Can Psychological Type be a Barrier to Individuation?
This article was first published in 'TypeFace', the quarterly magazine of the British Association for Psychological Type (BAPT), Vol. 25(4),…
PhD Research into Religious Tolerance
Help wanted! For the past few years, I have been pursuing some PhD research into the relationship between personality and…
The Lost Art of Disagreement
In Jung’s last work on the theory of psychological types, published posthumously, he introduced the topic by writing: “A sane…
Journalistic Myth-Making Live
My jaw dropped when I started reading The Independent’s review of the Mansion House speech yesterday morning. On the front…
Why Labour Lost – A Jungian Perspective
The 2015 election results are in, and they are full of shocks: Three party leaders resigned before all the results…
Normality in Analytical Psychology
This video is an academic, masters-level presentation that I was invited to make at a university conference. The full paper…
The Hero Myth in International Conflicts
The resolution of interpersonal and international conflict is often hindered by the hero myth. A traditional hero in myth is…
Does God exist or is God imaginary?
In The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins argues that God (probably) does not exist, and he associates belief in God with…
Is the Swastika a symbol of evil or of good?
A Jew and a Hindu had very different views when debating the meaning of the Swastika on BBC's Sunday Morning…
Plebgate – a Clash of Mythologies
Plebgate is a scandal that began with a politician (Andrew Mitchell) swearing at a police officer and having to resign. …