<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Panic Panacea]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exploring mental health and consciousness beyond reductionism inspired by depth psychology, mythology, mysticism and design.]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:43:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.panicpanacea.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Renaissance Mind: Science, Art &#38; Spirit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: Ferdinand van Kassel, Four Parts of the World series: Lisbon, circa 1689 The interplay between creative and logical mind seems to be a topic on which I spend a lot of time thinking and researching as I am realising I am writing about the same problem for the third time in my short blogging history (here are the links to the other two essays The Mind Between Reason and Insight: Logic, Intuition and Universal Patterns &#38; Sacred Geometry of the Mind: Bridging Rational and Creative Worlds)....]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/the-renaissance-mind-science-art-spirit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3ec5c3d3770ea960eb28cd</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 18:33:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81e122_eb30556d7e7a4bbfb1eaa4ce9aed30d7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_840,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>community0385</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Third Type of Hero: Energy Follows Awareness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: La Notte by Achille Casanova, circa 1894-1897 In depth psychology such as the work of Carl Jung there is an attempt to move beyond material explanations of mind by proposing that psyche may be rooted in the ‘objective psyche’ - a domain of transpersonal structures not reducible to individual neurology. His concept of archetypes as preexisting organising patterns of experience alongside the concept of synchronicity suggests a reality in which mind and matter may arise from a deeper...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/the-third-type-of-hero-reconsidering-the-foundations-of-reality</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a082884ea733de5ffb5dfd2</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 08:20:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81e122_02b32ed600e14bafa95033f0bdeb3b24~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>community0385</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unbalanced Magnitudes in Design and Meaning: Why Beauty Seems Harder to Find]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: Newton depicted by William Blake around 1795 This is the topic I keep finding myself getting back to over and over again (please also check The Mind Between Reason and Insight: Logic, Intuition and Universal Patterns post talking about the logic and creative split with some insights on the origins of creativity). So whilst my previous post attempts to answer questions such as where art is coming from and how some art resonates with millions of people across different cultures and...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/unbalanced-magnitudes-in-design-and-meaning-why-beauty-seems-harder-to-find</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f5e234edf5696920d459c0</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 11:40:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81e122_0235a54d3e0b452196c0de4c5b676708~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>community0385</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Wide Panic Series #7 Dance Therapy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Weekly series exploring different therapeutic approaches, patterns and frameworks to unlock understanding and transformation of human mind ranging from the scientifically evidenced to the downright controversial ones. Why do we keep repeating the same patterns even when we know better? Thinkers across different cultures and history have developed their own answers to this question. Today we explore Dance Therapy approach. Image: North West Coastal Art. The encyclopaedia of patterns and...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/world-wide-panic-series-7-dance-therapy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ee3a4740a0465aa6c72465</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:19:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81e122_051d59241b494292aed484eaf9417de3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_974,h_772,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>community0385</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Wide Panic Series #6 Psychomagic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Weekly series exploring different therapeutic approaches, patterns and frameworks to unlock understanding and transformation of human mind ranging from the scientifically evidenced to the downright controversial ones. Why do we keep repeating the same patterns even when we know better? Thinkers across different cultures and history have developed their own answers to this question. Today we explore Psychomagic approach. Image: Mexican Animal Motifs. The encyclopaedia of patterns and motifs: A...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/world-wide-panic-series-6-psychomagic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ec707381e17196bd26f5d9</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 07:44:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81e122_1882f40542364391b5897f6c3d0ccf9b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_970,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>community0385</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Context to Compassion: History, Biology and Consciousness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: A page from the Manafi' al-Hayawan, a book by Ibn Bakhtiku, a lion and a lioness. Morgan Library MS M.500 f. 11r The story of human consciousness is woven from instinct, myth and history and to approach it with understanding is to stand at the intersection of nature and culture. History is the scaffold upon which biology unfolds shaping the patterns of desire, aggression and creativity that define our species. Tension and interplay between the masculine and the feminine, the Apollonian...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/from-context-to-compassion-history-biology-and-consciousness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dba8de4760d48e5e8fb7e8</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:16:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81e122_1b301a34f2a444afa44ba2b632c9c16e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>community0385</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aphantasia and the Invisible Image: An Inquiry into Imagination &#38; Practical Exercises]]></title><description><![CDATA[Picture: Forest Still Life with Great Morning Glory and Toad by the Dutch Golden Age artist Otto Marseus van Schrieck. Circa 1660 Aphantasia, the reported absence of voluntary mental imagery, presents a paradox - how can one know an image without ever seeing it inwardly? First described in modern clinical terms by Adam Zeman (2015) aphantasia challenges the long-standing assumption that imagination is inherently pictorial yet from a deeper psychological perspective particularly one influenced...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/aphantasia-and-the-invisible-image-an-inquiry-into-imagination-practical-exercises</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dba64975afb0779a74b86b</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:05:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81e122_59524ef68bd841e39448149ba4056a51~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_908,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>community0385</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Wide Panic Series #5 Hypnotherapy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Weekly series exploring different therapeutic approaches, patterns and frameworks to unlock understanding and transformation of human mind ranging from the scientifically evidenced to the downright controversial ones. Why do we keep repeating the same patterns even when we know better? Thinkers across different cultures and history have developed their own answers to this question. Today we explore Hypnotherapy approach. Image: Art Nouveau Graphics. The encyclopaedia of patterns and motifs: A...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/world-wide-panic-series-5-hypnotherapy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69bfd2220160b7de31509ffe</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 11:28:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81e122_ac75516eb35d4d7ca834bac9558f010d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_974,h_772,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>community0385</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Wide Panic Series #4 Personal Construct Therapy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Weekly series exploring different therapeutic approaches, patterns and frameworks to unlock understanding and transformation of human mind ranging from the scientifically evidenced to the downright controversial ones. Why do we keep repeating the same patterns even when we know better? Thinkers across different cultures and history have developed their own answers to this question. Today we explore Personal Construct Therapy approach. Image: Chinese Ornament: mythological creature Fong-Huang....]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/world-wide-panic-series-4-personal-construct-therapy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b705e5d8148964fbe78421</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:19:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81e122_25413ac16bc6428cafdbc11f82f59c60~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_970,h_772,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>community0385</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Wide Panic Series 3# NLP]]></title><description><![CDATA[Weekly series exploring different therapeutic approaches, patterns and frameworks to unlock understanding and transformation of human mind ranging from the scientifically evidenced to the downright controversial ones. Why do we keep repeating the same patterns even when we know better? Thinkers across different cultures and history have developed their own answers to this question. Today we explore NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming) approach. Image: English Renaissance Decoration: Elizabethan...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/world-wide-panic-series-3-nlp</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ad40ab3fdd64550e6bd245</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 09:27:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81e122_d9f62ecfde744ee1ab29b508aa0d33bf~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_972,h_772,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>community0385</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Wide Panic Series 2# Psychodrama]]></title><description><![CDATA[Weekly series exploring different therapeutic approaches, patterns and frameworks to unlock understanding and transformation of human mind ranging from the scientifically evidenced to the downright controversial ones. Why do we keep repeating the same patterns even when we know better? Thinkers across different cultures and history have developed their own answers to this question. Today we explore Biofeedback approach. Image: Egyptian Surface Design. Bosomworth, D. (1995). The encyclopaedia...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/world-wide-panic-series-psychodrama</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a2fa2f9d34acb7c436af30</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:21:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81e122_f73d5a6ffcc143ecb4a72b516e4b6369~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_972,h_774,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>community0385</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Wide Panic series #1 Biofeedback]]></title><description><![CDATA[Weekly series exploring different therapeutic approaches, patterns and frameworks to unlock understanding and transformation of human mind ranging from the scientifically evidenced to the downright controversial ones. Why do we keep repeating the same patterns even when we know better? Thinkers across different cultures and history have developed their own answers to this question. Today we explore Biofeedback approach. Image: Japanese Flowers. Bosomworth, D. (1995). The encyclopaedia of...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/world-wide-panic-series-1-biofeedback</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699aeb74b89ac23fa77ca262</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 11:42:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81e122_979f7f597afc47b59385deb386b102f7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_972,h_770,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>community0385</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mental State Matters More Than Technique]]></title><description><![CDATA[Picture: Egyptian wall painting from the tomb of Khnumhotep II at Beni Hasa, 12th Dynasty, around 1920-1900 BC.  We tend to believe that mastery in life whether in work, creativity, relationships or adversity is primarily a technical problem. The cycle goes like this - learn the skills - optimise the process - refine the method. Yet across domains such as performance psychology, trauma research, contemplative practice and even psychedelic science a different pattern emerges - mental state...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/mental-state-matters-more-than-technique</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6970c215f2523fcb84302f5a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:11:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81e122_fbb0882469d54728ba02c5b4c0897dd4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_982,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>community0385</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond Materialism: Diversity, Science and Meaning ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Picture: Transfiguration by Sergey Petrovich Panasenko, 1993 If we are serious about creating a better world we have to be willing to question the frameworks we have inherited especially when they present themselves as inevitable or complete. One of the most common objections raised whenever diversity is discussed particularly in workplaces and educational institutions is the insistence that education, qualifications and merit should always come first. On the surface this sounds reasonable...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/some-issues-with-diversity-modern-scientific-research-and-materialistic-worldview</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695e6d42704ce78e09347da5</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:33:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81e122_c96ca48456fc4735876820cf298b27bc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_840,h_714,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>community0385</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mind Between Reason and Insight: Logic, Intuition and Universal Patterns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Picture: Animal Grotesques, mid 18th century, Punjab Hills We tend to imagine thinking as a clean step-by-step logical process - we sit with a problem, reason through it and arrive at a solution. When an answer suddenly appears we call it intuition and often treat it as something separate, mysterious and irrational. Neuroscience suggests that logic and intuition are not the opposites and problem solving happens in a hybrid space between them (Kounios &#38; Beeman, 2014). In neuroscience logic is...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/the-mind-between-reason-and-insight-logic-intuition-and-universal-patterns</link><guid isPermaLink="false">694bbc00922cfc95692ee25b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:11:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81e122_bb924f7c4b1844aa93d1f052cb5628f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_760,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>community0385</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mind’s Journey: Cognitive Types and Quest for Integration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: Athanasius Kircher's 1665 work Mundus Subterraneus Human thought is often divided into two camps - the creative and the logical, the intuitive and the analytical. This distinction has become deeply ingrained in modern culture yet it rarely captures the full psychological reality behind how people actually think. Research into cognitive variation suggests that the human mind operates along multiple dimensions. Simon Baron-Cohen’s empathising-systemising model describes how people differ...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/the-mind-s-journey-cognitive-types-and-quest-for-integration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6930b3cdbeedf468e5313fde</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 22:05:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/045dbb_d70bc1b9ba2e433d919d3ca395fbd2e4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_936,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bottom-Up Path: Meditation, Hypnosis and the reversal of Control]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: Buddha Resisting The Demons of Mara, 19th century lithograph In our everyday lives the psyche tends to operate via a top-down processing - we draw upon stored memories, expectations and inner models to make sense of the world and this predictive mode of the mind allows us to move through experience easily guided by what we already know. Were we to rely only on bottom-up processing - constructing perception directly from the raw data of the senses - we might move as slowly as a snail...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/the-bottom-up-path-meditation-hypnosis-and-the-reversal-of-control</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691221625a897d6710c9b97f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:31:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/045dbb_382c1dfc08d84960982c751c3f9a6dbd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_825,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Alchemy of Imagination]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: Leonora Carrington Pastoral 1950 Life is as true as you believe it to be and yet this statement unsettles us. We live in a time when the work of self-development is no longer confined to esoteric circles. Neuroscience, psychology and contemplative practices increasingly converge to confirm something depth psychology has long intuited - imagination is one of the very forces by which reality takes shape. Alchemy provides one of the richest symbolic frameworks for understanding...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/the-alchemy-of-imagination</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691220a2819a5e59209a19eb</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:29:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/045dbb_a0ea1328bc8c48ffb959e6b14a557784~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Kingdom Within and Without: Surrealist Games, Ancient Wisdom and Archetypal Pedagogy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Picture: Remedios Varo, Creation of the Birds (Creacion de las aves) (1957). Oil on masonite. ‘Whoever finds interpretation of these sayings will not experience death’ (Gospel of Thomas) - a realm where meaning beyond rational language is discovered by turning inwards, reaching right down into the oldest forms of expression that speak through dreams, myths and the unconscious. Long before the first written words appeared humans were already communicating through symbols, patterns and...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/the-kingdom-within-and-without-surrealist-games-ancient-wisdom-and-archetypal-pedagogy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691220314d01cb460b6203ec</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:26:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/045dbb_0ded2b3974034512a5610de9c297a3dc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_834,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sacred Geometry of the Mind: Bridging Rational and Creative Worlds ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: Max ERNST 1891 - 1976 SANS TITRE - 1921 I remember one of the things I was struggling most as a child was the push from early days to choose a side - creative or logical? To have your parents take an interest in you by careful observation is not necessarily a bad thing especially when the intent is to help you become more authentically yourself. When somebody is watching your behaviour by helping you to be more you that, of course, is much more beneficial compared to being constantly...]]></description><link>https://www.panicpanacea.com/post/sacred-geometry-of-the-mind-bridging-rational-and-creative-worlds</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69121f928cc409ab93eb1b33</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:24:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/045dbb_e37f69c8e8a1442f85aa475e847f3c1c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_896,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item></channel></rss>