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Reading The Red Book (40) – The Seven Sermons to the Dead
“One, two, three, but where, my dear Timaeus, is the fourth?” Plato, “Timaeus” We have now reached the fourth Sermon to the Dead, in which the dead demand of Philemon: “Speak to us about Gods and devils, accursed one.” The … Continue reading
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Reading The Red Book (39) – Seven Sermons to the Dead
We are still focusing on The Seven Sermons to the Dead, which are part of Scrutinies, the final section of The Red Book. In my previous posts, I looked at sermons one and two while this one is dedicated to the third sermon and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraxas, archetypes, C.G. Jung, darkness, depth psychology, devil, dualism, evil, Gnosticism, good, Hermes, Liber Novus, light, Mercurius, nature, opposites, rooster, samsara, Seven Sermons of the Dead, Soul, summum bonum, sun, symbolism, symbols, The Red Book, Time, wheel of time
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Reading The Red Book (38) – Seven Sermons to the Dead
We are making our way through The Seven Sermons to the Dead, which are part of Scrutinies, the final section of The Red Book. In my previous post I looked into the genesis of the sermons while this one focuses … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraxas, archetypes, C.G. Jung, creation, devil, evil, fullness, Gnosticism, God, good, Helios, Liber Novus, Philemon, pleroma, psyche, Scrutinies, Septem Sermones, seven sermons, Soul, symbolism, symbols, The Red Book, unconscious
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Reading The Red Book (14)
Jung’s Liber Novus, better known as The Red Book, is divided into Liber Primus and Liber Secundus. The former was created on parchment and resembles a medieval illuminated manuscript. The reason why Jung decided to switch to paper in Liber … Continue reading
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Tagged alchemy, analytical psychology, archetypes, C.G. Jung, depth psychology, devil, eye, individuation, instincts, joy, Liber Novus, Mars, red, rubedo, self-knowledge, symbolism, symbols, The Red Book, The Red One
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Jung on Alchemy (6): Sol and Sulphur – the Fiery Ferment of the Soul’s Hidden Depth
“As in the hand a sulfur match flares white and sends out flicking tongues on every side before it bursts into flame –: in that ring of crowded onlookers, hot, eager, and precise her round dance begins to dart and … Continue reading
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