I'll leave a few separate comments for ease of response.
On the black horse, I'm very curious of your associations or interpretations - what a striking symbol! And to see it repeated via Sandplay and dreams is quite amazing.
Some thoughts (on the archetypal level at least) is the black horse ridden by Famine that also links to the Knight of Pentacles in the Rider Waite Smith tarot. Or the black rider and horse from the fairytale Vasilisa (representing night, nigredo, descent to darkness).
Here's a quote from Jung that has some really interesting elements as well:
“Horse” is an archetype that is widely current in mythology and folklore. As an animal it represents the non-human psyche, the subhuman, animal side, the unconscious. That is why horses in folklore sometimes see visions, hear voices, and speak. As a beast of burden it is closely related to the mother-archetype (witness the Valkyries that bear the dead hero to Valhalla, the Trojan horse, etc.). As an animal lower than man it represents the lower part of the body and the animal impulses that rise from there. The horse is dynamic and vehicular power: it carries one away like a surge of instinct. It is subject to panics like all instinctive creatures who lack higher consciousness. Also it has to do with sorcery and magical spells—especially the black night-horses which herald death."
Yes, Vasilisa is written about by Clarissa Estes in Women Who Run With the Wolves. von Franz talks about it in the Feminine in Fairy Tales and also Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales.
Where are the references on night religion found? Somewhere in Psychology and Religion, perhaps?
All the topics of interests are so rich and I've many thoughts...
-There's often (at least in fairytales) a coupling of the negative mother and the absent father. Is that where your interests originated?
-I was just thinking about the role of the tower in Psyche's mythology and plant to touch on that in the class about descents to the underworld. Essentially...what is the role of the tower in helping us access the underworld?
- Psychoid is a very complex and metaphysically challenging concept. It's a claim on what the structure of reality is...one that we can't verify (with at least scientific) certainty. I'd like to write more about it.
Ah, Susanne Schwartz's book! I've heard about it before but I've yet to pick it up. I wonder if there is some overlap or if its a nice complement to The Wounded Woman: Healing the Father-Daughter Relationship by Linda Schierse Leonard.
I'll leave a few separate comments for ease of response.
On the black horse, I'm very curious of your associations or interpretations - what a striking symbol! And to see it repeated via Sandplay and dreams is quite amazing.
Some thoughts (on the archetypal level at least) is the black horse ridden by Famine that also links to the Knight of Pentacles in the Rider Waite Smith tarot. Or the black rider and horse from the fairytale Vasilisa (representing night, nigredo, descent to darkness).
Here's a quote from Jung that has some really interesting elements as well:
“Horse” is an archetype that is widely current in mythology and folklore. As an animal it represents the non-human psyche, the subhuman, animal side, the unconscious. That is why horses in folklore sometimes see visions, hear voices, and speak. As a beast of burden it is closely related to the mother-archetype (witness the Valkyries that bear the dead hero to Valhalla, the Trojan horse, etc.). As an animal lower than man it represents the lower part of the body and the animal impulses that rise from there. The horse is dynamic and vehicular power: it carries one away like a surge of instinct. It is subject to panics like all instinctive creatures who lack higher consciousness. Also it has to do with sorcery and magical spells—especially the black night-horses which herald death."
Yes, Vasilisa is written about by Clarissa Estes in Women Who Run With the Wolves. von Franz talks about it in the Feminine in Fairy Tales and also Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales.
I've a class on it as well here: https://www.theartemisian.com/p/vasilisa-the-beauitful
There's some coverage on the mother archetype in both its positive, negative and Great manifestations. Maybe something relevant will jump out?
Where are the references on night religion found? Somewhere in Psychology and Religion, perhaps?
All the topics of interests are so rich and I've many thoughts...
-There's often (at least in fairytales) a coupling of the negative mother and the absent father. Is that where your interests originated?
-I was just thinking about the role of the tower in Psyche's mythology and plant to touch on that in the class about descents to the underworld. Essentially...what is the role of the tower in helping us access the underworld?
- Psychoid is a very complex and metaphysically challenging concept. It's a claim on what the structure of reality is...one that we can't verify (with at least scientific) certainty. I'd like to write more about it.
Ah, Susanne Schwartz's book! I've heard about it before but I've yet to pick it up. I wonder if there is some overlap or if its a nice complement to The Wounded Woman: Healing the Father-Daughter Relationship by Linda Schierse Leonard.
Ohh interesting, I'm gonna make a note to pick up the book.
My friend Maria has an interview with Schwartz on the topic here: https://beginagain.substack.com/p/19-the-absent-father-a-conversation