11 December, 1999

Walter Logemen, intro

I have several occasions at present where I want to introduce
myself. Here is a general statement about me, which I hope will
lead to others reading this posting to learning something about
themselves -- as well as me -- and especially lead one or two to
the Psybernet pages, and the Psybernet Mailing List.

Background

I am a psychotherapist in private practice, I have a background
in teaching and social work.  My therapeutic training is in
psychodrama and I have an interest in Jung.  I am 55. I live with
my wife, Kate. We have lived together since 1991, and married in
1998.  My son Daniel (aka Josh On) (27) is on what started as a
working holiday, now in London at the Royal College of Art, doing
Computer related Design.  I ski, rock climb and tramp
(Hiking?).  I love books, movies and online groups. This latter
interest has led me to become deeply engrossed in a project
called Psybernet, exploring the soul of cyberspace.


Currently . . .

I am enjoying the beginning of summer and looking forward to
weeks of holiday at Mt. Lyford, where we have a holiday home.

I am facilitating a Dream Event -- using email and the WWW.  This
is a "list" but unlike most will have a planned closure,  We are
using the Glass Bead Game model developed by Charles to look at
the group dynamics and our dreams.


My place on the tree of ideas:

I see the realm of cyberspace as an inherently psychological
medium. The idea is that cyberspace can only be described through
metaphor, and that brings us directly into the world of the
psyche, via "art" of some sort. However we are not 'free' to
describe it in any way we like, that while it has no reality
other than though metaphor, that is a powerful reality!

I am interested in evolution, and for that reason watch with
interest the software wars and the development of the Net, for
survival in the world.  For example I am interested in how Linux
might challenge Microsoft to dominate the web and wonder if this
could be revolutionary!  I wonder how even these technical
matters impact on our unconscious processes.


I am all for depth in a world of width, and see my Psybernet
project as a well into the deep and meaningful.  Is there meaning
in the in the width of the WWW.

I have had many years of practising psychodrama, however I am
looking for a way of practising group and individual
psychotherapy that is not so "modality driven", for quite a while
I felt a little lost, between ideologies, recently I seem to be
able to seek more of a sense of purpose that is specifically
mine, and related to my own unfolding alone.

Busy with the following, in addition to a full time individual
and couple psychotherapy practice:

I am active in the Psybernet Mailing List. I am a member of
Howard Rheingold's Brainstorms, I am reading, or leafing
through, McLuhan, Hillman, Freud, Jung.  Recently enjoyed Neal
Stephenson's Cryptonomicon and Robertson Davies. I am listening
to Dylan, Peter Green, Tom Waites, Cassandra Wilson.


That is me!


Walter.


First posted in 1995 and updated a few times