I am the child of two loving parents. One gifted me a living background in philosophy and mysticism; the other gave me the gift of verbal conceptualisation… talking. (1500 words;
Tag: Object Relations
The Big Picture (5) : A glass of silver wineThe Big Picture (5) : A glass of silver wine
One of the ancient mystical traditions that has turned out to be startlingly modern is that of the Sufis. We may be familiar with Sufi thought in the form of
The Big Picture (4) : a hammer of sortsThe Big Picture (4) : a hammer of sorts
As children, we lose ourselves in play and the toys or games that give the play structure: a skipping rope, chalk to mark out a court, balls to kick and
The Big Picture (3) : objects of desireThe Big Picture (3) : objects of desire
The word ‘object’ has many meanings; but none more mysterious and potentially wonderful as the meeting of spirituality with the findings of psychology’s Object Relations Theory… (1400 words; a ten
The Big Picture (2) : a portrait of the archerThe Big Picture (2) : a portrait of the archer
If we’re going to set off in search of the spiritual – as seen in humanity’s ‘internal pictures’, we need to have a more modern definition of what the ‘spiritual’
The Big Picture (1) : life and the imageThe Big Picture (1) : life and the image
We don’t live ‘in the world’… an outrageous thing to say, and yet it’s true. Well, if we don’t live in the world, where do we live? We don’t live