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Reading The Red Book (31)
“Little good will come to you from outside. What will come to you lies within yourself. But what lies there!” C.G. Jung, The Red Book, chapter XVIII (Liber Secundus) Chapter XVIII of Liber Secundus is called The Three Prophecies. The … Continue reading
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Tagged analytical psychology, Aquarius, archetypes, C.G. Jung, Chaos, eternity, Liber Novus, magic, mysticism, opposites, prophecy, psyche, psychology, religion, Rudolf Steiner, science, Soul, symbolism, symbols, The Red Book, timeless, truth, unconscious, vision, War
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Reading The Red Book (30)
“I feel the things that were and that will be. Behind the ordinary the eternal abyss yawns. The earth gives me back what it hid.” Liber Secundus, chapter XVII Chapter XVII of Liber Secundus, the second part of The Red … Continue reading
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Tagged analytical psychology, Aquarius, archetypes, astrology, Atman, Atmavictu, Bollingen, breath, Carl Jung, Christ, dragon, gift, Hermes, Holy Grail, kabiri, lapis philosophorum, Leo, Liber Novus, Mercury, opposites, Parsifal, philosopher’s stone, pleroma, polarization, psyche, Saturn, shadow, Soul, stone, symbolism, symbols, talent, Telesphoros, The Red Book, Wagner
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Images of the Zodiac: Contemplating Aquarius
Johfra Bosschart, Aquarius 1.“And the pool was filled with water out of sunlight, And the lotus rose, quietly, quietly, The surface glittered out of heart of light.” T.S.Eliot, “Burnt Norton” 2.“Praise to the jewel in the lotus.” (Om mani padme … Continue reading
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Tagged Aquarius, archetypes, astrology, C.G. Jung, Celestial Sea, enlightenment, implicate order, Johfra, Johfra Bosschart, Krishnamurti, lotus, prana, Ram in Thicket, Saturn, symbolism, symbols, truth, unus mundus, Uranus, waterbearer David Bohm, Zodiac
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Iris: the Goddess of the Rainbow as the Harbinger of a New Era
There is a well-known saying that the rainbow comes only after the storm. In the Bible, after the Deluge, God places a rainbow in the sky and pledges solemnly not to send another flood upon the earth: “I have set … Continue reading
Posted in Iris
Tagged Aquarius, archetypes, asteroid, astrology, covenant, deluge, depth pychology, Electra, flood, goddess, Greek mythology, Iris, James Hillman, mythology, Pleiades, pothos, Rainbow, seven, symbolism, symbolism of number seven, symbols
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The Winged Sandals of Higgs Boson
I. A Few Thoughts on Time Marc Chagall, Time is a River Without Banks I have always believed in the world of timeless truths. I find comfort in the conviction that although all visible phenomena are constantly changing, beneath flows … Continue reading
Posted in Mercurius, Time
Tagged Age of Aquarius, alchemy, Aquarius, archetypes, astrology, C.G. Jung, Gemini, God’s particle, Hermes, Higgs, Higgs boson, Leibniz, Mercurius, Mercury, Pisces, quantum physics, science, Smolin, space, symbolism, symbols, Time, Time Reborn
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Cloud Atlas: Farewell to the Age of Pisces
I’ve been obsessing recently about Cloud Atlas, both the novel and the movie. I have been profoundly affected by both. Jung said somewhere that if archetypes spoke their language would be poetic, lofty, quite far from everyday speech. It is precisely … Continue reading