This essay uses the film Contact, and a personal incident, as entry ways into a discussion about how “contact” experiences - sometimes interpreted as alien contact - can be understood as what Aboriginal elder Munya Andrews calls “Dreamtime Epiphanies." The core conclusion is that true contact is not an external technological event, but a heart awakening achieved through practicing receptivity. he essay critiques humanity’s disconnection from the sacred and proposes an "Archaic Revival," drawing on Aboriginal concepts like "The Dreaming" and "Dadirri," alongside Jungian and shamanic frameworks. The core conclusion is that true contact is not an external technological event, but an awakening of the heart achieved through the ancient practice of deep, silent listening.

This video essay explores the multifaceted concept of "the ancestors" through the lens of Ryan Coogler's film "Sinners," drawing parallels between its narrative and Jungian psychology, shamanism, and traditional African and Chinese spiritual practices.

This video essay explores the mythological and spiritual themes present in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, particularly focusing on Rey's journey as a metaphor for humanity's disconnection from and yearning for ancestral connection. It argues that despite critical reception, Rey's storyline represents a modern myth about re-establishing ties to the "spirit of the depths" and the realm of the dead, contrasting this with the Sith's pursuit of technological immortality. The video connects these ideas to concepts like the "archaic revival," the "golden chain" of esoteric knowledge, and the importance of internal spiritual wisdom over external forms or literal bloodlines. Ultimately, the video essay suggests that the sequels, through Rey, offer a vision of immortality achieved through spiritual transformation and an active relationship with one's ancestors.

The Disney+ Marvel Loki streaming series can be understood as a sci-fi fairy tale of alchemical transformation - not just in the psychological sense of Jungian individuation - and not just in the sense of spiritual redemption - but alchemy as mystic alchemical deification - the process in which an individual comes to realize, and become, the divine.

The film Nosferatu directed by Robert Eggers seems to explicitly point to the work of CG Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz on alchemy. Here's a video essay looking at the film as a fairy tale of the occult, one ripe for Marie-Louise von Franz style analysis. It can be understood as a powerful mythological cosmic fairy tale in which Ellen and Count Orlok represent two figures in the Jungian collective unconscious. And their fate is intertwined with the fate of the world.

The video explores the concept of the "Spectacle Machine" and its relationship to media, consciousness, and reality. Drawing on the work of Marshall McLuhan, Peter Kingsley, David Cronenberg, and many others, the video posits that the "Spectacle Machine" refers to any device or experience that extends our senses and shapes our perception of the world.