Human Equals Paradox
Episodes
Collective Redemption through the Neptune Cohorts
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Since the Pluto Cohort episode was SO well-received, I decided to go on and do the Neptune cohorts as well. Where Pluto is describing a collective sur...
The Adventurer/Seeker/Believer
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Swinging back to the up-and-out archetypes with the Adventurer/Seeker/Believer!This inner figure is full of optimism and enthusiasm - I often refer to...
Collective Survival Through the Pluto Cohorts
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The sign that Pluto is in, for anywhere from 12 to 34 years, forms a very particular vein of our archetypal nature - it tells us some essential things...
One Year, 55 Countries, Shout-Outs, and Gratitude
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
One year ago today, the first episode of Human Equals Paradox came out.With the help and encouragement of MANY people, especially my producer Mattia M...
Astrology Can't Tell You What To Do
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This will be a spicy take for some folks, but it's true. People tell you what to do - but when they are basing that on their interpretation of astrolo...
The Responsible Adult/Elder
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm finding it very appropriate that this episode is coming out as we enter (in the northern hemisphere) the winter season that holds this archetype m...
Processing Speed Is Archetypal
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At least there is an archetypal root to it, underneath socialization and the horrific pressure of modern culture.We all have an innate speed (pace) an...
The Wounded Healer/Unhealable Wound
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This archetype, more than any other, is UNCOMFORTABLE - it's difficult to carry if it's part of you, yes, but honestly the whole idea of an unhealable...
You're Probably Not Confused
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are some common experiences that we tend to lump under "confusion" when they're actually not.The issue with this is that if we're really confuse...
The Visionary/Revolutionary/Fire-Stealer
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the third of the Big 4 archetypes that seem to be the most difficult for humans to carry well. The Visionary/Revolutionary/Fire-Stealer is the...
Feeling Matters More Than Form
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have been socialized, especially in American or American-influenced culture, to believe that the FORM of our experience is the important part.This ...
The Mermaid
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The archetype of the Mermaid is, in my experience, the single hardest one to live well with. Talking about it, teaching about it, and helping people t...
Exploring Paradox In The Body with Betsy Kudlinski
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We do a lot of discussion of paradox here from a more cognitive perspective - but ultimately, it's not a cognitive experience. In fact it tends to mak...
Hypocrisy or Archetypal Tension?
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One very useful application of the archetypal-and-paradox lens is on the experience usually labeled "hypocrisy." That kind of ethical disconnect is a ...
The Primal Animal
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The archetypes are the core of my work, and now that the previous episodes have laid out the worldsense and frame of ideas that hold the archetypes, w...
Astrology and Gender with Mattia Maurée
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is my first interview-ish episode, with the FABULOUS Mattia Maurée who podcasts, teaches, does deep magic with neurospicy humans, and also happe...
Shadows in the Basement
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I give a basic introduction to the way that archetypal parts of us can end up "in the basement" - i.e. semi-conscious or unconscious, ...
Projection Overview
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode outlines my not-a-trained-therapist understanding of projection, what that has to do with archetypal nature, and why it's so very relevan...
How Humans Actually Make Sense
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I focus on understanding people through applied paradox - how it looks in real-world, real-human examples, from literary expressions to political beha...
Arche-What Now?
15 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we explore what "archetype" means, how this awareness of human nature is very very old, and how it looks (in a broad sense) in human e...
Down-And-In, Up-And-Out
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I lay out my understanding of the qualities I describe as "down-and-in" and "up-and-out" as core parts of human nature. Two categories can seem very b...
More Than One Thing
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing the idea that we're made of so many different sets of needs, desires, and priorities. They're all real and none of them are automatically ...