Open AccessPsyche, Santa Fe, and the Earth
Author(s) -
David G. Barton
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of jungian scholarly studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1920-986X
DOI - 10.29173/jjs28s
Subject(s) - psyche , indigenous , civilization , multiculturalism , earth (classical element) , history , environmental ethics , geography , archaeology , philosophy , epistemology , ecology , physics , theology , biology , mathematical physics
Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a unique city with an indigenous and multicultural history that serves as a case study for earth-psyche relationships, but it is also an image that encompasses many of the problems and complexes of Western Civilization. This article explores the many underground aspects of the image of “Santa Fe,” including the attraction so many people feel for its mythos and the way it represents a new type of relationship to psyche and earth. At the same time, the paper reveals the projections and complexes that outsiders bring to Santa Fe with often toxic results.