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Alchemical Psychology, Part VIII – Caelum
Originally posted on Theoria:
It has been a wonderful adventure re-reading and sharing here James Hillman’s wonderful book Alchemical Psychology. Every time I read Hillman I am inspired to keep digging the well that continues to give me sustenance, joy…
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The Modern Need of Oracles
Neo: But if you already know, how can I make a choice? The Oracle: Because you didn’t come here to make the choice, you’ve already made it. You’re here to try to understand *why* you made it. I thought you’d … Continue reading
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Tagged Apollo, C.G. Jung, Delphi oracle, Dionysos, Greek mythology, Kerenyi, mythology, the Pythia
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Images of the Zodiac: Contemplating Virgo
Johfra Bosschart, Virgo I adore this image. It reminds me of a precious and delicate porcelain figurine that you hold delicately between your fingers, marveling at its fragile beauty. I like to spend a longer time looking at the Zodiac … Continue reading
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Tagged archetypes, Astraea, astrology, Atargatis, Christ, Dike, ear of corn, four Evangelists, grain, Hermes, initiation, isis, Osiris, priestesses, rituals, sacred prostitution, symbolism, symbols, tetramorph, Thoth, Virgin, Virgin archetype, Virgin Mary, Virgo
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Cartography of the Deep Human Psyche (3)
Perhaps it’s true that things can change in a day. That a few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes. And that when they do, those few dozen hours, like the salvaged remains of a burned house—the charred … Continue reading
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Tagged COEX, Grof, LSD, LSD research, LSD therapy, psychology, Stanislaw Grof, trauma
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Cartography of the Deep Human Psyche (2)
Concerning matter we have been all wrong. What we have called matter is energy, whose vibration has been so lowered as to be perceptible to the senses. There is no matter. Albert Einstein This iconic painting by Monet shows very … Continue reading
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Tagged art, C.G. Jung, depth psychology, impressionism, INFJ, introverts, LSD, LSD research, psychological types, Shiva, Stanislaw Grof
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Cartography of the Deep Human Psyche (1)
Gustave Doré, Paradise In a famous remark that all professors of philosophy love to quote, A. N. Whitehead said that the development of Western philosophy is just a series of footnotes to Plato. I think understand what Whitehead was really … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Hofmann, C.G. Jung, cartography of the psyche, depth psychology, LSD, LSD research, Norman Davies, Stanislav Grof
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The Nourishing Power of Words
O mouth which inspires and respires the existence of all beings in the flux and reflux of thy eternal Word, which is the divine ocean of movement and of truth. Eliphas Levi, The Conjuration of the Four Elements If there … Continue reading
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Tagged archetypes, book, book as symbol, book symbolism, Books, bookworm, Eliphas Levi, Liber Mundi, nourishment
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The Tempestuous Loveliness of Terror: A Few Thoughts on Medusa
I borrowed the florid title of this post from the Romantic poet Shelley, who wrote a poem on Leonardo da Vinci’s Medusa painting. In one of my previous posts (https://symbolreader.net/2013/08/11/light-and-matter-the-perseid-meteor-shower/) I talked about the mythical story of Perseus and I … Continue reading
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Tagged A.S. Byatt, Andromeda, Greek myth, Greek mythology, Leonardo da Vinci, Medusa, Medusa’s Ankles, monster, Perseus, Shelley
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