Tag Archives: Soul

Reflections on Narcissism: The Feminine and Masculine Experience of Sexual Love

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Symbol Reader

“I love myself…I love you. I love you…I love myself.” Rumi You have probably seen this image – the illustration to a short story by Kristen Roupenian’s entitled “Cat Person,” which was published in December 2017 in The New Yorker and … Continue reading →

Posted in Kristen Roupenian | Tagged archetypes, C.G. Jung, Cat Person, depth psychology, Echo, Else Voigtländer, extroversion, Freud, Greek mythology, introversion, Kristen Roupenian, lierature, Murray Stein, myth, mythology, narcissism, Narcissus, psyche, self-love, short stories, Soul, symbolism, symbols | 10 Comments

Roma: Movie of the Year

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Symbol Reader

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 | 21 Comments

Jung on Alchemy (9): the Coniunctio – part 3 – the Red Stone

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Symbol Reader

“We must sleep with eyes open, we must dream with our hands, we must dream the active dreams of a river seeking its course, the dreams of the sun dreaming its worlds, we must dream out loud, we must sing … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Uncategorized | Tagged albedo, alchemy, analytical psychology, C.G. Jung, coniunctio, depth psychology, Faust, feeling, feminine, Four elements, Goethe, green lion, hermaphrodite, intuition, masculine, philosopher’s stone, psyche, red stone, Rosarium Philosophorum, rubedo, sensation, Soul, thinking, white stone | 6 Comments

Native Americans: Stories in Stone

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Symbol Reader

I. “Whenever, in the course of the daily hunt, the red hunter comes upon a scene that is strikingly beautiful or sublime–a black thundercloud with the rainbow’s glowing arch above the mountain; a white waterfall in the heart of a … Continue reading →

Posted in native Americans, Uncategorized | Tagged Carl Jung, Charles Eastman, Crazy Horse, First Nations, genocide, Great Mystery, Great Spirit, Kent Nerburn, Korczak Ziolkowski, native Americans, Osage murders, petroglyphs, rocks, Rushmore, Soul, stones, symbolism, symbols, Wounded Knee | 16 Comments

Jung on Alchemy (8): the Coniunctio – part 2 – the White Stone

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Symbol Reader

“When God, disgusted with man, Turned towards heaven. And man, disgusted with God, Turned towards Eve, Things looked like falling apart. But Crow Crow Crow nailed them together, Nailing Heaven and earth together— So man cried, but with … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Uncategorized | Tagged alchemy, C.G. Jung, coniunctio, feminine, luna, masculine, Psychology of Transference, Rosarium Philosophorum, Sol, Soul, Sylvia Plath, unconscious, white stone | 8 Comments

Fernando Pessoa – Weaver of the Soul

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Symbol Reader

“Weavers of despair, let us weave only shrouds – white shrouds for the dreams we never dreamed, black shrouds for the days when we die, grey shrouds for the gestures we only dreamed of, imperial purple shrouds for our futile … Continue reading →

Posted in Fernando Pessoa, Uncategorized | Tagged Book of Disquietude, confession, diary, Fernando Pessoa, heteronyms, literature, poetry, Soul | 18 Comments

Jung on Alchemy (7): The Coniunctio – part 1 – The Mercurial Fountain

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Symbol Reader

“And just as the cosmos is not a dissolving mass of particles, but rests in the unity of God’s embrace, man must not dissolve into a whirl of warring possibilities and tendencies imposed on him by the unconscious, but must … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy | Tagged alchemy, C.G. Jung, coniunctio, depth psychology, Mercurial Fountain, Mercurius, Psychology of Transference, Rosarium Philosophorum, Soul, spirit, symbolism, symbols, The Fountain of Mercurius | 9 Comments

Unchanging Waves of Time

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Symbol Reader

The distinction between past, present and future is the most persistent illusion of all, said Einstein. From the perspective of quantum physics, the past, present and future exist simultaneously in time-space. Time is static, it is us who are flowing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arrival, enso, film review, heptapods, linguistic relativity, logograms, movie, quantum physics, relativity, seven, Soul, symbolism, Time, Zen | 19 Comments

Some Thoughts on Culture

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Symbol Reader

The term “culture” comes from the Roman orator Cicero, who wrote about cultura animi – cultivation of the soul. The soul, like a rose, needs rich, nourishing soil, a loving care and time to bloom. In a very interesting article … Continue reading →

Posted in culture | Tagged Christianity, Christopher Columbus, civilization, culture, East, Islam, Krishnamurti, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Renaissance, Soul, values, West, Western culture | 19 Comments

The Holiness of Trees

Posted on October 22, 2016 by Symbol Reader

“Trees in particular were mysterious and seemed to me direct embodiments of the incomprehensible meaning of life. For that reason the woods were the place where I felt closest to its deepest meaning and to its awe-inspiring workings.” C.G. Jung, … Continue reading →