Tag Archives: depth psychology

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 →

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Cartography of the Deep Human Psyche (5)

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Gustave Dore, Dante at the Gate of Hell Just as Adam and Eve are cast out from Paradise, so our blissful sojourn in the mother’s womb comes to an end in the first stage of delivery. This moment marks the … Continue reading →

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Cartography of the Deep Human Psyche (4)

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Leonardo da Vinci, Studies of Embryos The first nine months of our life are spent in water, where we are surrounded by darkness. We have no conscious memory of that period. Subconsciously, we crave to relive that time later on … Continue reading →

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Cartography of the Deep Human Psyche (2)

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Symbol Reader

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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Cartography of the Deep Human Psyche (1)

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Symbol Reader

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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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 →