A Little Something About Me.

I was introduced to the work of Joseph Campbell at the age of 13. A grainy bit of footage on television some random day six years after his death, entertained me to no end. He told the story of the ancient Egyptian gods Isis (Auset) and Osiris and his storytelling was mesmerizing. I already had a deep interest in mythology, but something about the way he told this particular myth simply stuck.

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While in secondary school, a classmate gifted me a copy of Guy Cadogan Rothery's The Amazons, for my 18th birthday - so well-known was my interest in history, mythology and literature by that point!

 

Zia - thank you for that - wherever you are today. I still have that book and still use it for reference.

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I had the uncommon opportunity to learn about Carl G. Jung while at St. Francis College. My German honors professor guided us through a number of works, and of course, the famous Memories, Dreams and Reflections. At 22, I was both smitten and hooked. Synchronicity, of course! This led to my 61-page honors thesis entitled Death, Judgement & the Afterlife: A Comparison Between Ancient Egypt and Medieval Europe - partially sparked by a visit to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Arts', The Cloisters, and a viewing of their permanent installation of The Hunt of the Unicorn (commonly known as The Unicorn Tapestries). I have been back four more times since then and always discover something new. My thesis won an award. I'm proud of this work as it features rare images of the ars moriendi woodblocks from the 15th century.

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Over twenty years later, with continued studies in psychology, spirituality and practical applications, Jung is still with me - showing up in my professional life daily: the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, dreamwork, imaginal therapies, archetypal explorations and my return to myths and fairytales. Much of my philosophy is Jung-birthed and depth-oriented.