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Dream Archetypes & Symbols, Dream Interpretation & Analysis, Lucid Dreaming - DreamsHelp. Archetypes in Dreams Have you ever had a dream during a time of upheaval or crisis that was different from your normal type of dream? Some theorists identify this type of dream as a level 3 dream, which is often accompanied by dream symbols or archetypes. These universal symbols often occur during times of great stress and change. Carl Jung said "the archetype is ... an inherited tendency of the human mind to form representations of mythological motifs - representations that vary a great deal without losing their basic pattern.

" Jung believed that these universal symbols were part of the collective unconscious. Think of an archetype as a magnet. Take a look at some classic archetypes below. Symbols and Symbolic Language in Dreams In dream literature the term dream symbols and dream archetypes are often used interchangeably. I am walking up to a white house, open the wooden door, and cross the threshold. So the dreamer says to herself, "wow things are going to get better financially. " Another Look at the “Lamb of God” *Editor’s note: Chris Skinner was one of my interns at Dallas Theological Seminary, and a great student of the scriptures. I’m sure you’ll agree this is an insightful and provocative essay. In the forthcoming survey we will examine the nine most commonly posed views. The views to be considered will be divided into two groups—those that appeal to the theology of atonement and those that do not. Major Views Associated with Atonement A careful reading of the Baptist’s proclamation in the context of the Fourth Gospel has led many to understand the “Lamb of God” in a substitutionary sense. 1.

As with other cultic sacrifice in the Old Testament, this was a way for the community of YHWH to gain access to him. This view appears attractive because it offers a theologically sophisticated referent behind the Baptist’s “Lamb.” We see then, that theologically, the association between Jesus and the lamb of the daily sacrifices is compelling. The significance of this event for the Hebrews was immense. BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD.

Our scripture text in (John ) says, “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world”. Here is a most profound statement in the Word of God. What makes the contents so profound is what it says to us. Among other things it says; GOD HAS A LAMB. In this message we want to “Behold the Lamb of God” with the purpose of learning about Him. . · The Witness of the “Coats of Skin” . · The Witness of the Passover Lamb. . · The Witness of the Leviticus Offerings. . · The Witness of God’s command to Abraham to sacrifice his son. BEHOLD THE WALK OF THE LAMB OF GOD. Let’s consider these points one by one beginning with; These witnesses are all found in the Old Testament of the Bible.

The Witness of the “Coats of Skin”. It says in (Genesis ) “Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them”. The Witness of the “Passover Lamb”. The story of the “Passover Lamb” is found in (Exodus 12). 2. Jung (1921/1923) Chapter 10. Classics in the History of Psychology An internet resource developed by Christopher D. Green York University, Toronto, Ontario (Return to index) Psychological Types C. G. Jung (1921) Translation by H. In the following pages I shall attempt a general description of the types, and my first concern must be with the two general types I have termed introverted and extraverted.

The general-attitude types, as I have pointed out more than once, are differentiated by their particular attitude to the object. The two types are so essentially different, presenting so striking a contrast, that their existence, even to the [p. 413] uninitiated in psychological matters becomes an obvious fact, when once attention has been drawn to it. Naturally, at first, one is inclined to regard such differences as mere individual idiosyncrasies. B. Everyone is, admittedly, orientated by the data with which the outer world provides him ; yet we see that this may be the case in a way that is only relatively decisive. Transpersonal Therapy - Inner child / little kid dialogue. Carl Jung. Dr. C. George Boeree Anyone who wants to know the human psyche will learn next to nothing from experimental psychology. He would be better advised to abandon exact science, put away his scholar's gown, bid farewell to his study, and wander with human heart throught the world.

Freud said that the goal of therapy was to make the unconscious conscious. A younger colleague of his, Carl Jung, was to make the exploration of this "inner space" his life's work. He had, in addition, a capacity for very lucid dreaming and occasional visions. But on August 1 of that year, World War I began. He carefully recorded his dreams, fantasies, and visions, and drew, painted, and sculpted them as well. A leathery brown dwarf would show up guarding the entrance to the unconscious. Jung dreamt a great deal about the dead, the land of the dead, and the rising of the dead. Critics have suggested that Jung was, very simply, ill himself when all this happened. Biography Theory Archetypes The mother archetype Mana. Ingmar Bergman News. Ingmar Bergman, the "poet with the camera" who was considered one of the greatest directors in motion picture history, died July 30, 2007, on the small Swedish island of Faro at the age of 89.

Critics called Mr. Bergman one of the directors -- the others being Federico Fellini and Akira Kurosawa -- who dominated the world of serious film making in the second half of the 20th century. He moved from the comic romp of lovers in "Smiles of a Summer Night" to the Crusader's search for God in "The Seventh Seal," and from the gripping portrayal of fatal illness in "Cries and Whispers" to the alternately humorous and horrifying depiction of family life in "Fanny and Alexander. " In his more than 40 years in the cinema, Mr. Ernst Ingmar Bergman was born on July 14, 1918, in the university town of Uppsala, Sweden. He entered the University of Stockholm in 1937, but he soon left for a career in the theater and the movies.

In addition to Oscars and prizes at film festivals, Mr. Philosophy of the Film: Epistemology, Ontology, Aesthetics - Ian Jarvie. Profiles: The Demon-Lover. “The Hour of the Wolf,” a film that is probably the darkest of Ingmar Bergman’s journeys into his shadowy interior, the protagonist, an artist beset by night sweats, is fishing off a craggy promontory on an island where he has come to live. A pesky young boy materializes and by degrees invades the artist’s tranquillity. They grapple; the boy scrambles onto the artist’s back, tearing at his neck and trying to devour him. The artist smashes the boy against the cliff, then beats his head in with a rock, and finally, with a curious gentleness, lowers the vanquished demon of childhood into the sea.

The scene, in its choreographed ferocity, is an allegory for Bergman’s lifelong struggle to fend off the ghosts of his past, which he is determined to defeat, but with reverence. The flat, windswept island in “The Hour of the Wolf” (1968) recalls Fårö, in the Baltic Sea, where Bergman, now eighty, spends most of his time. Bergman’s retirement didn’t last. Ingmar was frequently punished. The religion of director Ingmar Bergman.

< Return to Adherents.com's Guide to Movies < Return to Religion of the 25 Most Influential Film Directors< Return to Famous Lutherans Ingmar Bergman was raised in a devout Lutheran home in Sweden. His father was a Lutheran minister in the national Church of Sweden. As an adult Bergman was generally not a churchgoer. Bergman religious beliefs have evolved over the years, to agnosticism. Nearly all of Bergman's films are infused with a strong presense of religious content, particularly themes and imagery from Christianity in general and Lutheranism specifically. From "The Influence of Foreign Films," by Dr. ...Ingmar Bergman (no relation to Ingrid)... was born in 1918 in Uppsala, Sweden, the son of a stern Lutheran pastor who eventually became chaplain to Sweden's royal family.

From: Richard A. ...I have done some work on the Jewish background of Woody Allen and the Lutheran background of the Swedish master Ingmar Bergman... Bergman on Bergman, pages 17-18: Bergman on Bergman, page 40: Reverse-Engineering Persona « exit’s /dev/urandom blog. If you’ve ever had to write an essay about something seemingly meaningless, you probably know how this works. You pick a thought (the more unlikely the better), connect everything to it (the less obvious the connections the better), and make sure to overlook anything that goes against your “theory.” Does this projection of meaning onto chaos sound like what art critics do? Persona: the metafilm An unwanted child, an insecure man, an arrogant genius, Ingmar Bergman directed what could very well be the most cryptic movie ever made. Persona is painted in two layers: a foreground that makes sense on a background that mystifies.

The upper stratum is Alma’s story of self-acceptance, of coming to terms with her dark side. The backdrop is Bergman’s meditation on cinematography. The background is visible in the beginning montage, the sequence where the film cracks and burns in the middle of the movie, and in the ending. The beginning montage jumps out at us, as if begging for an interpretation. Will The Fire – Great Scenes: Ingmar Bergman’s “PERSONA” (1966) – The Film Machine. “Art is a lie that makes us see the truth” – Picasso Ingmar Bergman’s PERSONA is a film that I have watched at least 25 times. To me, it is Art House filmmaking at the highest level, more than one of the greatest films ever made, one of the greatest Things ever made. Bergman breaks every rule in the filmmaking book. He (with the enormous help of master cinematographer Sven Nykvist – whom I wrote about a while back; Will The Fire – INSTANT FLICK OF THE DAY: “Light Keeps Me …) acknowledges that the film is fake, while keeping the emotion real, as real as anything.

And he sets it up with a wild array of often seemingly disconnected images. The first scene of “Persona” is one of the most memorable in the history of the cinema. PERSONA – opening sequence notes: 0:25-49: The film strip running through the projector. 1:09- 1:15: A kid’s hands moving, almost like the reel. 1:16-1:22: Clips from a silent film, in a small box in the lower right corner. 2:10-2:32: It looks like a brick wall. Ingmar Bergman's Persona. A Hero of Our Time, by Mikhail Lermontov, 1840, 1841.

The preface is the first and at the same time the last thing in any book. It serves either to explain the purpose of the work or to defend the author from his critics. Ordinarily, however, readers are concerned with neither the moral nor the journalistic attacks on the author--as a result they don't read prefaces. Well, that's too bad, especially in our country. Our public is still so immature and simple-hearted that it doesn't understand a fable unless it finds the moral at the end. It fails to grasp a joke or sense an irony--it simply hasn't been brought up properly. This book recently had the misfortune of being taken literally by some readers and even some reviewers.

A Hero of Our Time, my dear readers, is indeed a portrait, but not of one man. You say that morality will gain nothing by it. I was traveling along the military road back from Tiflis. The sun was already slipping behind a snow-capped ridge when I drove into Koishaur Valley. He bowed again, but did not say a word. Google Image Result for. Persona Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Ingmar Bergman movie. PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder) Worksheets, Handouts, Resources and Techniques. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) worksheets for PTSD Assessment / Evaluation Clinician Administered Disssociative States Scale (Bremner, Mazure, Putnam) Download CADSS from Dr Bremner's website Childhood Traumatic Events Scale (Pennebaker & Susman, 1988) Download CTES from Dr Pennebaker's website Trauma Response Checklist Download from whatisptsd.com Intervention Treatments for PTSD include: PTSD self-help booklet from Glasgow STEPS including information about PTSD and self-help interventions Download from GlasgowSTEPS.com Treatment manual for PTSD Download from CRUfAD.org Information PTSD information for patients Download from ufrgs.br PTSD patient education document Download from nih.gov Surviving torture - understanding the nature and purpose of torture Download from cpt.org Processing trauma: the factory metaphor Download from goodmedicine.org.uk Explaining the rationale for trauma focused work Download from davidtrickey.com Grounding techniques PTSD is characterised by flashbacks and dissociation.

CCMR - Ask A Scientist! About "Ask A Scientist! " On September 17th, 1998 the Ithaca Journal ran its first "Ask A Scientist! " article in which Professor Neil Ashcroft , who was then the director of CCMR, answered the question "What is Jupiter made of? " Since then, we have received over 1,000 questions from students and adults from all over the world.

Select questions are answered weekly and published in the Ithaca Journal and on our web site. Across disciplines and across the state, from Nobel Prize winning scientist David Lee to notable science education advocate Bill Nye, researchers and scientists have been called on to respond to these questions. Approaching perfection in the real world It has been said that man cannot produce a perfect sphere. A "perfect sphere" is the figure traced out by all the positions a point can reach when kept at a constant distance (the radius) from a fixed point (the center). You don't need a perfect reference sphere to check another sphere. Working with our inner Parts « Mary-Anne Johnston. “IFS is more than a therapeutic technique. It is a conceptual framework and practice for developing love for ourselves and each other.“ Dick Schwartz Introduction: Working with “Parts” of the Psyche Following my training as a Jungian analyst I became interested in two similar styles of therapy–that is “Voice Dialogue” and “Internal Family Systems” (IFS)–both approaches expand upon Jung’s understanding of the complexity of the psyche.

These are similar models of psychotherapy. Often, people feel that, in their ‘stuckness’, they have run out of solutions. When we begin to work therapeutically with our various parts, we listen to them all. Both IFS and Voice Dialogue initially drew on several styles of psychotherapy, including Jungian approaches as well as Gestalt therapy. Because they share a similarity, and to avoid confusion, I will discuss Internal Family Systems (IFS) theory and leave Voice Dialogue to personal research. Internal Family Systems (IFS) The Parts The Self The Firefighters. Robert Moore, PhD: The Lover Within: A Study in Masculine Psychology.

Seven Major Chakra Series - Learn about the Crown Chakra. Root chakra | sacral chakra | solar plexus chakra | heart chakra | throat chakra | brow chakra | crown chakra The Crown Chakra is associated with the color violet or white. We use the seventh chakra as a tool to communicate with our spiritual nature. It is through this vortice that the life force is dispersed from the universe into the lower 6 chakras. It has been referred to as our "GOD SOURCE" - but this terminology might be confusing to anyone who equates God with religious dogma, because of this I choose to call it a spiritual connection or communicator. This chakra is often pictured as a lotus flower opening to allow spiritual awakening in an individual. Chakra Seven - Associations Learning About Chakras Bibliography: Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss, Flower Essence Repertory by Patricia Kaminski and Richard Katz, Hands of Light by Barbara Ann Brennan, Love is in the Earth by Melody.