Archive - The Vale

Is Trump A High Chair Tyrant?

A conversation with John Lee in response to the recent No Kings Day protest

Jul 4 •

June 2025

Soul-Making: The Meaning of Suffering

A conversation with Jungian analyst and astrologer Christina Becker and an excerpt from her upcoming book Soul-Making: A Journey of Resilience and…

Jun 25 •

Psychology: Monotheistic or Polytheistic?

Introduction to James Hillman's controversial 1971 essay

Jun 22 •

God Is Dead. We Are Polytheists.

Excerpt from David L. Miller's The New Polytheism (1981)

Jun 14 •

James Hillman: The Gods of 42nd Street

Have the old gods truly fled? Can they really ever be gone?

Jun 9 •

Psychological Faith

James Hillman on imagination, attention, virtue and faith

Jun 6 •

May 2025

Soulwork is an act of resistance

Excerpt from Francis Weller's The Alchemy of Initiation

May 11 •

April 2025

John O'Donohue: Imagination is the great friend of possibility

The Irish poet and philosopher on living a soulful life with imagination, friendship and integrity

Apr 30 •

A Conversation with Joshua Schrei (The Emerald Podcast)

Preview of Howl in the Wilderness Ep 180: De-decolonizing Spirituality

Apr 27 •

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Step One: Get Yourself Together

Part two in my series on developing a DIY shamanic practice

Apr 20 •

When is appropriation appropriate?

Part one of a series in DIY Shamanism

Apr 13 •

Finding My Religion

Poetic Faith and DIY Shamanism

Apr 6 •

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