Symbols of Transformation CW 5 Quotations

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Symbols of Transformation (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.5) The father of the many-faced Hermes, Hephaestus, was a cunning technician and sculptor `Carl Jung, CW 5, Para 515 In fairy tales, the hero’s father is, more modestly, the traditional woodcutter ~Carl Jung, CW 5 ¶ 515 In the Rig-Veda the world is hewn from a … Read more

Alchemy is founded on the conviction of the spontaneity of the spirit…

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Alchemy is founded on the conviction of the spontaneity of the spirit… Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 The development of science, which is so extraordinarily characteristic for the West, owes its origin in a great measure to the experimental attitude of mind in alchemy. Alchemy is founded on the … Read more

In this moment, you need evil.

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In this moment, you need evil.   The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) Man stands between emptiness and fullness. If his strength combines with fullness, it becomes fully formative. There is always something good about such formation. If his strength combines with emptiness, it has a dissolving … Read more

1. Great Carl Jung on Frau Hauffe’s symptoms.

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Carl Jung on Frau Hauffe’s symptoms.   Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 Today we come to Frau Hauffe ‘s symptoms: peculiar mediumistic phenomena which really do not belong to the province of medicine, but rather to that of parapsychology. I mention these phenomena, however, because they are part of … Read more