My daughter, Christina, founder of ChristinaChitwood.com, wrote a fascinating essay on No Country for Old Men for her film class at Sheffield Hallam University in England. She thoroughly examines many different facets of the film including archetypal evil. Read Christina Chitwood’s following essay for insights about archetypal evil. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links (at no […]
Archives for June 2011
Resistance to Writing and Archetypal Evil
I believe archetypal evil exists, based on my experience in helping people navigate the depths of the human psyche. For evil to exist as an archetype means that it is part of the innate structure of the psyche. Jung’s position on archetypal evil remains unclear. “Evil is not quite, or not always, archetypal for Jung […]
The Struggle to Write
Writing is war. According to Steven Pressfield who wrote the brilliant book The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Problems, Resistance (with a capital R) is the inner enemy. This implacable enemy will attempt to stop you from writing or from engaging in any other worthwhile endeavor. “Resistance is […]
Why Should You Pray the Jesus Prayer?
A common form of the Jesus Prayer, “Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me” can be said silently in your mind or out loud. The Jesus Prayer can even be used as an intercessory prayer substituting the prayed-for-person’s name for “me.” But the question remains, “Why should you pray the Jesus Prayer?” In her excellent […]