The Human Soul in Transition – an Interview with Bonnie Bright

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The Human Soul in Transition – an Interview with Bonnie Bright

The post-modern condition is characterized by a multitude of perspectives and narratives, challenging the view and the value of central, universal truths.
The changes generated by this existential condition affect the individual as well as society, the experience of interiority as well as the perception of external reality. In cyberspace, the internal and the external sometimes converge, persona and shadow may merge, and the ego’s sense of identity may become detached from its roots in the Self.
The interview centers around aspects of these changes, and the implications for the human psyche, and was a part of the online "Earth, Dreams, Climate" symposium, at the Depth Psychology Alliance.

Erel Shalit's book The Human Soul (lost?) in Transition, at the Dawn of a New Era is forthcoming.

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