Tag Archives: healing

meeting the wounded woman

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Michael Patton

Highly recommended: The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden, by Robert A. Johnson. MEETING THE WOUNDED WOMAN After waking from the sight of a wounded woman knee-deep in a dark swamp… I remembered what I’d read: the “she” a man … Continue reading →

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my bandaid on the world

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Michael Patton

“People often asked Dr. Jung, ‘Will we make it?’ referring to the cataclysm of our time. He always replied, ‘If enough people will do their inner work.’ ”           — Robert A. Johnson, Owning Your Own Shadow I thought of that … Continue reading →

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The Ever-present Past

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Michael Patton

  A book on the nature of war may provide us with a clue to the nature of nightmares… In War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, former war correspondent Chris Hedges writes… “I did not sleep well in … Continue reading →

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