Diving Jade Cove & the Conscious Unconscious

Exploring the Jungian waters of Big Sur's Jade Cove, and the Nephrite Deep Green

By Ryan Masters

“Whatever is rejected from the self, appears in the world as an event.”

Twenty feet beneath the sea.

I skimmed the bottom of the cove, probing a mosaic of algae, sponges, limpets, and barnacles. My focus skittered like a ravenous crab, picking its way across a vast scatter of storm-tossed stones. It poked its head down holes and peered thr…