Carl Jung on “North” – Anthology; Quotations The wood that grows dusky and turns into a primeval forest means entry into the unconscious. The round pool with the jelly-fish in it represents a three-dimensional mandala, the Self: wholeness as the goal to which the “archetic appetite” points, the magnetic north which gives the traveller his…
The persona is a semblance, a two-dimensional reality, to give it a nickname. Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group Two Essays on Analytical Psychology CW 7 When we analyse the persona we strip off the mask, and discover that what seemed to be individual is at bottom collective; in other words, that the persona was…
The soul stands between good and evil and has the “option” of both. Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group Mysterium Coniunctionis CW 14 Although the esoteric symbolism of the coniunctio occupies a prominent position, it does not cover all aspects of the mysterium. In addition we have to consider the symbolism of death and the…
Dorn says, you will never make the One unless you become one yourself. Mysterium Coniunctionis CW 14 The light that gradually dawns on him consists in his understanding that his fantasy is a real psychic process which is happening to him personally. Although, to a certain extent, he looks on from outside, impartially, he is…
A hymn from the Rigveda says: Psychology of Yoga and Meditation A hymn from the Rigveda says: What was hidden in the shell, Was born through the power of fiery torments. From this first arose love, As the Germ of knowledge, The wise found the roots of existence in non-existence, By investigating the heart’s impulse.…