January 2024 #4
Increasing magical power
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Last week, you had the opportunity to work with an unwanted thought or feeling during an Archetypal Attunement inspired by the process of projective identification.
Remember, projective identification involves taking an unwanted thought or feeling and casting it “out there.” This quality is then “metabolized” by someone else, rendering it less threatening, which makes it easier to take back and integrate within ourselves....
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