The Flight from the Psyche – A Depth Psychological Reflection on Ideology
Carl Jung approached ideology not as a political analyst but as a depth psychologist. His concern was never merely with the content of belief systems […]
Articles by Rob Watson
Riding the Ancient Wave – Jung, the Collective Unconscious, and Our Modern Disquiet
“The spiritual problem of modern man is one of those questions which are so much a part of the age we live in that we […]
From Water to Salt – Alchemy, Jung, and Finding Meaning in a Metamodern World
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about transformation—how we move from chaos to clarity, from the overwhelming swirl of emotions and ideas to something solid […]
The Salt Pot – A Reflection on Service, Substance, and the Soul
I’ve been continuing to reflect on the image of the open pot in the marketplace. That vessel—humble, unadorned, standing unattended in the shifting light—keeps resurfacing […]
The Alchemy of Adolescence – A Metamodern Reflection on Puberty Blockers
In the spirit of metamodern inquiry and integration—where the aesthetic impulse is guided by a mythic sensibility, and the fire of critique is held within […]
Trusting the Spiral – Reflections on Soul-Making and Symbolic Process
Earlier this year, an image came to me with unusual clarity: I am both an Osprey circling in the heavens and a Tortoise finding its […]
The Open Pot in the Market – People Pleasing and the INFJ Psyche
There’s a recurring image that has found its way into my reflective practice—a Roman or Greek pot, standing open in the centre of a sunlit […]
Wetherspoons Approval Committee—Britain’s Cycle of Casual Judgement
In pubs across Britain, there’s a common scene played out repeatedly, one that reveals something about the nation’s collective psyche. Picture a group of regular […]
The Tyranny of Happiness – How the Modern Obsession with Personal Fulfilment Ignores the Lessons of History
In modern Western societies, happiness has been elevated to a moral imperative. It is no longer merely a fleeting experience or an occasional gift of […]
Mickey 17 – An Absurdist Journey into the Depths of the Psyche
The premise is delightfully absurd: a man is sent on an interstellar colonisation mission, doomed to be replaced each time he dies, his consciousness duplicated […]