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Lecture: The Myth of American Innocence, with Barry Spector -- 2/18

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Free Copies of Leona Tockey's Memoir

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Dear Friends:Leona Tockey, a dear friend who died last summer close to her 90th birthday, was a remarkable woman. She had a successful career as a psychotherapist specializing in sexual abuse issues,…Continue

The two Greta Myths of the Twentieth Century

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Where were you (or your parents) on October 12th, 1944? If you were a teenage girl in the New York City area, you might have been in or outside the Paramount Theater, where some thirty to thirty-five…Continue

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Barry’s Blog # 279-281: Who is an American? A Timeline

Part OneJuly 4th 2019: A Salvadoran father and his young daughter drowned in the Rio Grande River. Families separated. Concentration camps. Children subjected to inhuman conditions amounting to torture while their parents are deported. Mothers told to drink from toilets. Border Patrol agents posting racist and misogynist cartoons on Facebook. Every day now we hear heartbreaking news from the borderlands. How, we wonder, can our government treat people with such gratuitous cruelty, has it ever…See More

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Barry's Blogs # 276-278: What Will the New Myths Be?

Part OneProblems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them. – Albert EinsteinWhat is now proved was once imagined. – William BlakeThe situation is so dire that we can’t afford the luxury of realism. – Caroline CaseyMy book Madness at the Gates of the City: The Myth of American Innocence first appeared in 2010. Since then I’ve taught several college-level courses, and I’ve done dozens of book talks and radio interviews. The two most common questions that people ask me –…See More

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Rumi’s Caravan Returns to Oakland at Unitarian Church

July 13, 2019 from 7pm to 10pm

July 13th:Rumi’s Caravan Returns to OaklandUnitarian Church, 685 14th Street, 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:00) Recitation of World Poetrywith Doug Von Koss, Barry and Maya Spector, Larry Robinson, Kay Crista and others,Musicians: Christine Tulis and Cindy AlbersSufi dancer: Chelsea Rose TICKETS: $15.00/Advance, $30.00 at the doorhttps://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4060914A Poetic Conversation: For twenty years Rumi’s Caravan has…See More

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Barry’s Blog # 270-273: The Myth of the Good War

Part OneI have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again: your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars. – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 10/30/1940In spite of the risk involved, however, in letting the Japanese fire the first shot, we realized that in order to have the full support of the American people it was desirable to make sure that the Japanese were the ones to do this so that there should remain no doubt in anyone’s mind as to who were the aggressors. – Henry…See More

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Memorial Day Weekend Redwood Men's Conference at Mendocino Woodlands Camp

May 24, 2019 at 6pm to May 27, 2019 at 12pm

The 29th Annual Redwood Men’s Conference:The Next Step —Finding Wholeness in a Broken World  May 24-27, Memorial Day Weekend, Mendocino Woodlands CampThese days we hear the word “broken” everywhere – broken hearts, broken promises, broken treaties, broken vows and broken rules. We know what it means to be breaking up, breaking down or breaking out. We lament that the…See More

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Barry’s Blog # 151: The Sixth Gate of Grief

The Sixth Gate of GriefDay of the Dead in Oaxaca, MexicoFrancis Weller has given us all a great gift with the publication of his book The Wild Edge of Sorrow, in which he distills the insights gained in twenty years of leading grief rituals. It has been described as a “…lyrical yet practical handbook for mastering the art…See More

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Barry’s Blog # 268, 269: The Singing Policeman

Part One I’ve been a sports fan my whole life. As an adult I coached little league and played softball and volleyball for 25 years. I used to love to go to baseball games. I don’t anymore. I used to have very good season tickets to major college basketball. I’ve given them up.Oh, I still watch the Warriors and Red Sox on TV. Fortunately, I can mute the commercials and those…See More

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Barry Spector commented on Barry Spector's blog post Barry's Blogs # 260, 261: Breathing Together – On Conspiracism and Gatekeepers, Parts 1 and 2 of 4

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"Barry - You okay?"

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Barry’s Blog # 14: The Royal Wedding

In April 2011 a million people gathered in London. News reporters showed that many were apparently weeping with joy. Broadcast in over 180 countries to perhaps 160 million viewers, the wedding was one of the most watched events in TV history. With an additional 70 million live internet streams, the Guinness Book gave it the record of “Most Live Streams for a Single Event”, beating out 2009’s memorial service for Michael Jackson (see below).Hundreds of journalists described every conceivable…See More

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Steve Staniek commented on Barry Spector's blog post Barry's Blogs # 260, 261: Breathing Together – On Conspiracism and Gatekeepers, Parts 1 and 2 of 4

"Having said all that, I'd like to close the loop with two of my spiritual practices: a) as a spiritual warrior, I offer my fight song, performed powerfully by "soul singer" Gloria Gaynor long ago: b) my declaration of spiritual…"

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Steve Staniek commented on Barry Spector's blog post Barry's Blogs # 260, 261: Breathing Together – On Conspiracism and Gatekeepers, Parts 1 and 2 of 4

"Sorry Barry, my glib response was an attempt to avoid this deep and unpleasant explanation. What if the information that JK Rawlings channeled (supposedly) into her writing is basically true? We've seen many channeled writers: Jules Verne,…"

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Steve Staniek commented on Barry Spector's blog post Barry's Blogs # 260, 261: Breathing Together – On Conspiracism and Gatekeepers, Parts 1 and 2 of 4

"Harry Potter comes to mind. Unwillingly."

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Barry Spector commented on Barry Spector's blog post Barry's Blogs # 260, 261: Breathing Together – On Conspiracism and Gatekeepers, Parts 1 and 2 of 4

"As far as I'm concerned, soul and body are one. What makes us human is our ability to recognize our unique gifts, which are usually inseparable from our wounds. It doesn't matter to me whether those wounds and gifts came from nature (past…"

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Before you go further, please be sure you are applying for membership with YOUR REAL NAME, FIRST AND LAST, or if you are signing up as an organization, publisher, or project, list the organization name here; then list the name of the contact person in the next question.: San Francisco Area

What are your main areas of interest?: Jungian Psychology, Archetypal Psychology, Mythology

If you are signing up as an Individual Member, do you have a degree in Depth Psychology?: Other degree not listed here

If so, from what institution?: Harvard 1971

Are you a licensed or clinical therapist?: No

Please share a little about yourself by way of introduction. What draws you to Depth Psychology and what are you looking for from this community?: I am an author, utilizing archetypal psychology to understand American myth, history and culture. My book is: "Madness at the Gates of the City: The Myth of American Innocence" (Regent Press 2010).

Do you belong to any other online Psychology-related communities or orgs? If so, which?: Mythsinger Consortium

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Barry’s Blog # 279-281: Who is an American? A Timeline

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Part One

July 4^th 2019: A Salvadoran father and his young daughter drowned in the Rio Grande River. Families separated. Concentration camps. Children subjected to inhuman conditions amounting to torture while their parents are deported. Mothers told to drink from toilets. Border Patrol agents posting racist and misogynist cartoons on Facebook. Every day now we hear heartbreaking news from the borderlands. How, we…

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Barry's Blogs # 276-278: What Will the New Myths Be?

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Part One

Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them. – Albert Einstein

What is now proved was once imagined. – William Blake

The situation is so dire that we can’t afford the luxury of realism. – Caroline Casey

My book Madness at the Gates of the City: The Myth of American Innocence first appeared in 2010. Since then…

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Barry’s Blogs # 143 &144: What If We Allowed That To Happen?

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Readers of this blog may recall that one of the basic aspects of the myth of American Innocence is what I have called the Paranoid Imagination. Previous essays on this subject include The Paranoid Imagination, Porn (Parts …

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Barry’s Blogs # 274 & 275: Well, Don’t You Know?

Posted on June 15, 2019 at 11:19am 0 Comments 0 Likes

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June 2019. Netflix releases When They See Us, Ava DuVerney’s superb miniseries on the Central Park Five case.

In the first two weeks of the month, the seventh African-American transgender woman is murdered this year.…

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At 8:17pm on August 21, 2012, Mark Winborn said…: Hi Barry -

Will do. And send yours to

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At 2:53pm on August 6, 2011, Bonnie Bright said…: Hi Barry. I'd like to add my welcome to Ed's and thank you for sending the links and articles for your work by email. You've done some wonderful things in your career and it's great you've found the Alliance. My main goal in founding this community is to help get depth psych out into the world and you have a both a wealth of information to share and willingness to share it. I am truly glad to meet anyone so in tune with a calling!

I hope you'll find this a place to deeply connect with likeminded others and that you will actively engage whenever you can find the time. I find it truly wonderful to be involved in this dynamic and growing community--especially since it allows us to connect from all over the globe in a way we otherwise could not.

I'll get those links up in the next couple of days. In the meantime, it looks like you're already off and running, but I'll send you some tips on navigating the site in a separate email in case its of help. Enjoy the site, and I look forward to seeing you around. ~Bonnie Bright, Founder

At 6:32am on August 4, 2011, Ed Koffenberger said…: Welcome Barry,

Glad you have found the Alliance and have decided to join. Your new book sounds intriguing and it will be on my shelf soon. These is an author's group where this information about your book can be posted as well. As an American, I lost my innocence about the nation during the Vietnam War era. Still lament its passing from time to time.

Ed

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