To be primitive in relation to the inner world of the psyche is to be wise. In order to relate to the mentality of the child and primitive consciously, rather than unconsciously and inflatedly, we must learn how to incorporate primitive categories of experience into our world view without denying or damaging our conscious, scientific…
MARIE-LOUISE VON FRANZ There are people who cannot risk loneliness with the experience. They always have to be in a flock and have human contact. Remark: I would not deny the efficacy of prayer when I and God work together, but that involves not just myself and God but also people with whom I live,…
“Unless you tum and become like children you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” Chance as a category of experience is a symptom of the alienated life. For the Self-connected man, as for the child and the primitive, chance does not exist. Perhaps this is the meaning of Jesus’ saying, “Unless you tum and…
Laziness is the greatest passion of mankind, even greater than power or sex or anything. Well, then you have monarchies or dictatorships. The kings of all countries, down to the chief of a primitive tribe, are carriers of the symbol of the Self. The advantages are that such a tribe or population has a unifying…
The important thing is what (a man) talks about, not whether he agrees with it or not. For the dreamer, this dream initiated a whole new attitude and awareness of life. As its sexual imagery suggests, new levels of physical responsiveness were opened. In addition, the whole sensation function, heretofore largely unconscious, became available. Most…