The comprehension of the vast and numinous psyche, an unconsciously dominated realm, is the work of depth psychology. Comprehending the domain of the psyche can be a guide into the unknown aspects of the human condition. Attempts to learn about the psyche can rely upon visions and concepts which work to achieve an eternal soulful presence. The use of matter to appreciate spirit is one medium from which psyche can be illuminated. This research study explores the in-between place of the psyche through the formations of the sky and its atmospheric contents. Depending upon the hermeneutic method as a tool to take one out of the literal and into the subjective will help to acknowledge the strong dialogue created through metaphors of the soul and its skyward partner. The relationship forged through this metaphor has provided a visual manifestation of the psyche within the atmospheric sky. This sky finds itself transformed through an alchemical method, from which an understanding of one's own psyche begins to take shape. The complex dynamic that can be found when working with the physicality of the sky and one's unconscious can find interpretations through alchemical, hermeneutic, and phenomenological methods. In comprehending the symbolic interactions between soul and sky, creative models are depended upon to present this research in a way that will apply to the applications of analytic or archetypal psychology. Utilizing active imagination and visioning, parallels between atmospheric and psychic states can be drawn, yielding a universe of imagery that quickens soulful understanding. The lens of the atmosphere provides a dreamscape of an "atmospheric psyche," supplying a depth psychological focus that expresses a multiplicity of states, negotiating the psychic and external environments and their imaginal domain.

In Mexico’s Sierra Norte de Puebla, beliefs that were held before the coming of Europeans continue to guide the lives of modern Aztecs. For residents of San Martín Zinacapan, life in and on the earth is animated by the same forces, through which people seek to maintain a cohesive view of the relationship of mankind, the cosmos, and the natural world. This delicate balance of the human spirit maintains the health and well-being of villagers, and is an essential part of the social and ideological framework that makes a person’s life whole. This book describes the basic elements of a belief system that has survived the onslaught of Catholicism, colonialism, and the modern world. Timothy Knab has spent thirty years working in this area of Mexico, learning of the Most Holy Earth and following what its people there call "the good path." He was initiated as a dreamer, learned the prayers and techniques for curing maladies of the human soul, and from his long association with the Sanmartinos has constructed a thorough account of their beliefs and practices. Learning to recount dreams, forming a dreamtale, and "carrying it on one’s back" to the waking world is the first part of the practitioner’s labor in curing. But dreamtales are shown to be more than parables in this world, for they embody the ethos and cosmovision that link Sanmartinos with their traditions and the Most Holy Earth. Building on this background, Knab describes how the open-ended interpretation of dreams is the practitioner’s primary instrument for restoring a client’s soul to its proper equilibrium, thus providing a practical approach to finding and resolving everyday problems. Many anthropologists hold that such beliefs have long since disappeared into the nebulous past, but in San Martín they remain alive and well. The underworld of the ancestors, talocan or Tlalocan for the Aztecs, is still a vital part of everyday life for the people of the Sierra Norte de Puebla. The Dialogue of Earth and Sky is an important record of a culture that has maintained a precolumbian cosmovision for nearly 500 years, revealing that this system is as resonant today with the ethos of Mesoamerican peoples as it was for their ancestors.

This commentary on The Gospel of Thomas originally appeared--in a much-truncated form--between and November of 2003 and March of 2005, on the Fantastic Planet weblog. Composed as an attempt to provide a cohesive collection of thoughts and meditations on that most prevalent of Gnostic scriptures, I wanted to produce something that would be useful instead of merely interesting, something that addressed modern concerns within a Gnostic context, by a Gnostic, for people interested in Gnosticism.

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Provides techniques for achieving high scores on the AP English literature exam and includes two full-length practice tests.

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The author of "The Dybbuk," Shloyme-Zanvl Rappoport, known as An-sky (1863-1920), was a figure of immense versatility and also ambiguity in Russian and Jewish intellectual, literary, and political spheres. Drawing together leading historians, ethnographers, literary scholars, and others, this far-ranging, multi-disciplinary examination of An-sky is the fullest ever produced.