The Life, Work and Legacy of Carl Jung
Carl Jung: I have become an ascetic, a hermit in the pleasure gardens of the earth “Dear Hedy Wyss! Your letter presses deeply into the strings, sounding out chords that reverberate into the unfathomable. Yes, that’s it precisely, and that’s what women look like when they love. And I should not beg forgiveness that I … Read more
Nor Hall, Those Women PREFACE The red of Dionysus belongs to women. So dark it is almost black, it calls up old wine, deep wounds, and the marbled walls of the womb itself heavy with twisted veins reaching inevitably toward the heart. At the heart of the Mystery chamber that anchors these pages in Pompeii … Read more
Carl Jung, Letters to Hedy Wyss 1936 – Quotations ” also think that it would not be bad if you read some more serious things during this time, because such things are not only educational for the mind, but sometimes also good for the heart. For example, I would recommend you … Read more
Jung’s Heart Attack and His Dream of His Great-Grandmother A Strange and Devilishly Difficult Time In the spring of 1943, events developed in rapid succession. Only three days after sending Hedy Wyss his letter on love—on March 28/29, 1943—Jung suffered a life-threatening nighttime heart attack in Geneva. Reporting this attack to Hedy Wyss within … Read more