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The Reality of Dreams in Henry Fuseli’s Art
Henry Fuseli’s paintings fire up the soul. What is special about this eighteenth-century artist is that he never painted from “nature” but rather he chose to cast his eye inwards and look for inspiration in the fiery depths of his … Continue reading
Posted in Henry Fuseli, Painting
Tagged archetypes, art, Carl Jung, dreams, Henry Füssli, Henry Fuseli, Leucothea, Leukothea, mysterium tremendum, myth, numinous, Odysseus, painting, reality, Rudolf Otto, symbolism, symbols, the collective unconscious, The Red Book
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Rusalki: the Slavic Nymphs
“She shook the bright drops from her hair And gazed upon the anchorite; To look upon her form so fair The good monk trembled with affright. And he beheld her from afar With head and hand strange signals make, Then … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged archetypes, Great Goddess, mermaid, rusalka, rusalki, Slavic myth, symbolism, symbols, the collective unconscious, water nymphs
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In My Dreams I Paint Like Vermeer van Delft…
The dream is a little hidden door in the innermost and most secret recesses of the psyche, opening into that cosmic night which was psyche long before there was any ego-consciousness, and which will remain psyche no matter how far … Continue reading
Posted in Dreams
Tagged Archangel Gabriel, archetypes, Carl Gustav Jung, dream interpretation, dreams, dreamwork, Egyptian myth, Jung, Nun, psychology, symbolism, symbols, the collective unconscious, Zohar
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The Secret Speech of the Soul
Blendon Reed Campbell, Dancing Nymphs The language of myth is still, as ever, the secret speech of the inarticulate human soul; and if one has learned to listen to this speech with the heart, then it is not surprising … Continue reading
Posted in Quotations
Tagged archetypes, C.G. Jung, Liz Greene, myth, mythology, Soul, symbols, the collective unconscious
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