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Lilith
On the ceiling of the Sistine chapel we can see an atypical depiction of the serpent of Paradise. Michelangelo chose to portray the snake as a red-headed woman, undoubtedly Lilith. Why did Michelangelo decide to include Lilith in his biblical … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam, Adam Kadmon, alchemy, Aramaic magic texts, archetypes, Black Madonna, Burney relief, C.G. Jung, Dark goddess, depth psychology, desert, Elijah, evil, Genesis, Gnosticism, huluppuh tree, Inanna, Ishtar, Kabbalah, Lamashtu, Lilith, lilitu, Mandaean Gnosis, materia prima, Mesopotamia, myth, nigredo, paradise, patriarchy, red, sephiroth, serpent, Shekhinah, Sumer, symbolism, symbols, Talmud, the Bible, The Dark Goddess, The Red Sea, Tree of Life, whore of Babylon
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A Reedeming Darkness of The Black Madonna
“Underneath all our conditioning, hidden in the crypt of our being, near the waters of life, the Black Virgin is enthroned with her Child, the dark latency of our own essential nature, that which we were always meant to be.” … Continue reading
Posted in The Black Madonna, The Dark Goddess, Uncategorized
Tagged alchemy, archetypes, Artemis, Black Madonna, body, Buddha, Buddhism, C.G. Jung, Chartres, Christianity, Cybele, Dark goddess, darkness, death, Einsiedeln, enlightenment, Ephesus, fertility, Gnosticism, goddess, isis, Lyons, Mary Magdalene, Montserrat, nothingness, paganism, Paris, Shulamite, shunyata, Songs of Songs, Sophia, Soul, spirituality, symbolism, symbols, tantra, Tara, Underworld, wisdom, womb
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Reading The Red Book (12)
I. “You may call us symbols for the same reason that you can also call your fellow men symbols, if you wish to. But we are just as real as your fellow men. You invalidate nothing and solve nothing by calling us symbols.” … Continue reading
Posted in The Red Book by C.G. Jung, Uncategorized
Tagged analytical psychology, anima, archetypes, C.G. Jung, Dark goddess, depth psychology, gnosis, Gnostic gospels, Gnosticism, Gospel of the Egyptians, Kali, Liber Novus, Mary Magdalene, Nag Hammadi, Salome, shadow, symbolism, symbols, The Red Book, the Self, transformation, unconscious
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Mary Magdalene: the Treasure in the Heart
I.“There is something special about their relationship, something not simply reducible to teacher and devotee, and all attempts to hedge and prevaricate about its nature merely render its energy more palpable. The unspoken bond between them reverberates through even the … Continue reading
Posted in Mary Magdalene
Tagged celibacy, Christianity, Eve, Gnostic gospels, Gnosticism, goddess, gospels, Jesus, Jesus's wife, Lilith, Mary Magdalene, Nag Hammadi, patriarchy, sacred feminine, Sophia, symbolism, symbols
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In the Heart of the Supreme Mind: Thoth Hermes Trismegistus
Johfra, “Hermes Trismegistus” In The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall, I came across the following passage, which I found very illuminating: “Before the visible universe was formed its mold was cast. This mold was called the Archetype, and … Continue reading
Posted in Mercurius
Tagged anima mundi, archetypes, astrology, Book of Thoth, Corpus Hermeticum, Gnosticism, Hermes, Hermes Trismegistus, hermeticism, logos, Manly P. Hall, matter, Mercury, Mercury Promethean-Direct, Mercury supreme conjunction, mind, mysticism, symbolism, symbols, The Secret Teachings of All Ages, Thoth, World Serpent
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