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How Depression Facilitates Self-Transformation

How Depression Facilitates Self-Transformation

Pursue Pain, Not Pleasure - Why Comfort is Crippling You

Pursue Pain, Not Pleasure - Why Comfort is Crippling You

Are We Enslaved to One Side of the Brain? - The Sickness of Modern Man

Are We Enslaved to One Side of the Brain? - The Sickness of Modern Man

Why Modern Man is Mentally Ill - The Disappearance of Heroism

Why Modern Man is Mentally Ill - The Disappearance of Heroism

Why Democracy Leads to Tyranny

Why Democracy Leads to Tyranny

Why Solitude Promotes Greatness - The Benefits of Being Alone

Why Solitude Promotes Greatness - The Benefits of Being Alone

Why Social Media Ruins Relationships

Why Social Media Ruins Relationships

1984 vs Brave New World - How Freedom Dies

1984 vs Brave New World - How Freedom Dies

Carl Jung and the Neurosis of Normality

Carl Jung and the Neurosis of Normality

Spontaneous Recovery - The Body's Power to Heal from Cancer and Chronic Disease

Spontaneous Recovery - The Body's Power to Heal from Cancer and Chronic Disease

The Problem of Paternal Uncertainty - ~10% of Married Men’s Children are Genetically not their Own

The Problem of Paternal Uncertainty - ~10% of Married Men’s Children are Genetically not their Own

The Nocebo Effect - The Mind and Chronic Disease

The Nocebo Effect - The Mind and Chronic Disease

Why Lying to Yourself is Ruining Your Life

Why Lying to Yourself is Ruining Your Life

How to Escape Mediocrity and Mental Illness - The Road Less Traveled

How to Escape Mediocrity and Mental Illness - The Road Less Traveled

Is Rapid Personality Transformation Possible? – The Psychology of Quantum Change

Is Rapid Personality Transformation Possible? – The Psychology of Quantum Change

Why do Most Relationships Fail? - The Myth of the Magical Other

Why do Most Relationships Fail? - The Myth of the Magical Other

Do we Need God? - The Loss of God and the Decay of Society

Do we Need God? - The Loss of God and the Decay of Society

How Imitation Promotes Self-Transformation - The "Mythical Formula"

How Imitation Promotes Self-Transformation - The "Mythical Formula"

The Psychology of Malignant Narcissists - People of the Lie

The Psychology of Malignant Narcissists - People of the Lie

Why are People so Obedient? - Compliance and Tyranny

Why are People so Obedient? - Compliance and Tyranny

Propaganda - Why Modern Man Embraces His Servitude

Propaganda - Why Modern Man Embraces His Servitude

Why Nonconformity Cures a Sick Self and a Sick Society

Why Nonconformity Cures a Sick Self and a Sick Society

Why Absent Fathers Harm Children and Ruin Society

Why Absent Fathers Harm Children and Ruin Society

Can Religion Save Society?

Can Religion Save Society?

The Psychology of Psychopaths - Predators who Walk Among Us

The Psychology of Psychopaths - Predators who Walk Among Us

The Loss of God and the Decay of Society

The Loss of God and the Decay of Society

Carl Jung and the Psychology of Dreams - Messages from the Unconscious

Carl Jung and the Psychology of Dreams - Messages from the Unconscious

How Creativity Helps Cure Depression

How Creativity Helps Cure Depression

How to Stop Being a Slave to the Opinions of Other People

How to Stop Being a Slave to the Opinions of Other People

Why Mediocrity is a Mental Illness

Why Mediocrity is a Mental Illness

Face Your Dark Side - Carl Jung and the Shadow

Face Your Dark Side - Carl Jung and the Shadow

How Nonconformity Cures a Sick Self and a Sick Society

How Nonconformity Cures a Sick Self and a Sick Society

Can Decentralization Save Humanity? - Why Smaller is Better in Politics

Can Decentralization Save Humanity? - Why Smaller is Better in Politics

The Uncensored Truth about Inflation - How Inflation Enriches Politicians and the 1%

The Uncensored Truth about Inflation - How Inflation Enriches Politicians and the 1%

Why are People Sheeplike in their Obedience to Authority?

Why are People Sheeplike in their Obedience to Authority?

The Power of Sacrifice: How Letting Go Leads to Personal Growth

The Power of Sacrifice: How Letting Go Leads to Personal Growth

Why are so Many People Neurotic? - Carl Jung as Therapist

Why are so Many People Neurotic? - Carl Jung as Therapist

Why Politicians Promote Woke Morality

Why Politicians Promote Woke Morality

Why You Should Seek Power, Not Happiness - Nietzsche's Guide to Greatness

Why You Should Seek Power, Not Happiness - Nietzsche's Guide to Greatness

Snakes in Suits - The Psychopaths in Positions of Power

Snakes in Suits - The Psychopaths in Positions of Power

Nietzsche and Nihilism - A Warning to the West

Nietzsche and Nihilism - A Warning to the West

The Art of Building a Fulfilling Career - Turn a Passion into a Lucrative Occupation

The Art of Building a Fulfilling Career - Turn a Passion into a Lucrative Occupation

How Inflation Precipitates Societal Collapse

How Inflation Precipitates Societal Collapse

Will Civilization Collapse?

Will Civilization Collapse?

Is Scapegoating Going to Destroy Society?

Is Scapegoating Going to Destroy Society?

How to Stop Wasting Your Life - Carl Jung as Therapist

How to Stop Wasting Your Life - Carl Jung as Therapist

Orwell vs Huxley - Who was Right?

Orwell vs Huxley - Who was Right?

Why Breakdowns can Promote Growth

Why Breakdowns can Promote Growth

Why the Weak Cling to Group Identities

Why the Weak Cling to Group Identities

Scapegoating and the Road to Political Persecution

Scapegoating and the Road to Political Persecution

Why Suffering can Promote Strength and Health

Why Suffering can Promote Strength and Health

Why the Lack of Religion Breeds Mental Illness

Why the Lack of Religion Breeds Mental Illness

Anxiety and Depression - A Retreat into a Constricted World

Anxiety and Depression - A Retreat into a Constricted World

Fear Psychosis and the Cult of Safety - Why are People so Afraid?

Fear Psychosis and the Cult of Safety - Why are People so Afraid?

Is Humanity Doomed? | Carl Jung on Healing a Sick Society

Is Humanity Doomed? | Carl Jung on Healing a Sick Society

The Parallel Society vs Totalitarianism | How to Create a Free World

The Parallel Society vs Totalitarianism | How to Create a Free World

Why are Most People Cowards? | Obedience and the Rise of Authoritarianism

Why are Most People Cowards? | Obedience and the Rise of Authoritarianism

Is Government the New God? - The Religion of Totalitarianism

Is Government the New God? - The Religion of Totalitarianism

Is the Mainstream Media a Threat to Freedom and Sanity?

Is the Mainstream Media a Threat to Freedom and Sanity?

The Crisis of Addiction - Childhood Trauma and a Corrupt Culture

The Crisis of Addiction - Childhood Trauma and a Corrupt Culture

Smartphones and Social Media - A Mass Surveillance Dystopia

Smartphones and Social Media - A Mass Surveillance Dystopia

Social Media - Why it Sickens the Self and Divides Society

Social Media - Why it Sickens the Self and Divides Society

The Big Lie - How to Enslave the World

The Big Lie - How to Enslave the World

How to Escape from a Sick Society

How to Escape from a Sick Society

Is 1984 Becoming a Reality? - George Orwell's Warning to the World

Is 1984 Becoming a Reality? - George Orwell's Warning to the World

Do We Live in a Brave New World? - Aldous Huxley's Warning to the World

Do We Live in a Brave New World? - Aldous Huxley's Warning to the World

What Happened to Nietzsche? - Madness and the Divine Mania

What Happened to Nietzsche? - Madness and the Divine Mania

Nietzsche and Madness - A Descent into the Depths

Nietzsche and Madness - A Descent into the Depths

Carl Jung's Method of Self-Development - The Path of Individuation

Carl Jung's Method of Self-Development - The Path of Individuation

The Manufacturing of a Mass Psychosis - Can Sanity Return to an Insane World?

The Manufacturing of a Mass Psychosis - Can Sanity Return to an Insane World?

How Ideas can Trigger a Mass Psychosis

How Ideas can Trigger a Mass Psychosis

Is a Mass Psychosis the Greatest Threat to Humanity?

Is a Mass Psychosis the Greatest Threat to Humanity?

Why Caring What Others Think Breeds Mental Illness

Why Caring What Others Think Breeds Mental Illness

Why are So Many Men Psychologically Infantile?

Why are So Many Men Psychologically Infantile?

How Civil Disobedience Safeguards Freedom and Prevents Tyranny

How Civil Disobedience Safeguards Freedom and Prevents Tyranny

The Psychology of Joy - 3 Antidotes to Suffering

The Psychology of Joy - 3 Antidotes to Suffering

How to Thrive in the Battle of Life

How to Thrive in the Battle of Life

Søren Kierkegaard and The Value of Despair

Søren Kierkegaard and The Value of Despair

How the "Greater Good" is Used as a Tool of Social Control

How the "Greater Good" is Used as a Tool of Social Control

Carl Jung - Inferiority Complexes and the Superior Self

Carl Jung - Inferiority Complexes and the Superior Self

Freedom vs. Force - The Individual and the State

Freedom vs. Force - The Individual and the State

Escape Boredom - Leonardo da Vinci and a Guide to the Good Life

Escape Boredom - Leonardo da Vinci and a Guide to the Good Life

The Psychology of Power - How to Dethrone Tyrants

The Psychology of Power - How to Dethrone Tyrants

Do We Live in a Sick Society?

Do We Live in a Sick Society?

The Psychology of Heroism

The Psychology of Heroism

The Psychology of the Anti-Hero

The Psychology of the Anti-Hero

Life as a Quest - The Antidote to a Wasted Existence

Life as a Quest - The Antidote to a Wasted Existence

How to Be Free in an Unfree World

How to Be Free in an Unfree World

How to Fortify the Mind in Times of Crisis

How to Fortify the Mind in Times of Crisis

What Would Nietzsche Think of 21st Century Society?

What Would Nietzsche Think of 21st Century Society?

Using a Second Self to Promote Self-Transformation

Using a Second Self to Promote Self-Transformation

How to Integrate Your Shadow - The Dark Side is Unrealized Potential

How to Integrate Your Shadow - The Dark Side is Unrealized Potential

The School of Anxiety is The School of Greatness

The School of Anxiety is The School of Greatness

Solitude and Self-Realization: Why You Should Spend More Time Alone

Solitude and Self-Realization: Why You Should Spend More Time Alone

The Ideal Body: Use Your Body to Shape a Great Character

The Ideal Body: Use Your Body to Shape a Great Character

The Ideal Body: How our Body Shapes our Character

The Ideal Body: How our Body Shapes our Character

How to Stop Being a Coward

How to Stop Being a Coward

How to Change Your Attitude to Change Your Life

How to Change Your Attitude to Change Your Life

How to Turn Your Mind from an Enemy to an Ally

How to Turn Your Mind from an Enemy to an Ally

Freedom and Anxiety - The Inner God vs The Inner Worm

Freedom and Anxiety - The Inner God vs The Inner Worm

Machiavelli - The Rulers vs The Ruled and the Struggle for Power

Machiavelli - The Rulers vs The Ruled and the Struggle for Power

How to Find a Purpose and the Psychology of the Daemon

How to Find a Purpose and the Psychology of the Daemon

Rapid Personality Change and the Psychological Rebirth

Rapid Personality Change and the Psychological Rebirth

Modern Art and the Decline of Civilization

Modern Art and the Decline of Civilization

Carl Jung and the Psychology of the Man-Child

Carl Jung and the Psychology of the Man-Child

The Outsider's Guide to the Social World

The Outsider's Guide to the Social World

Why Purpose and Discipline Promote Psychological Well-Being

Why Purpose and Discipline Promote Psychological Well-Being

How to Overcome the Downward Pull of Other People

How to Overcome the Downward Pull of Other People

The Benefits of Reading Great Books

The Benefits of Reading Great Books

Why Public Schools and the Mainstream Media Dumb Us Down

Why Public Schools and the Mainstream Media Dumb Us Down

The Psychology of Resilience: Thriving in Adversity

The Psychology of Resilience: Thriving in Adversity

Carl Jung on Overcoming Anxiety Disorders

Carl Jung on Overcoming Anxiety Disorders

Carl Jung and The Value of Anxiety Disorders

Carl Jung and The Value of Anxiety Disorders

Why You Should Strive for a Meaningful Life, Not a Happy One

Why You Should Strive for a Meaningful Life, Not a Happy One

Nietzsche and The Human Animal: The Domesticated and The Strong

Nietzsche and The Human Animal: The Domesticated and The Strong

Психология самосаботажа и сопротивляемости

Психология самосаботажа и сопротивляемости

Nietzsche and Jung: Myth and the Age of the Hero

Nietzsche and Jung: Myth and the Age of the Hero

The Problem of Anger - How to Use the Power of Your Dark Side

The Problem of Anger - How to Use the Power of Your Dark Side

The Psychology of Depression - How to Ruin Your Life

The Psychology of Depression - How to Ruin Your Life

Why Passivity Breeds Mediocrity and Mental Illness

Why Passivity Breeds Mediocrity and Mental Illness

Performing Therapy On Yourself: Self-Knowledge and Self-Realization

Performing Therapy On Yourself: Self-Knowledge and Self-Realization

Social Media and The Psychology of Loneliness

Social Media and The Psychology of Loneliness

The Addict in Us All: How Smartphones are Creating a Population of Addicts

The Addict in Us All: How Smartphones are Creating a Population of Addicts

Epictetus and Stoicism: The Wisdom of the Slave Philosopher

Epictetus and Stoicism: The Wisdom of the Slave Philosopher

Aldous Huxley and Brave New World: The Dark Side of Pleasure

Aldous Huxley and Brave New World: The Dark Side of Pleasure

Why We Can’t Vote Our Way to Freedom

Why We Can’t Vote Our Way to Freedom

Abraham Maslow and the Psychology of Self-Actualization

Abraham Maslow and the Psychology of Self-Actualization

Why We Struggle To Change

Why We Struggle To Change

How We Enslave Ourselves

How We Enslave Ourselves

Carl Jung, the Shadow, and the Dangers of Psychological Projection

Carl Jung, the Shadow, and the Dangers of Psychological Projection

Soren Kierkegaard and The Psychology of Anxiety

Soren Kierkegaard and The Psychology of Anxiety

The Psychological Benefits of Contemplating Death

The Psychological Benefits of Contemplating Death

Ralph Waldo Emerson and The Psychology of Self-Reliance

Ralph Waldo Emerson and The Psychology of Self-Reliance

The Psychology of Authenticity

The Psychology of Authenticity

The Psychology of Alfred Adler: Superiority, Inferiority, and Courage

The Psychology of Alfred Adler: Superiority, Inferiority, and Courage

The Jonah Complex and the Fear of Greatness

The Jonah Complex and the Fear of Greatness

Carl Jung: What is the Individuation Process?

Carl Jung: What is the Individuation Process?

Nietzsche and Thus Spoke Zarathustra: The Last Man and The Superman

Nietzsche and Thus Spoke Zarathustra: The Last Man and The Superman

The Psychology of Self-Transformation

The Psychology of Self-Transformation

Nietzsche and Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Becoming Gods

Nietzsche and Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Becoming Gods

Decentralization and Freedom

Decentralization and Freedom

The Psychology of Solitude

The Psychology of Solitude

The Psychology of Self-Deception

The Psychology of Self-Deception

Edward Bernays and Group Psychology: Manipulating the Masses

Edward Bernays and Group Psychology: Manipulating the Masses

The Psychology of Conformity

The Psychology of Conformity

Carl Jung and the Spiritual Problem of the Modern Individual

Carl Jung and the Spiritual Problem of the Modern Individual

The Psychology of Envy and Social Justice

The Psychology of Envy and Social Justice

Nietzsche and Truth: Skepticism and The Free Spirit

Nietzsche and Truth: Skepticism and The Free Spirit

Suffering and Self-Overcoming

Suffering and Self-Overcoming

The Gulag Archipelago and The Wisdom of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The Gulag Archipelago and The Wisdom of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Carl Jung and The Achievement of Personality

Carl Jung and The Achievement of Personality

The Psychology of Obedience and The Virtue of Disobedience

The Psychology of Obedience and The Virtue of Disobedience

Nietzsche and Dionysus: Tragedy and the Affirmation of Life

Nietzsche and Dionysus: Tragedy and the Affirmation of Life

Nietzsche and Psychology: How To Become Who You Are

Nietzsche and Psychology: How To Become Who You Are

Carl Jung - What are the Archetypes?

Carl Jung - What are the Archetypes?

Nietzsche and Morality: The Higher Man and The Herd

Nietzsche and Morality: The Higher Man and The Herd

The Individual vs. Tyranny

The Individual vs. Tyranny

Public Schools, the Fixation of Belief, and Social Control

Public Schools, the Fixation of Belief, and Social Control

Carl Jung and the Shadow: Integrating the Hidden Power of Your Dark Side

Carl Jung and the Shadow: Integrating the Hidden Power of Your Dark Side

The Psychology and Principles of Mastery

The Psychology and Principles of Mastery

Wealth Inequality: The Good and the Bad

Wealth Inequality: The Good and the Bad

Stoicism: Letters from a Stoic and the Wisdom of Seneca

Stoicism: Letters from a Stoic and the Wisdom of Seneca

Existential Psychotherapy: Death, Freedom, Isolation, Meaninglessness

Existential Psychotherapy: Death, Freedom, Isolation, Meaninglessness

Viktor Frankl: Logotherapy and Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl: Logotherapy and Man's Search for Meaning

Joseph Campbell and the Myth of the Hero's Journey

Joseph Campbell and the Myth of the Hero's Journey

The Nature of Creativity and The Courage to Create

The Nature of Creativity and The Courage to Create

Stoicism: Meditations and the Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius

Stoicism: Meditations and the Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius

Introduction to Camus: The Absurd, Revolt, and Rebellion

Introduction to Camus: The Absurd, Revolt, and Rebellion

Spontaneous Order vs. Centralized Control

Spontaneous Order vs. Centralized Control

Introduction to Carl Jung - Individuation, the Persona, the Shadow, and the Self

Introduction to Carl Jung - Individuation, the Persona, the Shadow, and the Self

Introduction to Carl Jung - The Psyche, Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious

Introduction to Carl Jung - The Psyche, Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious

Nietzsche and Zapffe: Beauty, Suffering, and the Nature of Genius

Nietzsche and Zapffe: Beauty, Suffering, and the Nature of Genius

Fear and Social Control

Fear and Social Control

Introduction to Aristotle: Knowledge, Teleology and the Four Causes

Introduction to Aristotle: Knowledge, Teleology and the Four Causes

Introduction to Kierkegaard: The Religious Solution

Introduction to Kierkegaard: The Religious Solution

Introduction to Kierkegaard: The Existential Problem

Introduction to Kierkegaard: The Existential Problem

Political Authority - An Examination

Political Authority - An Examination

Philosophy as a Way of Life

Philosophy as a Way of Life

Pessimism of Strength

Pessimism of Strength

Introduction to Stoicism

Introduction to Stoicism

Creativity and the Pursuit of Excellence

Creativity and the Pursuit of Excellence

Eric Hoffer: The True Believer and The Nature of Mass Movements

Eric Hoffer: The True Believer and The Nature of Mass Movements

Introduction to Schopenhauer: Schopenhauer's Ethics

Introduction to Schopenhauer: Schopenhauer's Ethics

Introduction to Schopenhauer - The World as Will

Introduction to Schopenhauer - The World as Will

What is Brainwashing?

What is Brainwashing?

Clarence Darrow and Pacifism

Clarence Darrow and Pacifism

Introduction to Propaganda

Introduction to Propaganda

Frédéric Bastiat - The Law

Frédéric Bastiat - The Law

Ernest Becker and Heroism

Ernest Becker and Heroism

Ernest Becker and the Fear of Death

Ernest Becker and the Fear of Death

John Stuart Mill - On Liberty

John Stuart Mill - On Liberty

Introduction to Ethics

Introduction to Ethics

Gustave Le Bon: The Nature of Crowds

Gustave Le Bon: The Nature of Crowds

Introduction to Nietzsche

Introduction to Nietzsche

Introduction to Metaphysics

Introduction to Metaphysics

Introduction to Diogenes the Cynic

Introduction to Diogenes the Cynic

William James and the Sick Soul

William James and the Sick Soul

The Ideas of Socrates

The Ideas of Socrates

The Limits of Science - A Critique of Scientism

The Limits of Science - A Critique of Scientism

Socrates: The Man and His Life

Socrates: The Man and His Life