This is a companion to the episode of the Architecture of Contemplation podcast that I recorded with Jungian analyst Lisa Marchiano. This is a continuation not in words, but in practice.
The conversation with Lisa is shaped by myth, depth psychology, and the quiet insistence of the inner life, an invitation really to step out of the noise and re-enter the subtle, symbolic world within.
Lisa speaks not just to her ideas, but of interior movements, of wrestling with life's thresholds, of claiming our creative fire, and of encountering the unconscious as a vital force. This short contemplation is not a summary, nor an answer. It is a doorway. It's a way to meet what stirred in you during the conversation. But worry not, even if you have not listened to the initial dialogue. This contemplation is still for you.
If you did listen, perhaps there was an image that lingered, a phrase that struck, something unspoken. Perhaps there was discomfort, recognition, a slow yes rising in the body. We don't always need more information. Sometimes we need space.
We need stillness enough to feel what the conversation awakened. This is that space.
Take a breath, and let's begin.
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