Would it be more productive for depth psychology to approach Magic? First, there is an ambiguity I wish to clarify regarding the grouping of magical systems, such as those of Israel Regardie, and the distinction Gyimesi seeks to explain between psychoanalysis and the occult. The colloquial term "occult"

Artist: Jake Baddeley To determine if a myth is a purer expression of an archetype than a religious creed, we must first define the difference between a religious creed and an archetype. Freud tracks three criteria of the mythological gods and their use by civilizations, which followed a progression into

Artist: Jake Baddeley      Depth psychology is traditionally traced to Freud’s psychoanalysis and Jung’s analytical psychology. Shamdasani writes, “Through studying prehistoric, primitive, or modern societies, these disciplines attempted to surpass the limitations of individual psychology” (2003, p. 271). Yet these 'modern' roots conceal deeper, occult currents with

Artwork by Jake Baddeley The teachings of Hermeticism—rooted in ancient Egypt and Greece and linked to the enigmatic figure of Hermes Trismegistus—claim to hold a master key to the unlocking the prima principium of reality or does it? Contained in a compact yet profound text, The Kybalion, lists