New Age Lessons

The Death of Expertise

By: coryvonseg January 23, 2019August 17, 2019

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I just finished a book called The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols in which he brings up a compelling argument of the consequences of a post-internet era where all the information you can want or need is readily available, whether factual or not. But that’s not his only case. He also brings up several points, namely,…

The Origins and History of Consciousness: The Birth of the Hero

By: coryvonseg January 21, 2019August 17, 2019

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As promised, if you read my previous post, then you’ll know this is continuing on with the book I’m reading, The Origins and History of Consciousness by Erich Neumann. This post will focus on three aspects that encompass one underlying theme: the birth and journey of the hero. The three aspects to the hero’s journey, post-Uroboros, involves…

The Origins and History of Consciousness: The Uroboros and The Great Mother

By: coryvonseg January 17, 2019August 17, 2019

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n the past few days, I’ve been thinking quite a lot lately. It’s not that uncommon for me to think deeply about a particular topic, but this time it’s been quite different for whatever reason, so I thought I’d finally write about it. I will mention ahead of time, there will likely be parts that…

The Righteous Mind

By: coryvonseg January 13, 2019August 17, 2019

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I’ve been reading a book, actually listening to one, though I am reading one, called “The Righteous Mind” by Jonathan Haidt. It’s a fascinating book, one that covers a wide variety of topics and themes, but the overarching theme is all about moral psychology, specifically, three different aspects of it. He breaks down his book…

Answer To Job

By: coryvonseg January 6, 2019August 17, 2019

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One of Carl Jung’s most controversial works, Answer to Job, is a deep psychological and mythological breakdown of, perhaps, the most confusing books of the Bible: The Book of Job, and, in turn, God as a psychological phenomenon. I’m not sure how many of you are familiar with the actual story of Job, but I should give…

WestWorld and Jungian Psychology

By: coryvonseg January 2, 2019August 17, 2019

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If you’ve read some of my previous posts, I’ve slipped in a few details about my own life here and there, and one little fact that I’ve mentioned about myself is that I don’t watch a lot of movies or TV shows. Seriously, close to none at all. I usually find myself indulging in a…

The Unopen Door

By: coryvonseg January 1, 2019August 17, 2019

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Here’s a poem I wrote. A little backstory: I’ve had these “words” on the tip of my tongue for quite some time now. I never knew exactly how to articulate them, or even place them in a proper sentence. I’ve been going back and forth trying to write this poem, but every time, it doesn’t…

What is Conscious Thought?

By: coryvonseg December 30, 2018August 17, 2019

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I was reading this article the other day which poses an idea, or to him, a fact, but it poses this idea that we don’t really have any conscious thought. I’ll link the article, just so you can read it, though, I’m not going to reference it too much in this post, but rather just…

What is Good and Evil?

By: coryvonseg December 29, 2018August 17, 2019

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The title of this post, as you can tell, poses a question: What is good and what is evil? Seems pretty straightforward, right? We all have our own preconceived notion of good, as well as our own conception of evil. But who is that wrote these moral codes within us? Certainly, if you’re of the…

Written in Blood

By: coryvonseg December 24, 2018August 17, 2019

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Have you ever asked yourself: What makes writing good? Deep? Able to find and touch the lowest parts of the soul? The parts we keep dormant? Nietzche certainly had a criticism of most writers in that most of their writing, it does nothing more for the reader but idle them. But what does he mean? He means…