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Jan.20.2010
Jung’s Red Book
Have any of you been following the talk in the general public following the publication of Carl Jung’s Red Book? The most impressive review, released four months ago on September 20, 2009 by The New York Times Magazine featured a wonderful article written by Sara...
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Jan.13.2010
In 1880 Walt Whitman created one of his most controversial poems, "The Dalliance of the Eagles," a poem containing a startlingly beautiful image, of two eagles copulating in midair. In Whitman’s mind the spiritual aims of female sexuality are a calling to liberate women to pursue their...
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Nov.05.2009
Shamanic Archetype
In Everson’s post-Dominican view Christ was the greatest of all shamans. We don’t typically think of Christ as a shaman but in Everson’s view he was. He carried his Cross as a Sun Dance. Under the post-Christian mantle, Everson could proclaim his identity as a shaman in the...
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Oct.07.2009
Author's Review: William Everson The Shaman's Call, by Steven B. Herrmann
The Mantle of the Shaman
After leaving the Dominican monastery Everson disrobed himself of his religious habit as a catholic lay monk and donned the mantle of a traditional Native American buck skin vest and Lakota bear claw...
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Sep.28.2009
Author’s Review—Steven Herrmann:
William Everson was the first American poet to explore the living link between shamanism and poetry, between the shaman’s call and the vocational archetype in the dreams of contemporary students. The book builds upon Everson’s contributions to the field of American...
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Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess the origin of all poems”
—Walt Whitman
About Steven
Steven B. Herrmann, PhD, MFT began his writing career in 1991 with an essay on the Santa Cruz poet William Everson. In 1997 he wrote his first paper for the C. G. Jung Institute Library Journal "The Visionary Artist." He has written many reviews on...
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Steven’s Favorite Books
Moby-Dick Leaves of Grass Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Memories, Dreams, Reflections The Collected Works of C. G. Jung Transformation: Emergence of the...