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Reading The Red Book (41) – Seven Sermons to the Dead
We have now reached the fifth Sermon to the Dead, which you will find in the third section of The Red Book called Scrutinies. At the dawn of civilization Greece was inhabited by Pelasgians, who are viewed as the indigenous, … Continue reading
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Tagged archetypes, Basilides, C.G. Jung, creation, Eros, Eurynome, Gnosticism, Liber Novus, logos, Ophione, Pelasgians, Philemon, Seven Sermons to the Dead, sexuality, Shakti, Shiva, Soul, symbolism, symbols, trident, Ukraine
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Frida Kahlo’s Symbolism of Life
Frida Kahlo stands today for much more than art; she is a symbol and an icon of feminism, a heroine of the disability rights movement, anti-racism movements and LGBT communities. Her boundless creativity drew no lines between life and art; … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, archetypes, art, Casa Azul, death, Diego Rivera, ex-votos, fashion, feminism, fertility, frida kahlo, healthabortion, infertility, jewellery, life, miscarriage, pain, painting, religion, retablos, suffering, symbolism, symbols, Tehuana
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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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Black Madonna: An Icon of Mystery
“There is a grave aura about many of the Black Virgins, an expression of utter solitude so intense that the child on her knees or in the embrace of her left arm seems strangely appended. She sits, solitary, weighted, at … Continue reading
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Tagged alchemy, archetypes, black, Black Madonna, blackness, C.G. Jung, chaosorder, Christianity, creation, Dark Feminine, Dark Virgin, depth psychology, earth, enlightenment, feminine, God, goddess, matter, mysticism, nature, nigredo, religion, Soul, symbolism, symbols, transformation, transmutation, Trinity
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Reading The Red Book (39) – Seven Sermons to the Dead
We are still focusing on The Seven Sermons to the Dead, which are part of Scrutinies, the final section of The Red Book. In my previous posts, I looked at sermons one and two while this one is dedicated to the third sermon and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraxas, archetypes, C.G. Jung, darkness, depth psychology, devil, dualism, evil, Gnosticism, good, Hermes, Liber Novus, light, Mercurius, nature, opposites, rooster, samsara, Seven Sermons of the Dead, Soul, summum bonum, sun, symbolism, symbols, The Red Book, Time, wheel of time
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Hermopolis: the City of Beautiful Renewal
“Let us praise Thoth, the exact plummet of the balance,from whom evil flees,who accepts him who avoids evil,the Vizier who gives judgement,who vanquishes crime,who recalls all that is forgotten,the remembrancer of time and eternity,who proclaims the hours of the night,whose … Continue reading
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Tagged archetypes, being, creation, death, Egypt, Egyptian myth, Eye of Horus, hare, heart, Hermes, Hermetica, Hermopolis, ibis, Khmnu, life, lotus, maat, Moon, Ogdoad, oneness, Seshat, Set, symbolism, symbols, Thoth, Udjat, Wedjat
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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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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
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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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