Theriomorphic symbols are very common in dreams and other manifestations of the unconscious. Here the magnetic attraction does not come from the doctrine or the water but from the “Son,” who is symbolized by the serpent, as in John 3 : 14. Christ is the magnet that draws to itself those parts or substances in man…
Great art till now has always derived its fruitfulness from the myth Great art till now has always derived its fruitfulness from the myth, from the unconscious process of symbolization which continues through the ages and which, as the primordial manifestation of the human spirit, will continue to be the root of all creation in…
This vision of the god Pan is a part of the initiation Visions Seminar 21 January 1931 Visions Seminar Lecture I Ladies and Gentlemen: The series of visions has now advanced to the very important moment when the patient meets the god Pan. You remember I compared these visions with the mental phenomena which take…
Carl Jung: The picture shows the self as a star out of chaos. Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook GroupBlack Books Cf. Jung’s painting of a star, The Art of C.G. Jung, cat. 62 , p. 138. In 1950 he reproduced this anonymously in “Concerning Mandala Symbolism,” noting, “The picture shows the self as a star out…
Women were initiated there into the mysteries of the Dionysus cult. 18 December 1930 Visions Seminar Lecture X I have brought photographs of the frescos in the Villa Misteri, one of which I showed you last time. Women were initiated there into the mysteries of the Dionysian cult. In the first scene is Silenus, the…