THE LAST TEACHING OF THE BUDDHA Beneath the sala trees at Kusinagara, in his last words to his disciples, the Buddha said: “Make of yourself a light. Rely upon yourself: do not depend upon anyone else. Make my teachings your light. Rely upon them: do not depend upon any other teaching. Consider your body: Think…
C.G. Jung Champion of the Imagination Brian Dietrich Variously described as an empirical scientist, a philosopher, theologian, gnostic, occultist, artist, and poet, Carl Jung is arguably one of the two great Western psychologists of the modern era—the other of course is Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis (Bair 2003). Inaugurating the first system of transpersonal psychology,…
Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom and Crafts Strategist, Warrior, Craftswoman Athena was the Greek goddess of wisdom and crafts, known to the Romans as Minerva. She was a stately, beautiful warrior goddess, protector of her chosen heroes and namesake city, Athens. She was the only Olympian goddess portrayed wearing armor—the visor of her helmet pushed…
GOD, THE DEVIL, AND THE HUMAN SOUL For more than fifty years we have known, or could have known, that there is an unconscious as a counterbalance to consciousness. Medical psychology has furnished all the necessary empirical and experimental proofs of this. There is an unconscious psychic reality which demonstrably influences consciousness and its contents.…