Tag Archives: C.G. Jung

Fair as the Moon, Clear as the Sun and Terrible as an Army with Banners

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Marc Chagall, Song of Songs II The title today comes from The Song of Songs. I think these words are are a beautiful expression of the power and the essence of the sacred feminine. I am still smitten by The … Continue reading →

Posted in Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee | Tagged anima mundi, archetypes, Astrology of Fate, C.G. Jung, Liz Greene, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Song of Songs, symbolism, symbols, The Return of the Feminine and the World Soul, the sacred feminine, world soul | 40 Comments

Self-deception and Self-knowledge

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Self-deception is a defining part of our human nature. By recognizing its various forms in ourselves and reflecting upon them, we may be able to disarm them and even, in some cases, to employ and enjoy them. This self-knowledge opens … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged C.G. Jung, delusional thoughts, delusions, human potential, neel burton, psychology, Self, self-deception, self-knowlege, Soul | 14 Comments

Images of the Zodiac: Contemplating Gemini

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- it’s everything except what it is! ” William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet I. Romeo and Juliet as an alchemical work Many years ago … Continue reading →

Posted in Johfra Bosschart | Tagged "Tlön, Alan Oken, archetypes, astrology, Bakhtin, Boaz, Borges, C.G. Jung, caduceus, dialogue, dualism, duality, fire, Gemini, hermaphrodite, Jachin, Johfra, Johfra Bosschart, language, Mercurius, Mercury, mind, Orbis Tertius", reptilian brain, Romeo and Juliet, Self, Shakespeare, Soul, spirituality, symbolism, symbols, the unconscious, Thoth, transformation, trickster, Uqbar, Venus | 28 Comments

The Winged Sandals of Higgs Boson

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Symbol Reader

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 | 16 Comments

The Secret Speech of the Soul

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Blendon Reed Campbell, Dancing Nymphs The language of myth is still, as ever, the secret speech of the inarticulate human soul; and if one has learned to listen to this speech with the heart, then it is not surprising … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotations | Tagged archetypes, C.G. Jung, Liz Greene, myth, mythology, Soul, symbols, the collective unconscious | 20 Comments

Posts in Pairs (1). Out of Many One.

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Symbol Reader

As an ever curious Gemini woman (with Mercury, the messenger of the gods and their intermediary, in conjunction with my Sun) I am always on the lookout for connections, links and associations. I have been paying attention to quite a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston tragedy, C.G. Jung, dismemberment, diversity, Egyptian mythology, healing, isis, Osiris, terrorism, unity, wholeness | 18 Comments

The Fountain or Death as the Road to Awe

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Symbol Reader

The Fountain by Darren Aronofsky is by far the most powerful symbolic movie I have seen in the last few years. Watching it is always like being transported into another reality; the music, the powerful images and the three interwoven … Continue reading →

Posted in The Fountain | Tagged archetypes, Aronofsky, C.G. Jung, Cirlot, death, film archetypes, immortality, life, Lord of the Rings, Mayan mythology, myth, spirituality, symbolism, symbolism in film, symbols, the Bible, the Fountain, the ring, Tree of Knowledge, Tree of Life, Xibalba | 39 Comments

Symbolism of the Forest

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Symbol Reader

In the middle of our walk of life, I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost. Dante, The Divine Comedy Foggy Forest on Emei Shan, via http://tryse.net/blog/2009/08/ It seemed to him that he had … Continue reading →

Posted in The Forest | Tagged archetypes, Baudelaire, C.G. Jung, depth psychology, forest, literature, Lord of the Rings, mysticism, poetry, spirituality, Swedenborg, symbolism, symbols, the law of correspondence | 37 Comments

Why Think of Something Rather than Nothing

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Malevitch, Black Square I have an American Indian friend who is a Pueblo chieftain. Once when we were talking confidentially about the white man, he said to me: “We don’t understand the whites. They are always wanting something, always restless, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged archetypes, C.G. Jung, emptiness, Krishnamurti, Michal Ajvaz, mysticism, nothing, nothingness, psychology, Seinfeld, spirituality, symbols, truth, Zen | 16 Comments

The Eternal Charm of the Feminine

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Spirituality and sexuality are not your qualities, not things which ye possess and contain. But they possess and contain you; for they are powerful … manifestations of the gods, and are, therefore, things which reach beyond you, existing in themselves. … Continue reading →