Archetypal psychology is the school of psychological thought most closely associated with James Hillman. Emerging as a distinct movement during the early 1970s, it developed out of Carl Gustav Jung’s analytical psychology while also questioning several of Jung’s central assumptions.
The brain is the physical organ; the mind is the set of mental processes that run on it, like software on hardware. The mind is also where a person’s sense of “me” lives, tying together memories, preferences, and personality into a feeling of being the same person over time.
Imagination is your inner “space” for trying out ideas, feelings, and futures without risk. It is how your mind stretches beyond what is here and now, so you can make sense of life and shape it in your own way.
This article is a personal reflection about a voice that I hear, which claims to be Brian Blessed. Here I offer and explanation as to how that might work.
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