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@lifeandmars.bsky.social
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Depth Psychology, MA, PhDabd. Writer of weird, MFA. 🦉🤳 substack.com/home/post/p-153398133

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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"I undertake this thankless task in the expectation that my chisel will make no impression on the hard stone it encounters." C.G. Jung 💥🔨 ✌️
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Reflections on preservation and ritual in the modern era open.substack.com/pub/zoemarzo...
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Modes of Preservation
On Zendaya's Red Carpet Look for The Odyssey (2026)
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ARTWIFE @artwife.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“The Chicken Who Didn’t Want to Sacrifice Her Life”, from artist Zoe Marzo, now live in ARTWIFE Magazine 🐓 @lifeandmars.bsky.social
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The Chicken Who Didn't Want to Sacrifice Her Life — Zoe Marzo — ARTWIFE
Visual art published in ARTWIFE literary and arts magazine
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Béa Gonzalez @sophiacycles.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
When Jung once said that “a neurosis is an offended god,” he meant, metaphorically, that the neglect of a deep, instinctual energy ultimately revenges itself in our somatic discords, compulsions, addictions, or projections onto others.~James Hollis, What Matters Most
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Béa Gonzalez @sophiacycles.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I wish people understood this distinction on the sites where I post, so I wouldn’t have to keep having endless debates with those who confuse gender with archetypal realities.
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Psyche's Cinema @psychescinema.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
When I take my inner life seriously, it begins to resemble the architecture of a fairy tale. Arthur Rackham - The Water of Life
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
So excited to have my short story, "Feeding Your Demon (or From Hell to Taco Bell)" featured in Issue 145 of @birdymagazine.bsky.social
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Feeding Your Demon: Or, From Hell To Taco Bell by Zoe Marzo - BIRDY MAGAZINE
The demon sunk into the sofa and kicked its feet. Its legs didn’t reach the ground. Deb looked at the demon, and thought, "So this is what my anger looks like."
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Write in Your Journal Like Anaïs Nin: 4 New Approaches to Try - Check out my guest post in the blog Rowing Home #anaisnin #rowinghome #journalwriting #writingtips www.rowinghome.com/blog/write-i...
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Write in Your Journal Like Anaïs Nin: 4 New Approaches to Try — Rowing Home
What started as a letter from an 11-year-old girl to her absent father became a lifelong project of self-discovery. Anaïs Nin’s extensive diaries were an attempt to capture the world in such a way tha...
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I have new openings for dream interpretation sessions. I'd love to help you understand your dreams and/or explore a creative dreamwork practice. Sliding scale. DM or contact for details. acuteobservation.com/contact-me
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What does my dream mean? — cute.
Contact a scholar of Jungian and archetypal psychology for assistance with dream analysis, dream interpretation, or recovery from creative blocks. Do you have question about symbolism? Are you stuck o...
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
"I have a dream of a garden, my first ever, and in the dream there are grass leaves as thick as sword blades, and flowers, indistinguishable by type, of the deepest red and blue and pink. I walk through the garden and that is the entire dream." - Alexander Chee from "Rosary" #dreams
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
“One would do well to treat every dream as though it were a totally unknown object. Look at it from all sides, take it in your hand, carry it about with you, let your imagination play around with it.” - C.G. Jung #depthpsychology #dreamwork #jung #archetypes #symbolism #dreams
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Mary Poppins: Symbolism and Amplification of a Magical Helper #Symbolism #DreamInterpretation #MaryPoppins #DigitalArt #ArchetypalArt #Dreamscape #Archetype
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What's in her bag?
Mary Poppins: Symbolism and Amplification of a Magical Helper
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
So excited to share this interview I did with @h0lc0mb.bsky.social author of Wolfbaby!
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Susan Holcomb @h0lc0mb.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Hurray for a new issue from @vestalreview.bsky.social! I have a brief interview with @lifeandmars.bsky.social in this one ♥️🌈🐺
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Vestal Review @vestalreview.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Issue 66 of Vestal Review comes out just after the summer solstice, when the days start growing shorter, though as any flash fiction aficionado knows, brevity isn’t always a bad thing. Read now at vestalreview.net/issue-66. +
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Research Uncovers the Parthenon's Spectacular Lighting Effects for Athena in Antiquity - Arkeonews arkeonews.net/research-unc...
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Research Uncovers the Parthenon's Spectacular Lighting Effects for Athena in Antiquity - Arkeonews
A study led by Oxford University Archaeologist Professor Juan de Lara has shed new light on a millennia-old mystery: how the iconic Parthenon
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
"The chicken lives as if in a dream." - Clarice Lispector
An open sketchbook shows a rough painting of a raw chicken--pinks and purples on a grey. It is a rendering of the artist's sculptures, of a dream.
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
"An egg is a thing that must be careful. That's why the chicken is the egg's disguise." Clarice Lispector from "The Egg and the Chicken (O ovo e a galinha)"
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
"No one would ever guess she had a yearning." - Clarice Lispector, from the short story "A Chicken (Uma Galinha)"-
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The Centaur and Masculinity, PART II. Exploring the centaur's appearance in popular culture and movement from sexual violence to sexual radiance #myth #centaurs #archetypalpsychology
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Half-Horse Half-Man (Part II)
The Centaur and Masculinity
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
"On that day I was happy, to have created one single beautiful object." Anaïs Nin, Diary Vol. 6, 1955-1966
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Half-Horse Half-Man: The Centaur and Masculinity (Part I) #mythology #centaur #depthpsychology
Painting by Sandro Botticelli depicting "Pallas and the Centaur" in which the goddess Pallas Athena holds a centaur by its hair in a gesture of restraint.
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I’m reminded of a short story that took place during the Great Depression. There are aliens in it but the main character mostly talks about the price of eggs. 🍳 “Something Bright” by Zenna Henderson. #eggs #sciencefiction
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Béa Gonzalez @sophiacycles.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
When Jung once said that “a neurosis is an offended god,” he meant, metaphorically, that the neglect of a deep, instinctual energy ultimately revenges itself in our somatic discords, compulsions, addictions, or projections onto others.~James Hollis, 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵
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Béa Gonzalez @sophiacycles.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
When asked about my dissertation process #phdlife
Dark fantasy vibes:  A cloaked wizard in a pointed hat sits at the base of a tree beside a blurred creek. The colors are blue and shadowy. Super-imposed over the image is the text: “My routine is simple. I wake up and reflect upon the dark times.” Created by @the_frog_mage on Tiktok.
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
“If you know the imagery of your dreams, you are rooted in yourself.” Marion Woodman #dreams #dreamwork #depthpsychology #dreamanalysis #marionwoodman #dreamart #sculpture
Polymer clay sculpture of a half-man, half ginger figure. He has the torso of a man and legs of ginger root. He sits in a meditative position, eyes closed, curly dark hair, palm of one hand resting on his ginger-thigh.
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I wish the person stealing my mail would take the junk with them too.
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Coffee spill. Close call, Miss July, close call. #mirandajuly #allfours
The novel All Fours by Miranda July resting on a green picnic table next to a mug of coffee. Surrounding the mug, spilled coffee, recently jostled, dangerously close to ruining the pristine book. The coffee spill against the green table resembles the hardcover’s vivid yellow against pale green.
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
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Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Write for us! We are now accepting pitches for "Rituals for Dead Games", our latest zine, and we want GAMES. Pitch us your little rituals for the grief of losing a creative outlet. Full details on the submission form. ⛓️ below ⬇️
A Pitch Call announcement of white text on dark purple. The Summoning Circle Logo of the words around a sparkling sphere appears in the top left corner. Text reads as follows: Pitch Call: “Rituals for Dead Games”

What: New, small, playable games/rituals that address the grief and loss of a game/campaign that is no longer.

Who: You! No experience required. We are prioritizing QTBIMPOC writers. All are welcome to apply.

When: Applications open until Feb 2, 2025. Work due in late March.

Pay: $100 USD for ~500 words.

Other: ISO 3-4 writers. If there are many strong pitches, we will consider a Volume II for later in the year.
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Testing #Pinksky with a photo of my desk #pinkskyPost
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Béa Gonzalez @sophiacycles.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Jung's most basic and far-reaching discovery is the colIective unconscious or archetypal psyche. Through his research, we now know that the individual psyche is not just a product of personal experience. It also has a pre-personal or transpersonal dimension.~Edward Edinger
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Listening to the Dream: Developing trust and relationship to the unconscious via dreams and creative work open.substack.com/pub/zoemarzo...
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Listening to the Dream
Developing trust and relationship to the unconscious via dreams and creative work
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
“To live with the Santa Ana is to accept, consciously or unconsciously, a deeply mechanistic view of human behavior . . .
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Béa Gonzalez @sophiacycles.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Apollo and the Mythic Image of Luigi Mangione #mythology #archetypalpsychology #luigimangione open.substack.com/pub/zoemarzo...
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Apollo and the Mythic Image of Luigi Mangione
An Archetypal Perspective
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Béa Gonzalez @sophiacycles.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I try to consider external events as external dreams; I assume they are carrying psychological meaning in a way a dream does.~Edward Edinger
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Psyche's Cinema @psychescinema.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
“The healing hero, therefore, is the one who finds some creative way out, a way not already known, and does not follow a pattern. Ordinary sick people follow ordinary patterns, but the shaman cannot be cured by the usual methods of healing." Marie Louise Von Franz Art by David S. Soriano
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Béa Gonzalez @sophiacycles.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The person who has eaten his shadow spreads calmness and shows more grief than anger. If ancients were right that darkness contains intelligence and nourishment and even information, then the person who has eaten some of his shadow is more energetic as well as more intelligent.~ Robert Bly
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Béa Gonzalez @sophiacycles.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
It has become clear to me that aging itself does not bring wisdom. It often brings regression to childishness, dependency and bitterness over lost opportunities. Only those who are still intellectually, emotionally, spiritually growing inherit the richness of aging.~James Hollis
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Ryan D Hurd @dreamstudies.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
How can we support our trans and LGBTQ+ youth? We can listen to their dreams. Often teens don’t like talking about their feelings but dream sharing is more indirect and works! Here’s the specific dream images to watch for if your trans youth needs more support : dreamstudies.org/dreams-night...
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Trauma in Drag: Dreams of LGBTQ+ Youth | Dream Studies Portal
Dreamwork so often leads to trauma work, both our own and of others. Mass trauma is much the same, with common themes appearing in the dreams of those who have suffered through the worst cruelties of ...
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Béa Gonzalez @sophiacycles.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Jung's most basic and far-reaching discovery is the colIective unconscious or archetypal psyche. Through his research, we now know that the individual psyche is not just a product of personal experience. It also has a pre-personal or transpersonal dimension.~Edward Edinger
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Béa Gonzalez @sophiacycles.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Jung said that "the Gods have become diseases, not because they are diseases," but because in our materialist culture they have no way to express themselves other than as agents of pathology and as "irritants" of change. ~David Tacey
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Fairytalecrone @fairytalecrone.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
“Frigga Spinning the Clouds,” by John Charles Dollman. #myth #fairytale #classicillustration
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Me, sharing food with my stuffed animals.
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Béa Gonzalez @sophiacycles.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Mythologically, the witch moves in when you start to grow. She moves in to block you as much as possible and either you gain enough energy to overcome her, or you quit. She doesn't care which because she is a guardian of the real spiritual areas & she doesn't want wimps in there.~Robert Bly
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Introduce yourself with four video games
Image for the game “Rogue Legacy” written in yellow bubble letters, showing cute illustration of a knight brandishing a sword triumphantly amongst piles of skulls. Castle in the distance.Image for the video game Borderlands 2 with bright yellow and orange color scheme. The character of a Psycho is at the forefront, making gun shapes with both hands, pointed up at his head, behind him splashes of other characters from the game in b&wA fiery image for the video game Midnight Suns showing Wolverine, Spiderman, Scarlet Witch, Blade and others. Hyper-realistic, comic book style Image for the video game Baldur’s Gate 3 showing mash up of some characters—Astarion reaching out to the viewer, Lae’zel (githyanki with a sword), Shadowheart with a D20-like prism floating in hand, Gale of Waterdeep (wizard), Wyll and devil Mizora.
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Hear me out #jaugustusknapp #lionheadeddeity #mithra #alchemicalart
Close-up of painting by J Augustus Knapp, “Mithra in the form of Leontocephalic Kronos.” A winged lionheaded deity with the body of a buff man wrapped in a spiralling red snake. A gold key hovers over his head. His hand reaches up to 8 stars.
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Zoe ⚡️ @lifeandmars.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Painted the most perfect miniatures for a D&D session #dungeonsanddragons
A close up of a wood table with D&D miniatures—a Kenku in white and green robes, with a wizard staff, and a purple mindflayer—scattered gaming dice, the blue pages that edge the book Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Zevin) and the spine of Monsters by Claire Dederer.
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