The World Serpent

Of course, if there is a world tree, there has to be a world serpent… What’s a tree without a snake?…. In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr is the Midgard Serpent that surrounds the world: when he lets go of his tail, the world will end. . Previous posts have talked about Snake symbolism and the Uroboros:…

The Red Book Dialogues: Gloria Vanderbilt and Psychoanalyst Andrea Hunt

Carl Jung’s Red Book inspired Gloria Vanderbilt to discuss her experiences of motherhood: from her hallucinations during childbirth, to the pet snake of her son, journalist and personality Anderson Cooper. Cooper loved the snake so much that he had it taxidermied after its death. She spoke with the Brazilian-born, New York-based psycholanalyst Andrea Fiuza Hunt…