Barry Spector

Barry Spector writes about American history and politics from the perspectives of myth, indigenous traditions and archetypal psychology. He has been published multiple times in the Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche and in several online mythology journals. He is the author of Madness At The Gates Of The City: The Myth Of American Innocence (2011, Regent Press) for which he received a 2011 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award. He is a staff member with the Redwood Men’s Center in Santa Rosa, CA whose mission is to recognize the need for men to come together in community to express and explore ideas which restore wholeness to themselves, and soul to the world. Together with his wife, Maya, they have worked with men and women to heal the gaps and wounds between the genders. His essays can be found on his websites: (www.barryandmayaspector.com and www.madnessatthegates.com) or on his blog (www.madnessatthegates.posterous.com).