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Individuation is not Mysticism, Shamanism, Alchemy, or Gnosticism.

Individuation is not Mysticism, Shamanism, Alchemy, or Gnosticism.  Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 11: Psychology and Religion: West and East Psychology, like every empirical science, cannot get along without auxiliary concepts, hypotheses, and models. But the theologian as well as the philosopher is apt to make the mistake of taking them for metaphysical postulates.… 

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1. Gnosis, a special kind of knowledge, should not be confused with Gnosticism.

Gnosis, a special kind of knowledge, should not be confused with Gnosticism. Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 11: Psychology and Religion: West and East Gnosis, as a special kind of knowledge, should not be confused with. “Gnosticism.” ~Footnote #13, Psychology and Religion, Page 45. For a certain type of intellectual mediocrity characterized by enlightened… 

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Carl Jung on Theosophy and Quotations

Carl Jung on Theosophy and Quotations As for the writings of Ouspenski and Gurdjieff, I know enough to satisfy me that I have no time for them. I seek real knowledge and therefor~ avoid all unverifiable speculation. I have seen enough of that as a psychiatrist. You might just as well recommend Mme. Blavatsky’s Isis… 

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Dr. Jung’s Death: Under the Sign of Wholeness: The End

Dr. Jung’s Death: Under the Sign of Wholeness: The End Jung: A Biography Under the Sign of Wholeness: The End C.G. Jung’s end lay immediately ahead-only a few weeks and days of further declining strength. For some months he knew and even occasionally said that he “had his marching orders,” as he put it. One…