The Psychology of Fairy Tales

“The difficulties of our psychotherapeutic work teach us to take truth, goodness, and beauty where we find them. They are not always found where we look for them: often they are hidden in the dirt or are in the keeping of the dragon.” Carl Jung, Collected Works Volume 16 We all p ...  Show more

The modern West is in decline. Economic stagnation, rising tax burdens, moral disorientation, political corruption, bloated bureaucracies, and soaring levels of poverty, drug addiction and homelessness, all point to a faltering civilization. While many agree that the West is falt ...  Show more

John Vervaeke delves into the concept of the meaning crisis facing our planet and explores how we can cultivate lives filled with purpose and wisdom. He shares his personal journey through a meaning crisis and reflects on how Socratic wisdom has shaped his understanding. 

What if the rise of AI could actually enhance your spiritual journey rather than threaten it? Today, I have the immense honor of sitting down with one of the most profound thinkers of our time—a man whose work has shaped the way millions of people view spirituality and well-being ...  Show more

Donald Hoffman is back on Know Thyself today to explore the constraints of time and space, and how they shape our understanding of the world around us. He discusses the "headset analogy" - the idea that our senses act as a kind of cognitive filter, preventing us from ...

Le matérialisme s’est imposé en occident quand le schisme entre la science et l’église est devenu indispensable à la survie de la recherche scientifique. Diderot, parmi d’autres, a inventé le concept de "matière", indépendante de la conscience. Les succès de la scien ...