Gerhard Wehr on Carl Jung and the Mysterium Coniunctionis Jung Mysterium Coniunctionis Since C. G. Jung had come into contact with alchemy in the course of the twenties, he had been like a wanderer in the high mountains. After a diligent search for materials in preparation and after a laborious ascent, he had climbed-menaced by … Read more
Carl Jung on apparently hopeless situations. Seminar on Dream Analysis. C.G. Jung [Carl Jung on apparently hopeless situations.] Often we are led to a wall, it is too high, we cannot get over it and we stand there and stare at it. Rationalism says, “There is no getting over it, just go away.” Yet natural … Read more
Carl Jung on Guru – Anthology From the earliest times, Hermes was the mystagogue and psycho pomp of the alchemists, their friend and counselor, who leads them to the goal of their work. He is “like a teacher mediating between the stone and the disciple.” To others the friend appears in the shape of Christ … Read more
Carl Jung on “Missionaries” – Anthology When those doubtful blessings, missionaries, stop the initiation ceremonies of a tribe, it always decays. When you take these rites from the people they lose their sense of life, and then they just go from one cigarette to the next, and from one drink to the next. ~Carl Jung, … Read more