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Symbolism of Mermaids: The Beauty and Danger of Unconscious Depths
“Her hair was as a wet fleece of gold, and each separate hair as a thread of fine gold in a cup of glass. Her body was as white ivory, and her tail was of silver and pearl. Silver and … Continue reading
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Tagged alchemy, anima, archetypes, art, Atargatis, C.G. Jung, church, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, consciousness, depth psychology, enlightenment, Eros, fantasy, gender fluidity, goddess, hybrid, incarnation, liminal, Little Mermaid, Melusine, mermaid, Mermaids, merpeople, merperson, monster, morality, mythology, Odysseus, Odyssey, passion, Picasso, Pisces, psyche, queer, seduction, selkie, sexuality, sirens, Soul, Starbucks, symbolism, symbols, the unconscious, Typhon, Warsaw, Wild Woman
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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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Tagged archetypes, atomic bomb, Aztecs, Bhagavad Gita, C.G. Jung, collective intelligence, creation, depth psychology, destruction, entanglement, evil, farming, fungi, good, Krishna, light, LSD, maya, mushroom cloud, Mushrooms, mycelium, ophiocordyceps, Oppenheimer, psilocybin, psyche, psychedelics, rebirth, regeneration, roots, scapegoat, shadow, Sheldrake, slime moulds, soil, Soul, symbolism, symbols, The Last of Us, the unconscious, wood wibe web
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Reading The Red Book (35)
“I have united with the serpent of the beyond. I have accepted everything beyond into myself.” C.G. Jung, The Red Book, Liber Secundus, chapter XXI This is a continuation of the discussion of the final twenty-first chapter of Liber Secundus … Continue reading
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Tagged analytical psychology, ancestors, anima, archetypes, C.G. Jung, Cabiri, crown, death, depth psychology, grass, Liber Novus, life, love, moisture, Mother, opposites, Philemon, plants, psyche, Salome, Satan, serpent, solitude, symbolism, symbols, the dead, The Red Book, the unconscious, the Way, tower, vegetation
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Reading The Red Book (34)
“We need magic to be able to receive or invoke the messenger and the communication of the incomprehensible.” C.G. Jung, The Red Book, Liber Secundus, chapter XXI We have reached the final twenty-first chapter of Liber Secundus – the second … Continue reading
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Tagged analytical psychology, archetypes, Baucis, C.G. Jung, Carl Jung, chariot, depth psychology, doubt, Faust, kingfisher, Liber Novus, magic, magician, Philemon, psyche, reason, Satan, serpent, Soul, symbolism, symbols, the dead, The Red Book, the unconscious, unreason, unreasonable, wisdom
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Reading The Red Book (28)
“I see behind you, behind the mirror of your eyes, the crush of dangerous shadows, the dead, who look greedily through the empty sockets of your eyes, who moan and hope to gather up through you all the loose ends … Continue reading
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Tagged Anabaptism, animal, archetypes, Bergson, C.G. Jung, Chaos, Christianity, Cook, Ezechiel, Ezekiel, four, instinct, intuition, intuitive method, Liber Novus, madness, mandala, psyche, psychology, Soul, symbolism, symbols, tetramorph, the dead, The Red Book, the Self, the unconscious, unconscious
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Reading The Red Book (27)
The title of Chapter XIV of Liber Secundus, the second part of The Red Book, is Divine Folly. Jung* finds himself in a library, where he engages in a dialogue with a librarian. He summarizes the atmosphere as “troubling-scholarly ambitions-scholarly … Continue reading
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Tagged analytical psychology, archetypes, beatitudes, blessings, C.G. Jung, Christ, Christianity, depth psychology, Eugen Drewermann, imitation, individuation, Jesus, Liber Novus, librarian, life, Nietzsche, psyche, Soul, symbolism, symbols, The Imitation of Christ, The Red Book, the unconscious
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Michelangelo’s Immortality
“Oh, man! admire and model thyself after the whale! Do thou, too, remain warm among ice. Do thou, too, live in this world without being of it. Be cool at the equator; keep thy blood fluid at the Pole. Like … Continue reading
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Tagged archetypes, architecture, art, biography, dome, Florentine Pieta, Freud, Mary Magdalene, Michelangelo, Moses, Pan, Rome, sculpture, St Peter's, symbolism, symbols, the unconscious
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Reading The Red Book (7)
I. “The spirit of the depths is pregnant with ice, fire, and death. You are right to fear the spirit of the depths, as he is full of horror.” II. “You thought you knew that abyss? Oh you clever people! … Continue reading
Reading The Red Book (6)
The second part of Chapter IV of The Red Book is entitled Experiences in the Desert. Jung continues the intimate dialogue with his soul. He says he wants to be near her and to be alone with her. He expresses … Continue reading
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Tagged analytical psychology, archetypes, C.G. Jung, cleverness, depth psychology, individuation, intention, Liber Novus, narcissism, Nathan Schwarz-Salant, self-fulfilment, simplemindedness, Soul, symbolism, symbols, The Red Book, the Self, the unconscious, wisdom
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