Gods of Balance

Exploration of our development in consciousness.
Where are we? Where do we want to go?
And how can we get there?

Language Balance

464 460 Elisabeth Karsten

In my endeavor to contribute to the balance between masculine and feminine I increasingly realize that a balanced mode of expression is actually also required. That is fairly easy when…

Guys, Wear Skirts!

441 644 Elisabeth Karsten

I must make a confession: I love men in skirts! And I very definitely am not talking about dragqueens or men in women´s clothing. I mean real guys – who…

Perception And Size

1552 1362 Elisabeth Karsten

I´m always fascinated by the difference of people’s sense for measure. My observation is that in general people allocate too much rather than too little space. For instance left over…

Narcissism 2: What selflove is

800 1067 Elisabeth Karsten

The previous article dealt with the origin and the consequences of narcissistic disorders in our society as the German psychiatrist and psychotherapist Hans-Joachim Maaz described them in his book: “The…

Narcissism 1: What selflove is not

2048 1536 Elisabeth Karsten

These days I read a fascinating book. The literal translation of the original German title is: “The narcissistic society” by Hans-Joachim Maaz. It is as enlightening as it sad to…

The Power Of Biology

873 931 Elisabeth Karsten

It is summer. It is hot. We want to wear as little clothes as possible, preferably none at all. But we are not among indigenous African people, who happily don´t…

A Little More Balance Yet Again

488 512 Elisabeth Karsten

Last Friday, on the 26th of June 2015 the US supreme court decided for same sex marriage to be legalized throughout the entire country. Laws and regulations in other states…

Fear of the other: shame and vulnerability

1559 1692 Elisabeth Karsten

The American social researcher Brené Brown, known to a broader public since her fantastic TEDx talks about vulnerability in 2010, has also written quite a number of books. I’m presently…

Real fairy tales

1889 1942 Elisabeth Karsten

The fascination for the fairytale archetypes like king and queen or prince and princess lasts to this day. Especially if they are of flesh and blood and quite real. On…

A beastly lady!

1841 1938 Elisabeth Karsten

I probably watched my first Muppet Show in 1977. Aged eleven at the time and I was a Miss Piggy fan from the start. Once Miss Piggy, always Miss Piggy…

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