Community - What do you do in the real world?

As I was on the road today, I was thinking about our community.

We are attached via this website, and a handful of other networks, but as a whole, I really don't know too much about you people. One of the best parts of having a community is not only sharing what we like, but also sharing what we know so we can help one another.

To get the ball rolling, I'd love to know what everyone in our *punk world does for a living. Are you a student, an engineer, a full-time parent, a mad scientist? Did you find your fortune at sea, work at factory for 50 years, or did you pull yourself up from the gutter by your own bootstraps?

As most of you already know, I'm a web engineer/designer at a major East Coast telecom in the States. The commute sucks and the hours are long, but it gives me the money and time I need to keep Dieselpunks alive and running. Plus, it helps me stay on top of the tech you guys play with every day.

How about you? What do you do? Is it where you thought you would be? If not, what can we do to help you get back on track?

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Permalink Reply by Larry on September 7, 2012 at 8:17pm

Existential thought combined with Jungian psychology? Wow! Right up my alley.

Aaron B. Daniels said:

Doctor of Clinical psychology. I was a psychotherapist for 10 years. I teach clinical psych at New England College--a small liberal arts college in central New Hampshire. Author of two books: 'Imaginal Reality' volumes one and two about Imaginal Psychology--combining existential thought with Jungian psychology. Third book on the way within a year (hopefully) on the use of imagination in criminal profiling.

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Permalink Reply by Anthony Scialla on September 7, 2012 at 8:22pm

Aaron,

I'm from NH too, what a small world wide web!

I'm looking foward to your new book as I like to kick back with a John Douglas book here and there, Mindhunter is one of my faves. Your new book sounds very interesting! Nice to meet you sir :)

Aaron B. Daniels said:

Doctor of Clinical psychology. I was a psychotherapist for 10 years. I teach clinical psych at New England College--a small liberal arts college in central New Hampshire. Author of two books: 'Imaginal Reality' volumes one and two about Imaginal Psychology--combining existential thought with Jungian psychology. Third book on the way within a year (hopefully) on the use of imagination in criminal profiling.

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Permalink Reply by Anthony Scialla on September 7, 2012 at 8:23pm

Tome, I found a great school.in Portland ME, It's a Stephen K Hayes quest center, he was one of the pioneers in bringing Ninjutsu to the western world.

Tome Wilson said:

@Anthony

Where did you find a ninjutsu teacher?

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Permalink Reply by Aaron B. Daniels on September 10, 2012 at 10:09am

Larry,

A brief comment on my Imaginal Reality, Volume 1: Journey to the Voids (2011) and Imaginal Reality, Volume 2: Voidcraft (2011): They are firmly in the James Hillman, Thomas Moore, Henry Corbin school of thought--Archetypal Psychology (aka Imaginal Psychology). I use (abuse the hell out of) a fundamental metaphor of 'magic' to attempt to unseat psychologism and materialistic ways-of-knowing. To date, the books have primarily been read by occult types who have been taking the material a little too literally. The purpose of the book has much more to do with 'magical reality' than 'ritual magic'. Ergo, my passion for groups such as this that are devoted to the serious play of imagination!

Cheers!

Aaron

Larry said:

Existential thought combined with Jungian psychology? Wow! Right up my alley.

Aaron B. Daniels said:

Doctor of Clinical psychology. I was a psychotherapist for 10 years. I teach clinical psych at New England College--a small liberal arts college in central New Hampshire. Author of two books: 'Imaginal Reality' volumes one and two about Imaginal Psychology--combining existential thought with Jungian psychology. Third book on the way within a year (hopefully) on the use of imagination in criminal profiling.

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Permalink Reply by Aaron B. Daniels on September 10, 2012 at 10:12am

Anthony,

Lovely to meet you as well. The forthcoming book takes the writings of John Douglas and Robert Ressler as its primary data. I am trying to suggest that, since Jungian psychologists have been working on how to make a disciplined use of imagination for close to a century, criminal profilers might benefit from having some sort of 'frame' within which to channel their imaginal work.

I also do some riffs on the role of the detective in the postmodern era.

Warm Regards,

Aaron

Anthony Scialla said:

Aaron,

I'm from NH too, what a small world wide web!

I'm looking foward to your new book as I like to kick back with a John Douglas book here and there, Mindhunter is one of my faves. Your new book sounds very interesting! Nice to meet you sir :)

Aaron B. Daniels said:

Doctor of Clinical psychology. I was a psychotherapist for 10 years. I teach clinical psych at New England College--a small liberal arts college in central New Hampshire. Author of two books: 'Imaginal Reality' volumes one and two about Imaginal Psychology--combining existential thought with Jungian psychology. Third book on the way within a year (hopefully) on the use of imagination in criminal profiling.