
Who Am I?
My name is Kiley Quincy Laughlin. I was born February 14, 1975. I grew up in Yuba County, California, and graduated high school in 1993. Without many prospects after high school, I joined the U. S. Army and soon afterward departed Marysville to attend basic combat training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. I later attended language school at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California and then went to Advanced Individual Training at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. That was 28 years ago and much has changed since then. These days, I find value from helping people, spending time with my family, reading, running, and writing. I seek answers to questions, particularly questions beset by thorny problems with profound philosophical and existential implications, such as the meaning of life and the answer to the “world riddle.” I am also very passionate about Veterans’ issues and using my knowledge of Jungian psychology to help people better understand themselves.
Publications
The Individuation Project, Quadrant Journal, Summer 2013. Volume XLIII:2.
The Archetypal Leader, Personality Type in Depth, April 2014. Issue No. 19.
Towards A Science of Gnosis: Intimations of An Imaginal Theory of Knowledge, Quadrant Journal, Spring 2015. Volume XLV:1
The Spectrum of Consciousness: Color Symbolism in the Typology of C. G. Jung, Personality Type in Depth, October 2015. Issue No. 25
Phoenix Rising: A Comparative Study of the Phoenix Symbol as a Goal of the Alchemical Work and the Individuation Process, 2016. In Phoenix Rising: Jungian Perspectives on Rebirth and Renewal. London: Routledge.
Managing Bias in Military Intelligence, Personality Type in Depth, January 2018, Issue No. 33
Book Review: Primordial Psyche, by Diego Pignatelli, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, Vol. 51 #2, December 2019.
The Red Book: A Premodern Graphic Novelty. In Jung’s Red Book for Our Time: Searching for Soul Under Postmodern Conditions Volume 4, 2020. Asheville, NC: Chiron Publications.