9 JUNE 1939 Lecture 7 Psychology Meditation and Yoga Psychology of Yoga and Meditation In the last lecture we considered the idea of seclusion according to Meister Eckhart’s understanding. As you will have seen in the texts, for him it concerns a differentiation, a distinction between oneself and what the East describes as prakriti, namely, the…
Carl Jung on how to “apply a structure to the dream.” Children’s Dreams: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936-1940 Professor Jung: This year I would like to forgo a longer introduction to the technique of dream analysis, and just briefly address a few general questions. As you know, we apply a structure to the…
1939 23 JUNE Lecture 9 Psychology and Yoga Meditation Psychology of Yoga and Meditation 1939 23 JUNE Lecture 9 Psychology and Yoga Meditation Some questions have come in. The first question I received asks where one can look up the Upanishads. The best and most comprehensive translation is really Deussen’s. I brought the large copy…
Carl Jung on the Vision of Brother Klaus. C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Fritz Blanke Dear Colleague, 2 May 1945 The “Bear-skinned” comes into the category of unorthodox beings, more specifically that of werewolves, “doctor animals,” leopard men, and “Beriserkr.” The man charged with mana, or numinous man, has theriomorphic attributes, since he…
Before sleeping I saw my mother, somewhat as I saw her in the coffin, floating upward Black Books I. 23. This evening I slept a bit at 6 o’clock. Before sleeping I suddenly saw the face of my father, very vividly. He smiled and seemed to be in a very good mood. At II o’clock…