God needs man in order to become conscious C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Walter Robert Corti Dear Herr Corti, 30 April 1929 It doesn’t surprise me that you were rather offended by my letter. I had to write to your father and tell him honestly what my “diagnosis” is. “Diagnosis” does not mean…
The Unconscious is the dark being within that hears what our conscious ears do not hear. Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 Lecture XI 11th July, 1941 We have been speaking of the prima materia during several lectures. It is a fundamental and exceedingly important idea in alchemy, and…
Kingdom of Heaven Anthology He who wishes to take the Kingdom of Heaven by storm, to conquer and eradicate evil by force, is already in the hands of evil. Carl Jung, Conversations with C.G. Jung, Page 47. The Kingdom of Heaven is a primordial condition like Paradise, but it is later in time and cannot…
The snake as earth demon, as savior, and as time. I turn now to one last aspect of the snake, actually already contained in the preceding one: the snake as a time symbol. It is the snake that is Chronos, Greek for time. It is the ring of coming into being, the (one and all).…