by Richard Stromer | Aug 4, 2020 | 23rd Psalm, Death, Grief, Love, Music, Spiritual Development, The Mother, The Sacred
The 23rd Psalm is among of the most beloved of Biblical texts. Ministers, priests, rabbis, and above all chaplains are asked to recite this poem countless times over the course of their careers. It’s often the words requested by people facing life’s harshest, most...
by Richard Stromer | Oct 11, 2019 | Accceptance, Grief, Music, Resiliance, Spiritual Development, The Mother
“And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light that shines on me. Shine until tomorrow, Let It Be, Let It Be.” In the autumn of 1968, Paul McCartney, the author of those lyrics, slipped into a deep depression. The cause of his despair was the...
by Richard Stromer | May 11, 2018 | Archetypes, Carl Jung, Personal Mythology, The Mother
In the introduction to his ground-breaking work The Symbols of Transformation, C. G. Jung asked a question simultaneously simple yet profound: “What is the myth you are living?” That fundamental question is one which, in their related, yet different, ways both...
