Tag Archives: truth

Reading The Red Book (31)

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Symbol Reader

“Little good will come to you from outside. What will come to you lies within yourself. But what lies there!” C.G. Jung, The Red Book, chapter XVIII (Liber Secundus) Chapter XVIII of Liber Secundus is called The Three Prophecies. The … Continue reading →

Posted in The Red Book by C.G. Jung | Tagged analytical psychology, Aquarius, archetypes, C.G. Jung, Chaos, eternity, Liber Novus, magic, mysticism, opposites, prophecy, psyche, psychology, religion, Rudolf Steiner, science, Soul, symbolism, symbols, The Red Book, timeless, truth, unconscious, vision, War | 6 Comments

Hamnet and Tutankhamun

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Symbol Reader

Shakespeare’s life is a great mystery but we do know that he had a son, Hamnet, who died at the age 11, possibly from the plague. Four years after his son’s death, Shakespeare wrote Hamlet, maybe his greatest masterpiece. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged afterlife, ancient Egypt, archetypes, art, burial, death, fiction, grave, Hamnet, Howard Carter, literature, Maggie O'Farrell, mask, Osiris, Shakespeare, symbolism, symbols, tomb, truth, Tutankhamun, Tutankhamun's mask | 4 Comments

Krishnamurti on Strength

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Symbol Reader

“Everyone in the world is concerned with the search for that Truth which will satisfy him eternally, but in that search each one contends against another; and hence there is confusion, struggle and pain. They lack the certainty of purpose … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotations | Tagged doubt, freedom, Krishnamurti, strength, truth | 15 Comments

What Is Truth?

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Symbol Reader

The dialogue between Jesus and Pilate from the Gospel of John (18:28) is one of the most profound exchanges regarding Truth: “Therefore Pilate … summoned Jesus and said to Him, … ‘So You are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say correctly that I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Truth | Tagged aletheia, Jesus, Martin Heidegger, Nietzsche, nothingness, One, Plotinus, Pontius Pilate, truth | 29 Comments

“The Goddess“ by Denise Levertov

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Symbol Reader

Paul Gauguin, “The Seed of the Areoi” THE GODDESS, by Denise Levertov “She in whose lip service I passed my time, whose name I knew, but not her face, came upon me where I lay in Lie Castle! Flung … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Denise Levertov, goddess, lies, poem, poetry, the goddess, truth | 12 Comments

Images of the Zodiac: Contemplating Aquarius

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Symbol Reader

Johfra Bosschart, Aquarius 1.“And the pool was filled with water out of sunlight, And the lotus rose, quietly, quietly, The surface glittered out of heart of light.” T.S.Eliot, “Burnt Norton” 2.“Praise to the jewel in the lotus.” (Om mani padme … Continue reading →

Posted in Johfra Bosschart | Tagged Aquarius, archetypes, astrology, C.G. Jung, Celestial Sea, enlightenment, implicate order, Johfra, Johfra Bosschart, Krishnamurti, lotus, prana, Ram in Thicket, Saturn, symbolism, symbols, truth, unus mundus, Uranus, waterbearer David Bohm, Zodiac | 33 Comments

Why Think of Something Rather than Nothing

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Malevitch, Black Square I have an American Indian friend who is a Pueblo chieftain. Once when we were talking confidentially about the white man, he said to me: “We don’t understand the whites. They are always wanting something, always restless, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged archetypes, C.G. Jung, emptiness, Krishnamurti, Michal Ajvaz, mysticism, nothing, nothingness, psychology, Seinfeld, spirituality, symbols, truth, Zen | 16 Comments

Always In Search of Truth

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Truth did not come into the world naked, but it came in types and images. The world will not receive truth in any other way. The Gospel of Philip, The Nag Hammadi Library