Choosing Death: The Ballad of Narayama

Dr. Kervorkian, aka "Dr Death" was recently convicted for murder having given a lethal injection to a patient suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease.

Necessary Stories

Our lives depend on stories: They are as necessary to survival as our five senses. Stories may be our sixth sense.

Nous, Ananke and Eros: Reflections about the Images of the Soul

It's Friday. In the painting quarter of a psychiatric clinic, the atmosphere is quiet and calm. Blank sheets of paper intertwine with paints and color pencils reminding us that those hands creating images belong to those who once had their status of individuals taken away from them.

The New Jerusalem: Its Symbolic and Psychological Meaning

Carl Jung, Edward Edinger and Robin Robertson's writings have influenced the image being described in this essay.

The Meta Theory Of Transcendence

The profession of nursing with its rich diversity will benefit from a theory that is simultaneously inclusive, exclusive, reductive, and expansive. This article introduces the reader to such a theory.