Tag Archives: death

Will We Be Saved Each One Alone?

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Symbol Reader

Mara, Lord of Death and Desire holding a Wheel of Reincarnation I have written before how much I love the TV show “Lost.” I have just finished watching it all over again and I must say the final episode of … Continue reading →

Posted in Lost | Tagged astrology, At the Gate of the Valley, death, Jack Shephard, Jupiter Pluto opposition, Lost, Master DK, past lives, rebirth, reincarnation, Roger Woolger, Zbigniew Herbert | 31 Comments

The Ever-Fruitful Womb of Darkness

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Symbol Reader

1.“As the Great Creatrix, the feminine is a vessel and passage for an alien, masculine Other that condescends towards her, enters into her, and favors her with the seed of living. Life originates in her and issues from her, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotations | Tagged astrology, death, full moon in Taurus, goddess, rebirth, symbolism, symbols, the great round, womb | 17 Comments

Eros and Psyche (3)

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Symbol Reader

“Love sets up resonances in the deepest abysses of our being. It is a lightning flash of the eternal within the flow of time.” Aldo Carutenuto, Eros and Pathos: Shades of Love and Suffering Butterflies are very popular funerary motifs. … Continue reading →

Posted in Eros and Psyche | Tagged Aphrodite, Apuleius, archetypes, butterfly, C.G. Jung, child archetype, coniunctio, death, divine child, Eros and Psyche, Greek myth, Greek mythology, individuation, Jung, myth, number four symbolism, Psyche’s Knife, rebirth, sacred marriage, symbolism, symbols, The Golden Ass | 34 Comments

Cartography of the Deep Human Psyche (6)

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Having reread the whole chapter dedicated to LSD subjects reliving their own birth, once again, just like after the first reading many years ago, I feel amazed. Our coming into this world is a metaphor of the process of individuation. … Continue reading →

Posted in Stanislav Grof | Tagged Basic Perinatal Matrices, Basic Perinatal Matrix, death, delivery, depth psychology, Grof, LSD research, rebirth, Stanislav Grof, symbolism | 28 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 →