About this blog

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
~ C. G. Jung


This is my second blog about Jungian-ish topics; my first is Queen of the Night and, while it was a wonderful place while it lasted, I eventually grew out of it. It’s an excellent place to find some information on the Greek archetypes if you’re interested.

I am a Myers-Briggs Foundation Certified Trainer; this means that I have been trained to work with people in taking and understanding the official Meyers-Briggs Foundation's MBTI test. If you would like to work with me please contact me at:

2BiaTJung (at) gmail (dot) com

I offer the following services:

- Dream interpretation

- Understanding your MBTI assessment results

- Working with your MBTI type for personal and spiritual growth

I charge $100 per hour on a sliding scale (if you are struggling financially we can work out a rate you can afford.)

Types of posts

The following are some specific types of posts that might be of interest; search by label (look on the right side of the page) or go to the associated page, also to the right, to find them:

Animus: All posts related to both personal as well as general animus issues. This is something many women, including myself, struggle with so I've set up a separate page to make them easier to find. I've also included posts related to individuation as experienced by women in the same page as it's related to this topic.

Glossary: An ongoing glossary of Jungian concepts. I've also set up a separate page for these.

MBTI: This has become an increasingly central my work, both as a Jungian and on this blog. Prepare for lots and lots of stuff about the this topic. Related posts can be found here.

Muse(ings): Posts focused on Jungian ideas in art and culture (movies, podcasts, YouTube videos, educational products like TED talks, etc.). These contain links to the specific work in question, unless one isn't available.

Quotes: Self explanatory. These are usually from Jung or Marie-Louise von Franz, one of my favorite Jungians, but can be anything interesting.

References: Articles, etc. referred to in other posts,. Some important references used in earlier posts just disappeared off the internet. This ensures that they remain available. I've also included some references that I just think are too important to let disappear.

Ruminations: Random ideas related to Jungian psychology.

Symbolism: This, along with Jungian typology, has become the main area of interest of this blog. An understanding of symbols is vital to dealing with the unconscious, because that's how the unconscious speaks with us. Posts exploring symbols are here.



The two birds

[Original art by Marguerite Dabaie.]

The name of this blog comes from the Upanishads; the first bird is we ourselves, living our small but exciting lives in the world, eating the sweet and sour fruit of life. The other bird is our other self, who lives outside of time and connects us with the larger Self. Our goal is to learn to see and befriend the other self, because they are our guide to wholeness within ourselves, and unity with the Godhead.

Two birds, inseparable friends, cling to the same tree. One of them eats the sweet fruit, the other looks on without eating.

On the same tree a man sits grieving, immersed, bewildered by his own impotence. But when he sees the other is contented and knows his glory, then his grief passes away.

When the seer sees the brilliant maker and lord of the world as the Person who has his source in Brahman, then he is wise, and shaking off good and evil, he reaches the highest oneness, free from passions;

For he is the Breath shining forth in all beings, and he who understands this becomes truly wise, not a talker only. He revels in the Self, he delights in the Self, and having performed his works he rests, firmly established in Brahman, the best of those who know Brahman.

- The Upanishads; Third Mundaka, First Khanda (Sacred Texts)

Come, come, whoever you are.

Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.

It doesn't matter.

Ours is not a caravan of despair.

Come, even if you have broken your vow

a thousand times

Come, yet again, come, come.

~ Rumi