The Voices of Joan of Arc

A young French girl claimed to hear messages from God and angels telling her to lead her country to victory over the English. But where did these voices originate from?

The Crow King and the Tengu

Whilst I was halfway through writing a book of short stories (still a work in progress) about a particular character, “The Crow King” – a sort of minor bird-god – that I found out about the Tengu, and noticed a bizarre and uncanny resemblance. I thought I’d share my findings and how this serendipity occurred here.

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Why do we tell stories and how are archetypes used in literature and marketing?

Archetypes and the patterns of humanity

Unconscious (or subconscious) patterns have been discovered about the human mind, including archetypes. But whereabouts in the body do they come from?