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Gilgamesh: He Who Saw the Deep
If you happen to have some time on your hands, I strongly recommend that you take a look at Ancient Masterpiece of World Literature (https://www.edx.org/course/ancient-masterpieces-of-world-literature), a course which Harvard University is currently offering online free of charge. You can also … Continue reading
Posted in Gilgamesh, Uncategorized
Tagged archetypes, Carl Gustav Jung, cedar, culture, death, deluge, depth psychology, Divine, Enkidu, epic, flood, Gilgamesh, goddess, human, humbaba, immortality, Inanna, Ishtar, Mesopotamia, myth, mythology, nature, Rilke, Sumer, Sumerian, symbolism, symbols, Underworld, Uruk, Utnapishtim
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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 (11)
“I am all that has been and is and shall be; and no mortal has ever lifted my veil.” (the words inscribed on the statue of Isis of Sais) The title of Chapter IX of The Red Book (Liber Primus) … Continue reading
Posted in The Red Book by C.G. Jung, Uncategorized
Tagged analytical psychology, anima, archetypes, blindness, C.G. Jung, Carl Jung, dance, dance of the seven veils, Dark goddess, depth psychology, descent, earth mother, Elijah, Eros, goddess, Gustave Moreau, Inanna, Ishtar, logos, Moon, myth, mythology, opposites, Oscar Wilde, pleasure, prophet, Salome, serpent, snake, symbolism, symbols, The Red Book, thinking, Underworld, veil
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Notre-Dame de Paris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUrULTifMPc In “Civilization,” a classic TV series of 1969, standing in front of Notre-Dame, Kenneth Clark asked: “What is civilization? I don’t know. I can’t define it in abstract terms — yet. But I think I can recognize it when … Continue reading
Posted in Notre-Dame, Uncategorized
Tagged alchemy, archetypes, architecture, C.G. Jung, cathedrals, chimeras, Christianity, civilization, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, fire, Fulcanelli, gargoyles, goddess, Gothic, isis, light, Mary, masons, Notre-Dame, Our Lady, Ouspensky, Paris, spirituality, stained glass, Stryge, symbolism, symbols, the Middle Ages, Vasari, Virgin
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Roma: Movie of the Year
The movie Roma is a beautiful hymn to women. It tells the story of Cleo, an indigenous (Mixtec) woman who works as a maid to an upper-middle-class Mexican family. She is wonderfully portrayed by Yalitza Aparicio, who had never acted … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Review
Tagged Alfonso Cuaron, anima mundi, archetypes, domestic work, film, goddess, Hestia, housework, humility, James Hillman, Mixtec, movie, Power, review, Roma, servant, service, serving, Soul, symbolism, symbols, water, woman, women
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Inanna at the Ground of Being
“Quiet, Inanna, the ways of the underworld are perfect. They may not be questioned.” “Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer,” translated by Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer In the well-known Sumerian myth, Inanna, … Continue reading
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Tagged alchemy, archetypes, axis mundi, Dark goddess, depth psychology, descent, Diane Wolkstein, Dumuzi, eight-pointed star, Enki, Ereshkigal, Gilgamesh, goddess, hermeticism, huluppu tree, Inanna, incarnation, initiation, Jung, Lilith, magic, Mesopotamia, mysteries, myth, mythology, rebirth, seven spheres, shadow, Sumer, Sylvia Brinto Perera, symbolism, symbols, transformation, Underworld, Venus, World Tree
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The Black Madonna of the Luminous Mountain
The Shrine of Our Lady of Jasna Góra (Luminous Mountain or Clarus Mons) in Częstochowa, Poland, houses a most unique image of the Black Madonna. It is a Byzantine icon of the Hodegetria type (from Greek “She who shows the … Continue reading
Posted in Black Madonna
Tagged archetypes, Black Madonna, Czestochowa, Dark goddess, Einsiedeln, goddess, heart chakra, hermit, isis, Jasna Góra, Jerzy Duda Gracz, Mary, Paulines, religion, St Paul of Thebes, symbolism, symbols, way of the cross
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Lakshmi – the Goddess of Worldly Enjoyment and Spiritual Liberation
Lakshmi, the most widely worshiped Indian goddess, emerged on a lotus out of the primeval ocean of milk. In the pantheon of goddesses she is a soothing and gentle presence. In her book Awakening Shakti, Sally Kempton includes compelling words … Continue reading
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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Shiva and Shakti – Consciousness and Power
I. “Since Shiva is only the silent, immobile witness, whereas she is the power herself, the devotees of Shakti and Devi have concluded that it might be best to direct one’s attention and prayers exclusively to the Goddess. Not the … Continue reading
