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Humanity, Perspective and Suffering – My Search for Meaning with Frankl Part 1

The introduction to a series of posts based on the book Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Nietzsche, Psychoanalysis, Taoism Leave a comment March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 16 Minutes

Psychoanalysis and its Great Contents – Freud and Beyond Part 7

The final post in the Freud and Beyond series - praising the critical role psychoanalysis has in helping people and illuminating the true nature of humankind

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Nietzsche, Ontology, Psychoanalysis, Taoism 11 Comments November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 15 Minutes

Symbolic, Imaginary, Language and Lacan – Freud and Beyond Part 6

The sixth instalment of this series explores a variety of themes based on the work of Jacques Lacan and others around language, illusion and the unconscious

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Nietzsche, Ontology, Psychoanalysis, Taoism 4 Comments October 28, 2019November 1, 2019 14 Minutes

Subjectivity, Narcissism and Self Psychology – Freud and Beyond Part 5

Part 5 of the Freud and Beyond series explores ideas around narcissism and self psychology in more detail - particularly the work of Winnicott and Kohut

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Feminism, Nietzsche, Ontology, Physics, Psychoanalysis, Taoism October 21, 2019October 24, 2019 14 Minutes

Connections, Libido, Genuinity and Fairbairn – Freud and Beyond Part 4

This post is all about the connections we make to sustain life - and the importance of that compassionate, life-affirming essence of one’s true self, Genuinity

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Psychoanalysis, Taoism 7 Comments October 14, 2019October 13, 2019 16 Minutes

Integration, Annihilation, Reparation and Klein – Freud and Beyond Part 3

This post explores ideas influenced by the work of developmental psychologist Melanie Klein - in particular the ambivalent good and bad feelings at the core of every human being

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Feminism, Psychoanalysis, Taoism 2 Comments October 7, 2019October 9, 2019 13 Minutes

Love, Anxiety, Self and Sullivan – Freud and Beyond Part 2

This post explores a variety of ideas linked to the notion that human beings are better off together

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Ontology, Psychoanalysis, Taoism 24 Comments September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 13 Minutes

Synchronicity: Map of the Soul – A Selected Collection of Jungian Elaborations Part 5

The final post in the Map of the Soul series - exploring Jung’s Synchronicity theory and the possibility of a cosmological order underlying existence

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Physics, Psychoanalysis, Taoism 8 Comments July 1, 2019July 5, 2019 15 Minutes

Self, Individuation and Wholeness: Map of the Soul – A Selected Collection of Jungian Elaborations Part 4

This post explores themes based on the subject of Wholeness, the Jungian notion of Self and the Individuation process

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Ontology, Physics, Psychoanalysis, Taoism 3 Comments June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 13 Minutes

Libido, Shame and Creativity: Map of the Soul – A Selected Collection of Jungian Elaborations Part 2

An exploration of ideas loosely based on the themes of shame, sexuality and creativity

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Psychoanalysis, Taoism 10 Comments June 10, 2019June 16, 2019 12 Minutes

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