African Alchemy

28/03/2026

22/03/2026

Annie Leibovitz’s statement touches on important themes related to beauty, aging, and representation in the art world.

Leibovitz expresses a sense of duty towards women, highlighting the pressure to represent them positively and authentically in her work.

By acknowledging that older women can be beautiful, she advocates for visibility and appreciation of all stages of womanhood.




📷 Annie Leibovitz Wikipedia

20/03/2026

It’s happening now! 🌸🌎
On March 20 at 14:46 UTC, the Sun aligns perfectly over the equator—this is the March Equinox ✨

A rare and beautiful moment when day and night are nearly equal across the planet.
While the Northern Hemisphere welcomes spring, the Southern Hemisphere steps into autumn 🍂🌸

A quiet reminder that no matter how chaotic life feels,
nature always finds balance.

Take a moment today… look up, feel the light, and appreciate this cosmic shift 🌞

19/03/2026

Jung writes that women with a negative mother complex often miss the first half of life; they walk past it in a dream. Life to them is a constant source of annoyance and irritation. But if they can overcome this negative mother complex, they have a good chance in the second half of rediscovering life with the youthful spontaneity missed in the first half. For though, as Jung says in the last paragraph, a part of life has been lost, its meaning has been saved. That is the tragedy of such women, but they can get to the turning point, and in the second half of life have their hands healed and can stretch them out for what they want — not from the animus or from the ego, but, according to nature, simply stretch out their hands toward something they love. Though it is infinitely simple, it is extremely difficult, for it is the one thing the woman with a negative mother complex cannot do; it needs God’s help. Even the analyst cannot help her — it must one day just happen, and this is generally when there has been sufficient suffering. One cannot escape one’s fate; the whole pain of it must be accepted, and one day the infinitely simple solution comes.

— Marie-Louise von Franz

Art by Odilon Redon (1840-1916)

Complexes are the focus of this month at the Applied Jungian Academic. Drawing on a wealth of curated material, each month covers a distinct Jungian theme.

Follow the link to learn more:

https://appliedjung.com/program/the-applied-jungian-academy-full-programme

27/02/2026

Some people's brains remain almost perfectly intact as they age, their thinking as sharp at 80 as it was in their 50s. A new study on so-called super-agers — people 80 and up who have the memory ability of someone 30 years younger — may help explain why this group has such exceptional memory. Read more: https://nyti.ms/4kYXFDE

26/02/2026

Okavango Delta