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A Jungian and Hermetic Reflection on Medieval Eros and Modern Disconnection In the medieval world, love was not understood primarily as a private emotion. It functioned as a discipline, a path of refinement, and a formative education of the soul. Courtly love, emerging in the twelfth century in regions of what is now southern France, particularly Provence and Aquitaine, carried a symbolic grammar that shaped desire into something transformative rather than impulsive. Throug

Archetype, Energy, and the Porous Boundary Between Psyche and Cosmos by Dr. Aurora Roseline How This Question Found Me I did not come to the question of extraterrestrial intelligence through fascination with spacecraft or speculative science fiction. I came to it sideways, through psychology, symbol, and lived experience. My academic training is in depth psychology, with a particular focus on symbolism, sound, and the relationship between psyche and reality. My personal

Attachment shapes the way we connect, love, and sometimes pull away in relationships. It is not a new concept but an ancient pattern woven into human experience. From the myths of Eros to the alchemical symbols of union, attachment reveals itself as a complex dance between longing and fear, closeness and distance. This post explores the alchemy of attachment through the lens of Jungian psychology, Hermetic reflection, and the poetic insight of Robert A. Johnson, offering a de