Tag Archives: fate

Reading The Red Book (16)

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Symbol Reader

“In Paris, on a day that stayed morning until dusk, in a Paris like – in a Paris which – (save me, sacred folly of description!) in a garden by a stone cathedral (not built, no, rather played upon a … Continue reading →

Posted in The Red Book by C.G. Jung, Uncategorized | Tagged archetypes, becoming, being, C.G. Jung, Carl Jung, Dionysos, fate, individuation, instinct, Liber Novus, symbolism, symbols, The Red Book, tramp, zoe | 3 Comments

The Fateful Shipwreck of Antikythera

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Symbol Reader

“All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again.” Ecclesiastes 1:7 I have had the opportunity recently to see a splendid exhibition that arrived in Basel, … Continue reading →

Posted in The Antikythera | Tagged Ancient Greece, Antikythera, archetypes, art, astrology, Basel, Bronze, collective unconscious, exhibition, fate, marble, mechanism, sculpture, ship, ship symbolism, shipwreck, symbols | 17 Comments

Rose Red: Symbolism of Blood

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Symbol Reader

1.“White and red combined are the colour of the mysterious rose, the whiteness of milk and the redness of blood, the white of light and the redness of fire.” Eliphas Levi, “The Book of Splendors” 2.“Blood is the first incarnation of … Continue reading →

Posted in Blood | Tagged alchemy, bleeding, blood, body, Carl Gustav Jung, color, Dark goddess, dark moon, depth psychology, family, fate, flesh, goddess, Kali, menstruation, passion, red, rose, rubedo, Sekhmet, symbolism, symbols, ties, whore of Babylon | 17 Comments

Nike Who Hesitates

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Titanic Engineers’ Memorial, Southampton, featuring Goddess Nike Nike of Warsaw, monument to Polish war heroes I love poetry because in a few verses it is able to condense more meaning than a long essay and usually does so more beautifully. … Continue reading →

Posted in Nike | Tagged destiny, fate, Gilbert Murray, Heimarmene, hesitation, karma, Nike, Nike Who Hesitates, poetry, Pronoia, The Five Stages of Greek Religion, Zbigniew Herbert | 27 Comments

Fate: A Jungian Perspective

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Symbol Reader

My fate cries out, And makes each petty artery in this body As hardy as the Nemean lion’s nerve. Shakespeare, Hamlet The following article is greatly inspired by Liz Greene’s book The Astrology of Fate. I have yet to find … Continue reading →