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Reading The Red Book (37) – Seven Sermons to the Dead
Seven Sermons to the Dead (Septem Sermones ad Mortuos) is a collection of seven Gnostic texts written and privately published by C. G. Jung in 1916, under the title Seven Sermons to the Dead, written by Basilides of Alexandria, the City … Continue reading
Posted in The Red Book by C.G. Jung
Tagged Alexandria, archetypes, Atman, Basilides, C.G. Jung, Christianity, fullness, gnosis, Gnosticism, individuation, Jungian psychology, Liber Novus, nothingness, opposites, Philemon, pleroma, psyche, religion, Septem Sermones, Soul, symbolism, symbols, The Red Book
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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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“The Canticle of the Void” by Paul Murray
“Smaller than the small I am that still centre within you that needle’s eye through which all the threads of the universe are drawn. Perhaps you think you know me but you do not know me. Of everything that is, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Canticle of the Void, darkness, God, goddess, nothingness, Paul Murray, poetry, void
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What Is Truth?
The dialogue between Jesus and Pilate from the Gospel of John (18:28) is one of the most profound exchanges regarding Truth: “Therefore Pilate … summoned Jesus and said to Him, … ‘So You are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say correctly that I am … Continue reading
Posted in Truth
Tagged aletheia, Jesus, Martin Heidegger, Nietzsche, nothingness, One, Plotinus, Pontius Pilate, truth
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Why Think of Something Rather than Nothing
Malevitch, Black Square I have an American Indian friend who is a Pueblo chieftain. Once when we were talking confidentially about the white man, he said to me: “We don’t understand the whites. They are always wanting something, always restless, … Continue reading
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Tagged archetypes, C.G. Jung, emptiness, Krishnamurti, Michal Ajvaz, mysticism, nothing, nothingness, psychology, Seinfeld, spirituality, symbols, truth, Zen
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