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203 Zosimos

Theodore Abt – The Book of Pictures Muṣḥaf aṣ-ṣuwar by Zosimos of Panopolis Facsimile

Theodore Abt – The Book of Pictures Muṣḥaf aṣ-ṣuwar by Zosimos of Panopolis Facsimile Corpus Alchemicum Arabicum II.2 The Book of Pictures”Mushaf as-suwar by Zosimos of Panopolis Figure 1: (fol. 38a) Zosimos, with the sun on his head, and Theosebeia, with the moon on her head, in the hand of a three-headed being that is… 

Flesh

1. l Not the power of the flesh, but of love, should be broken

Not the power of the flesh, but of love, should be broken The Red Book Not the power of the flesh, but of love, should be broken for the sake of life, since life stands above love. A man needs his mother until his life has developed. Then he separates from her. And so life… 

psychical

The psyche cannot leap beyond itself

The psyche cannot leap beyond itself memories, Dreams, Reflections All conceivable statements are made by the psyche. Among other things, the psyche appears as a dynamic process which rests on a foundation of antithesis, on a flow of energy between two poles. It is a general rule of logic that “principles are not to be… 

psychic health

1. Since the gods are without doubt personifications of psychic forces.

Since the gods are without doubt personifications of psychic forces.   Civilization in Transition (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 10) “Since the gods are without doubt personifications of psychic forces, to assert their metaphysical existence is as much an intellectual presumption as the opinion that they could ever be invented. Not that… 

Rebirths

All your rebirths could ultimately make you sick.

All your rebirths could ultimately make you sick. The Red Book As long as you are not conscious of your self you can live; but if you become conscious of your self you fall from one grave into another. All your rebirths could ultimately make you sick. The Buddha therefore finally gave up on rebirth,…