What are your thoughts on the existence and contents of the collective unconscious?
We’d like to provide an opportunity in the form of a writing prompt that encourages you to take a deep dive into the collective mind to see if you can come up with a worthy idea on how to bind wounds and heal the great divide. Is it a little Bluebird or a Mastodon?
Here’s the idea that I hope you find thoughtworthy:
“Through inner vision, the prophet discerns from the needs of their time a helpful image in the collective unconscious and expresses it in a symbol. Because it speaks out of the collective unconscious, it speaks for everyone – le vrai mot de la situation!” – Carl Jung
Write up to 1,500 words and email your submission to me…
I look forward to publishing your poem, essay, or short story that describes a universal symbol that might speak for everyone.
Stephen Kastner writes essays, science fiction, memoir, poetry, and is currently working on a screenplay and novel about his Quaker ancestor Thomas Maule, who was arrested for defending the wise women accused of witchcraft in Salem in 1692. He leads the Green Mountain Writers Group in Vermont and creates digital media professionally as DesignWise Studios.
Follow his Antediluvian Attitudes on Substack: https://stephenkastner.substack.com