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The Symbolic Power of Mushrooms
The Symbolic Power of Mushrooms In the collective consciousness since the recent pandemic, two symbols of self-destruction have emerged, both connected to mushrooms. In the HBO series “The Last of Us,” mind-manipulating mushrooms known as ophiocordyceps possess the minds of … Continue reading
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Gentleman Overboard: Existential Loneliness
“‘Where is it,’ thought Raskolnikov. ‘Where is it I’ve read that someone condemned to death says or thinks, an hour before his death, that if he had to live on some high rock, on such a narrow ledge that he’d … Continue reading
His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman finished his trilogy of fantasy novels His Dark Materials in 2000. But I feel his epic has a lot to say about the symbolic portents of our times and the near future. I tremendously enjoyed the HBO/BBC adaptation … Continue reading
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Tagged Age of Aquarius, air, alchemy, alethiometer, archetypes, C.G. Jung, consciousness, creativity, daemon, daimon, Dust, freedom, Gnosticism, His Dark Materials, Milton, orthodoxy, Paradise Lost, Philip Pullman, psyche, religion, Soul, symbolism, symbolreader, symbols
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Reading The Red Book (43) – Seven Sermons to the Dead
We have now reached the seventh and final Sermon to the Dead, which you will find in the third section of The Red Book called Scrutinies. The dead come to Philemon and ask him to “teach us about men.” This sermon addresses the most … Continue reading
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Tagged Agrippa, archetypes, Binah, Black Madonna, C.G. Jung, depth psychology, God, goddess, Great Mother, Liber Novus, matter, Meister Eckhart, Nut, Philemon, psyche, Seven Sermons to the Dead, Soul, star, symbolism, symbols, synchronicity, The Red Book, world soul
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Between Hermes and Mnemosyne: Jung and Warburg
In the part of Homeric Hymn to Hermes, in which Hermes and Apollo exchange gifts, Hermes sings about the origins of the gods: “And the first of the gods that he commemorated with his song was Mnemosyne, Mother of Muses, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aby Warburg, archetypes, C.G. Jung, Hermes, image, Kerenyi, Mnemosyne, Mnemosyne Atlas, psyche, Soul, symbolism, symbols
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Reading The Red Book (42) – Seven Sermons to the Dead
“… what they rejected will be most valuable to them.” Philemon’s words uttered after the sixth sermon to the dead We have now reached the sixth Sermon to the Dead, which you will find in the third section of The Red … Continue reading
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Tagged alchemy, archetypes, C.G. Jung, daimon, depth psychology, Dove, enantiodromia, feminine, goddess, Liber Novus, light of nature, masculine, matter, Mercurius, Paracelsus, psyche, Septem Sermones, Seven Sermons to the Dead, snake, Socrates, Soul, spirit, symbolism, symbols, The Red Book
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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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Tagged archetypes, C.G. Jung, devil, Eros, four, Greek myth, Leviticus, Liber Novus, Pan, Philemon, psyche, quaternio, Satan, scapegoat, scapegoating, Septem Sermones, Seven Sermons to the Dead, Soul, symbolism, symbols, The Red Book, unconscious
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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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My Octopus Teacher: the Soul and Her Beloved
I. “It is not necessary that you go out of your house. Remain by your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be completely still and alone. The world will offer itself to you … Continue reading
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Tagged anima, archetypes, Beloved, C.G. Jung, caduceus, eight, Mercurius, My Octopus Teacher, mysticism, Other, psyche, Saint Teresa of Avila, Soul, symbolism, symbols, The Interior Castle, water
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