Tag Archives: water

My Octopus Teacher: the Soul and Her Beloved

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Symbol Reader

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 →

Posted in Movie Review | 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 | 2 Comments

Symbolism of Mountains

Posted on July 31, 2021 by Symbol Reader

In Memories, Dreams, Reflections, C.G. Jung talks about his childhood dream of going to the Swiss mountains. Owing to the fact that he was born in a poor family his dream came true only in late childhood. One day his … Continue reading →

Posted in The Mountains | Tagged alchemy, archetypes, C.G. Jung, Dalai Lama, divinity, goddess, Jungfrau, life, Meru, Mount Everest, mountain, prima materia, psyche, sherpas, Soul, spirit, symbolism, symbols, The Alps, water | 10 Comments

The Nymphs

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Symbol Reader

I. To Nereids “O lovely-faced and pure nymphs,daughters of Nereus, lord of the deep,at the bottom of the seayou frolic and dance,fifty maidens revel in the waves, maidens riding on the backs of Tritons,delighting in animal shapes,bodies nurtured by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ancient Greece, Apollo, archetypes, beekeeping, Calypso, cave, Cave of the Nymphs, Chariklo, childbirth, Chiron, civilization, Crete, Daphnis, Delphi, Dionysos, divination, Dryads, fertility, Greek mythology, healing, Hera, Hermes, Ida, Ithaca, Maia, marriage, mountain, mythology, Naiades, Nereids, nostos, numpholeptos, nymphs, Oceanids, Odyssey, oracle, Pan, Pleiades, Porphyry, psyche, Soul, symbolism, symbols, Syrinx, water, Zeus | 3 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

Soft and Strong: Notes on Water

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Symbol Reader

I. ”Water nourishes and soothes us. But this same stuff also carved the Grand Canyon out of solid rock over the course of millennia, and every day thunders down with unimaginable fury at Niagara and Victoria Falls.” II. ”One of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Water | Tagged Leonardo da Vinci, symbolism, symbols, water | 18 Comments

Jung on Alchemy (4): Prima Materia – The One, Who Art All

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Symbol Reader

In this vignette found in Michael’s Maier’s Tripus Aureus Jung saw “the double face of alchemy.“ On the right hand side, a man is busy at a furnace, engaged full on in the physical and transformative experience, while in the library three … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy | Tagged alchemy, anima mundi, archetypes, C.G. Jung, Dark goddess, dragon, earth, isis, materia prima, Mercurius, stars, symbolism, symbols, water, Yliaster | 28 Comments

Images of the Zodiac: Contemplating Pisces

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Symbol Reader

Johfra Bosschart, “Pisces” One of the best novels I have read in my whole life is without any shadow of a doubt Gould’s Book of Fish: A Novel in 12 Fish by Richard Flanagan. Its narrator, William Buelow Gould, is … Continue reading →

Posted in Johfra Bosschart | Tagged Age of Pisces, archetypes, astrology, Dane Rudhyar, divine feminine, Egyptian mythology, fish, goddess, Gould’s Book of Fish: A Novel in 12 Fish, Johfra, myth, mythology, ocean, Osiris, Pisces, redemption, Richard Flanagan, symbolism, symbols, synthesis, water, wholeness, Zodiac | 27 Comments

The Music of the Elements

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Sufi mysticism has been something I have wanted to delve into for quite some time now. In this book I have come across a beautiful passage on the auditory qualities of the elements: “The earth has various aspects of beauty … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged air, archetypes, earth, ether, fire, Four elements, sacred geometry of sound, sacred sound, Sufi mysticism, symbolism, symbols, water | 35 Comments

Reflections on Water

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Symbol Reader

image credit I am always delighted when scientists speak like poets without losing the science. I have come across an excellent article delineating the latest research on water, which reads like an excerpt from a sacred knowledge book. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged Alick Bartholomew, Emoto, quantum field, Viktor Schauberger, water, water symbolism, yin and yang balance | 39 Comments

Out of Water All Life Comes

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Symbol Reader

There are currently as many as eight planets in Water signs. Creativity, imagination and artistic expressions are falling on very fertile ground right now. Inspired by this blog: http://earthstonestation.wordpress.com/ I decided to write about water myself. The title of the … Continue reading →