The deity thus takes the place of the human singer; and earthly love is replaced by the heavenly. Symbols of Transformation The “advantage” of projection consists in the fact that one has apparently got rid of the painful conflict once and for all. Somebody else or external circumstances now have the responsibility. In the present…
“Gnostic” in The Black Books and The Red Book the Black Books The Red Book The date of this dream is not clear. The figure of Philemon first appears in the Black Books on January 27, 1914, but without kingfisher wings. To Jung, Philemon represented superior insight, and was like a guru to him. He would…
Philemon: What, you stand and wonder? Get to work. Reveal what is hidden. Black Books Carl Jung: My soul, what is it with the fire above me? What do you have to communicate to me, as you announced to me in a dream? Give me light! Soul.: Should it come from fire? Yes, the fire is…
Every psychic process has a value quality attached to it, namely its feeling-tone. Aion It would seem that one can pursue any science with the intellect alone except psychology, whose subject—the psyche—has more than the two aspects mediated by sense-perception and thinking. The function of value—feeling—is an integral part of our conscious orientation and ought…
Emma Jung: The guilt of knowledge is only one-sided. Its necessary counterpart is sexuality. Black Books Sunday. The previous evening, Emma Jung presented “On guilt” to the Association for Analytical Psychology. She commented on guilt in Christianity, noting, “The guilt of knowledge is only one-sided. Its necessary counterpart is sexuality. Both powers lead man beyond…