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Jung, the Quakers and Hitler: Irene Pickard (1891–1982) – reflections on researching her archive and other musings

Showing posts with label peace work. Show all posts

Showing posts with label peace work. Show all posts

Friday, 12 May 2023

One small Quaker meeting, four Nobel prizes!

When I began researching Irene's Pickard's archive in 2012, her daughter, Alison Bush, agreed that I could come each Wednesday at 10...

Friday, 27 May 2022

Refuge, Relief, and Reconciliation

I was asked recently what defined Quaker responses to war. The assumption was that it would be conscientious objection, but actually Quakers...

Friday, 25 February 2022

Finding the narrative line

Irene Pickard (née Speller), started her adult life as a personal secretary, one of the few occupations open to 'respectable' young...

Friday, 18 February 2022

The War in its Effects upon Women by H M Swanwick, August 1916

Three themes emerged from researching Irene Pickard's archive: Quakerism, Jung and peace-work. If it was not for the peace-work the Pick...

Saturday, 23 October 2021

Am I fullfilling Godwin's law?

Jung, the Quakers and Hitler – why the Hitler? He certainly was not there when I started. It began with my being invited to look at an ar...

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D Lockyer: Word: Chimera. Definition: 1) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two zygotes. 2) A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination. (Wiktionary)

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