Cosmic Play

Jung’s concept of archetypes as having two different poles—instinct (red) and image (blue) combine in the color purple and also in play.

Tricksters come in all different shapes and sizes. I not only looked at Jung’s article on the trickster (Jung, 1954/1990) but also Tarnas’s

M. Fox, (2002), Myers (1999), and H. Gardner (1993) explore the soul and anatomy of creativity, while von Franz (1978) explicates the nature

Grof (1998a, 2000a, 2000b) also explicates the transpersonal or archetypal nature of the birth process which is seen in Eliade’s (1954/1991b

Swimme (2001) discusses play as being one of the primary qualities and energies of the universe in addition to creativity, allurement and en

In an effort to situate my dissertation in the current play research, I reviewed developmental, evolutionary, and cultural theories of play

Because play is tricky, many categories overlap and lead into each other. Sometimes a category is betwixt and between other categories.

I had been struggling with a way to tie together the many disparate topics that I wanted to cover, and it dawned on me that the Telesphoros

I have been called to play since my first quarter at Pacifica. Over the course of my studies at Pacifica I have been drawn to a few...

When I think about play today, the image of Tinkerbell comes to my mind. I saw a stage version of Peter Pan (Barrie, 1928) when I was a...