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The Veil of Isis and the Black Madonna: the Mysteries of Nature
I. “The mother is the first world of the child and the last world of the adult. We are all wrapped as her children in the mantle of this great Isis.” Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 9 (Part 1): … Continue reading
Posted in Black Madonna
Tagged archetypes, Black Madonna, blackness, C.G. Jung, Chaos, darkness, goddess, Goethe, Hadot, hidden, isis, light, lumen naturae, mystery, nature, Nietzsche, Orpheus, Plutarch, Proclus, Prometheus, Sais, sphinx, symbolism, symbols
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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
Posted in The Red Book by C.G. Jung
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 (29)
I. “Your sun will rise from muddy swamps.” II. “The lowest in you is the source of mercy.” III. “But the lowest in you is also the eye of the evil that stares at you and looks at you coldly … Continue reading
Posted in The Red Book by C.G. Jung
Tagged analytical psychology, archetypes, C.G. Jung, Chaos, crucifixion, depth psychology, evil, good, language, Liber Novus, life, madness, Neo-Platonism, Nous, Phanes, psyche, shadow, Soul, symbolism, symbols, system, The Red Book, unconscious, words
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Reading The Red Book (28)
“I see behind you, behind the mirror of your eyes, the crush of dangerous shadows, the dead, who look greedily through the empty sockets of your eyes, who moan and hope to gather up through you all the loose ends … Continue reading
Posted in The Red Book by C.G. Jung
Tagged Anabaptism, animal, archetypes, Bergson, C.G. Jung, Chaos, Christianity, Cook, Ezechiel, Ezekiel, four, instinct, intuition, intuitive method, Liber Novus, madness, mandala, psyche, psychology, Soul, symbolism, symbols, tetramorph, the dead, The Red Book, the Self, the unconscious, unconscious
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David Bowie’s Blackstar
The video to David Bowie’s “Blackstar” overpowered me immediately when it was released on 19 November last year. It is a visual poem and a symbolic feast. Despite the iconic yellow smiley face flashed at the viewer at the very … Continue reading
Posted in David Bowie, Uncategorized
Tagged alchemy, archetypes, Blackstar, Chaos, David Bowie, death, nigredo, suffering, symbolism, symbols, video
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Jung on Alchemy (2): The Mandala
“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls. They will practice Indian yoga and all its exercises, observe a strict regimen or diet, learn theosophy by heart, or mechanically repeat mystic texts from the … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemy, The Mandala
Tagged alchemy, archetypes, Buddhism, C.G. Jung, centre, Chaos, circle, depth psychology, four, individuation, jewel, lotus, mandala, order, Padma, quaternity, Soul, symbolism, symbols, womb, Womb World mandala
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Awe-Inspiring Sculptures: “Night” by Michelangelo
“Night” by Michelangelo was sculpted in white marble and put to rest on the tomb of Giuliano de Medici in San Lorenzo Church, Florence. Her attributes are an owl and a mask. I remember seeing the sculpture for the first time … Continue reading
Posted in Sculpture, The Night
Tagged animus, art, Carl Gustav Jung, Chaos, Dark goddess, darkness, Greek myth, Greek mythology, love, Michelangelo, night, Nyx, sculpture, symbolism, symbols
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Cosmos, Chaos and the Five Human Dimensions in Between
I have been reading a fascinating book by Robert Masters called The Goddess Sekhmet: Psycho-Spiritual Exercises of the Fifth Way. According to the Introduction, the book was written in a non-ordinary state of consciousness inspired by the Goddess Sekhmet’s Mysteries … Continue reading
Posted in Sekhmet
Tagged archetypes, AUFU, Chaos, Cosmos, Egyptian Mysteries, Egyptian myth, goddess, HAIDIT, KA, KHU, material, Robert Masters, Sekhmet, SȂHU, spiritual, symbolism, symbols, the Fifth Way, the Five Bodies
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