The thinker’s passions are bad

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The thinker’s passions are bad Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group Red Book A thinker should fear Salome, since she wants his head, especially if he is a holy man. A thinker cannot be a holy person, otherwise he loses his head. It does not help to hide oneself in thought. There the solidification overtakes … Read more

Carl Jung on India and Hindus

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Carl Jung on India and Hindus C.G. Jung and Hermann Hesse by Miguel Serrano ‘That may well be,’ said Jung, ‘for the Hindus are notoriously weak in rational exposition. They think for the most part in parables or images. They are not interested in appealing to reason. That, of course, is a basic condition of … Read more

By which principle could one show that physical evidence is superior to any other evidence?

Metaphysical metaphysics

By which principle could one show that physical evidence is superior to any other evidence?   Letters Volume II To E. A. Bennet Dear Bennet, 11 June 1960 Thank you very much for your illuminating letter. I see from it that you understand by “scientific evidence” something like a chemical or physical proof. But what … Read more

Carl Jung on Metaphysical ideas in the modern world.

Metaphysical metaphysics

Carl Jung on Metaphysical ideas in the modern world. Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group Aion                             [Carl Jung on “Metaphysical” ideas in the modern world.] I regard these parallels as important because it is possible, through them, to relate so-called metaphysical … Read more