The Severed Head: Symbolism, Identity, and the Search for Wholeness
There are moments in public life when political disputes seem to draw upon a deeper reservoir of images and symbols than the immediate arguments might […]
Gender Identity
When Empathy Becomes an Orthodoxy in Gender Identity Discussions
The recent Beyond Gender podcast discussion with Jasmin Faulk, Stella O’Malley, and Bret Alderman raises an important question about how empathy, and its corollary protection, […]
This Isn’t Working – The Lost Mythos
The recent episode of This Isn’t Working, featuring HR commentator Tanya de Grunwald in conversation with clinical psychologist Jaco van Zyl, circles an issue that […]
Ideology and Cosmology in the Gender Identity Controversy – Why the Argument Feels Immediate, and Why the Mythic Layer Is Often Missing
This article examines the gender identity controversy through a distinction between ideological and cosmological worldviews. It explains why contemporary debate is dominated by legal and […]
Rhetorical Hierarchies in the Gender Identity Debate
A comparative analysis of recent UK gender debates shows how competing rhetorical frameworks shape public understanding. By contrasting evidence-based safeguarding arguments with identity-led advocacy, and […]
Sympathetic Resonance, Biological Sex, and the Gender Identity Debate
Exploring gender identity through Jung’s depth psychology means moving beyond “contagion” or “mind-virus” metaphors. Sympathetic resonance offers a richer analogy, showing how collective archetypes vibrate […]
William James, Gender Identity, and the Ecology of the Psyche
William James’s pragmatism offers a vital lens for understanding gender identity beyond rigid categories. Unlike phenomenological or existential approaches that emphasise self-declared essence, James viewed […]
Queerism as a Cultural, Psychological, and Historical Phenomenon
This post examines queerism as more than ideology, framing it as a cultural, psychological, and historical phenomenon. It explores phenomenology’s focus on lived experience, Jung’s […]
Tensions Between Phenomenological and Hermeneutical Approaches to Gender Identity
This review of the Beyond Gender episode with Kenneth Zucker explores the tension between phenomenological and hermeneutical approaches to gender identity. It shows how phenomenology […]
Jung’s Pleroma, Differentiation, and the Sexual Mystery of Individuation
What does Jung mean by the Pleroma as fullness and nothingness? How does differentiation shape our becoming as human beings? In what way do sex […]