Published by Bill McKenzie
Just when I'm truly sick of talking about myself...... this!
Well I'm 70, and I've had at least 25 years of intense, incapacitating, numbing writer's block. I've also been told to "cut down on number of descriptive modifiers". I'm trying. I'm a therapist. I'm also part of the community in recovery, and I'm a former pastor who's conception of "God" underwent a long season of chaos and transformation when I left the church I founded. I've moved away from being despotized by beliefs, creeds and doctrines and am hoping to move into something more experience-oriented which I guess makes me .... wait for it....... spiritual but not religious. Because popular culture must ride every new phrase like a hobby horse on a hamster wheel, that one after only a brief exposure sounds like something trendy but not substantive. I still respect the religious traditions, especially those in the parallel mystical and esoteric lanes from each faith.
My guides for many years since leaving the Church have been Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung. There are many others I read and love but I won't list them here. But the influence of those two pillars upon the healing of my own soul would be impossible to overstate.
I'm currently writing about things that clarify or amplify for me what life is for and how we might all feel our way along. Writing is quite cathartic at this age when you've waited this long to start. Perhaps others will find some resonance or identification with these thoughts. Perhaps not. I'll never be everyone's cup of tea - or stack of pancakes.
I'm glad you're here. And now I'll close this up before it starts to sound like a really bad Match.com bio. Please sample the ware and let me know what you think.
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