It is difficult right now to look at the world and feel untouched by it. War is not contained to one place but stretches across regions, across borders, and across psyches. The ongoing tensions involving the United States, Israel, and Iran continue to destabilize entire systems, shaping everything from energy supply to global markets. At the same time, conflicts persist elsewhere, in Ukraine, in Sudan, and in places that rarely leave the news cycle, even if one attempts to lo

By Jaclyn Kalkhurst, November 18th, 2025   Ever since I began my PhD journey, students and clients alike have asked how I weave together my academic study of mythology and depth psychology with my practice of Reiki. At first glance, these worlds may seem distant from each other, one rooted in scholarship and the other in healing. Yet for me, these fields have never been separate. They are different ways of speaking about the same mystery of life, energy, and meaning. Each one