive, illumination and synchronicity, I'm a wise old blooming flower, waiting to be pollinated, I'm receptive to what I shall become, Let life approach me, I do not have to go seeking, I have all I need to succeed, I'm a beautiful rose,wise, good and ready.I can be trusted, I follow things through, I speak … Continue reading In Return
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A dream sets the pace of the day…
“One can beg, buy, be presented with and find love in the streets, but it can never be stolen.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha https://hudleyflipside.com/meet-the-flopside-family/ https://www.youtube.com/embed/aPEhQugz-Ew
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A Gift from Saturn
As Saturn moves from Pisces to Aries, They say Saturn leaves us gifts... This poem is an active imagination I had a few years back. The inner world of a writer often goes deep. Into the world of our psyches. We also reach high into the sky. As we watch the Pleiades and Orion's Belt … Continue reading A Gift from Saturn
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Vesta Image
I have enrolled a new image for The Seminary of Praying Mantis. She is Vesta. "In her role as sister. Vesta represents the principle of focus and commitment. She functions as autonomous self-identity transforming creative energies into purifying and integrating personal circuitry." ~ Demetra George & Douglas Bloch
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A Honorable friend…
"The old generation is going. What will the new bring us? What shall we ourselves contribute? Destiny says to us: "Show what is in thee! Now is the moment, now is the hour, else fall back into nothingness! It is thy turn! Give the world thy measure, say thy word, reveal thy nullity or thy … Continue reading A Honorable friend…
