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Carl Jung – Are Demons Real?

Posted February 10, 202600:11:05

“[Modern man] is blind to the fact that, with all his rationality and efficiency, he is possessed by powers beyond his control. The gods and demons...

Why We Sabotage Ourselves – The Psychology of Self-Handicapping

Posted January 22, 202600:10:59

“The self-handicapper reaches out for impediments, exaggerates handicaps, and embraces any factor reducing personal responsibility for mediocrity…” ...

The Psychology of Online Haters – Nietzsche’s “Poisonous Flies”

Posted January 7, 202600:11:23

“Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.” Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind The internet has connected the world, but it has...

Why we Fear our Highest Potential – The Jonah Complex

Posted December 30, 202500:08:35

“The difficulties of our psychotherapeutic work teach us to take truth, goodness, and beauty where we find them. They are not always found where we...

Why Weak People Create Hard Times – The Biological Decline of the West

Posted December 11, 202500:16:09

The modern West is in decline. Economic stagnation, rising tax burdens, moral disorientation, political corruption, bloated bureaucracies, and soaring...