Carl Jung on “Tao” Anthology

Carl Jung on “Tao” Anthology: Only in this spiritual centre is there any possibility of salvation. The concept of the centre was called by the Chinese Tao, which the Jesuits in their day translated as Deus. ~Carl Jung, Letters …

Carl Jung on “Goethe” “Faust” – Anthology

Carl Jung on “Goethe” “Faust” – Anthology: Apart from a few poems, the only thing of Goethe’s that is alive for me is Faust. For me this was always a study-for relaxation I prefer English novels. ~Carl Jung, Letters Vol. 1, Pag…

Carl Jung on “Doubt” – Anthology

Carl Jung on “Doubt” – Anthology: Doubt and insecurity are indispensable components of a complete life. ~Carl Jung, Letters Vol. II, Pages 163-174Doubt is the crown of life because truth and error come together. Doubt is living, tr…

Carl Jung: And the psyche is not a metaphysical concept but an empirical one.

Carl Jung: And the psyche is not a metaphysical concept but an empirical one.: Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958 Dear Mr. Pauli, [Zurich] 4 May 1953 I found your lengthy account of your relationship with Mach most interesting. Please accept my since…

Carl Jung: “…an unconscious feminine figure which as you know I call the anima.”]

Carl Jung: “…an unconscious feminine figure which as you know I call the anima.”]: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 Anonymous Dear Herr N., 22 March 1939 Your first dream shows that you yourself are identical with an unconscious feminine figure which as you know I call…

In the following night, the air was filled with many voices.

In the following night, the air was filled with many voices.: The Red Book (Philemon) In the following night, the air was filled with many voices. A loud voice called, “I am falling.” Others cried out confused and excited during this: &#822…

"God’ is a primordial experience of man…"

"God’ is a primordial experience of man…": Psychology and Religion: West and East (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 11) “God’ is a prim…

The soul demands your folly; not your wisdom. ~Carl Jung

The soul demands your folly; not your wisdom. ~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) The Bookworm, 1850, by Carl Spitzweg. Perhaps you think that a man who consecrates his life to research leads …

Carl Jung: “Often what is thought is less important than who thinks it.”

Carl Jung: “Often what is thought is less important than who thinks it.”: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Arnold Kiinzli Dear Herr Kiinzli, Einsiedeln, 28 February 1943 Your kind letter has reached me in the dark forest where I am snatching the air for a f…

Carl Jung “Misery is relative.”

Carl Jung “Misery is relative.”: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Dorothy Thornpson Dear Mrs. Thompson, 23 September 1949 It is a pleasure to receive the letter of a normally intelligent person in contrast to the evi…

Carl Jung on "Supra-Substantial Bread."

Carl Jung on "Supra-Substantial Bread.": He [Jung] said the Greek word translated as daily occurred in this place only, never in classical Greek, so a guess had been made as to its meaning. St. Jerome translated it as supra-substan…

Carl Jung: It is a privilege born of human freedom in contradistinction to the compulsion of natural law.

Carl Jung: It is a privilege born of human freedom in contradistinction to the compulsion of natural law.: The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche (Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 8) “Reflection” should be understood not simply as an act of thought, but rather as an attitude. It…

Carl Jung: What else is the meaning of the frightful regressions of our time?

Carl Jung: What else is the meaning of the frightful regressions of our time?: The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 1) Our series of pictures illustrates the initial stages of the way of individuation. It would be desir…

Emma Jung: Thank you very much for them and also for your good wishes to our Golden wedding.

Emma Jung: Thank you very much for them and also for your good wishes to our Golden wedding.: Jung, My Mother and I: The Analytical Diaries of Catharine Rush Cabot Kusnacht-Zurich Seestrasse 228 16.III.53 Dear Mrs. Cabot, How very kind of you to send us such lovely carnations; they are of s…

Wolfgang Pauli: As a result, I went back to my work on Kepler.

Wolfgang Pauli: As a result, I went back to my work on Kepler.: Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958 Dream: 25 October 1946 Through the post I receive a casket. Inside it is apparatus for the experimental investigation of cosmic rays. Ne…

The soul demands your folly; not your wisdom. ~Carl Jung

The soul demands your folly; not your wisdom. ~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) The Bookworm, 1850, by Carl Spitzweg. Perhaps you think that a man who consecrates his life to research leads …

In the following night, the air was filled with many voices.

In the following night, the air was filled with many voices.: The Red Book (Philemon) In the following night, the air was filled with many voices. A loud voice called, “I am falling.” Others cried out confused and excited during this: &#822…

I must confess I was against the C. G. Jung Institute only from aversion to the prominence given to my name.

I must confess I was against the C. G. Jung Institute only from aversion to the prominence given to my name.: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Jolande Jacobi Dear Dr. Jacobi, 8 July 1947 I must confess I was against the C. G. Jung Institute only from aversion to the prominence given to my nam…

Carl Jung: "I now go for a walk twice a day for about 3/4 of an hour."

Carl Jung: "I now go for a walk twice a day for about 3/4 of an hour.": C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Jakob Stahel Dear Colleague, 17 March 1947 Cordial thanks for your friendly picture postcard and kind remembrances. I have-touch wood!-only good to re…

Winston Churchill attends the most impressive reception he ever had in his life.

Winston Churchill attends the most impressive reception he ever had in his life.: Dear N., 7 October 1946Thank you for your letter. Within the last weeks I had a sort of bad conscience, always thinking that I should write to you, but I had such a hectic time this summer that cor…

Some Carl Jung Quotations XVIII

Some Carl Jung Quotations XVIII: I drew all my empirical material from my patients, but the solution of the problem I drew from the inside, from my observations of the unconscious processes. ~Carl Jung, 1925 Seminar, Page 35She [M…

Carl Jung on Winston Churchill

Carl Jung on Winston Churchill: To Jolande JacobiDear Dr. Jacobi, 27 September 1946I congratulate you on your productivity! It is indeed in all brevity a whole compendium of erotic problems.I have suggested only a few, mostly sty…

Carl Jung’s use of Inkblots in High School

Carl Jung’s use of Inkblots in High School: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Franzizka Bau mgarten-Tramer Dear Dr. Baumgarten-Tramer, 21 November 1942 Many thanks for kindly sending me your paper “Zur Geschichte des Rorsc…

Carl Jung: The unconscious is the only available source of religious experience.

Carl Jung: The unconscious is the only available source of religious experience.: Psychology and Religion: West and East (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 11) The unconscious is the only available source of religious experience. This is certainly not to say that what we…

Carl Jung on Astrology, Horoscopes, Ages of Capricorn, Pisces and Aquarius..Anthology -Quotations

Carl Jung on Astrology, Horoscopes, Ages of Capricorn, Pisces and Aquarius..Anthology -Quotations: Carl Jung on Astrology: At the moment I am looking into astrology, which seems indispensable for a proper understanding of mythology. There are strange and wondrous things in these lands of darknes…

death and crime lie in wait for you and me …~Carl Jung

death and crime lie in wait for you and me …~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) Justice and Divine Vengeance in pursuit of Crime — 1808 oil-on-canvas by Pierre-Paul Prud’hon Nothing is more valuable to the evil one than his eye, since only …

Man is a Gateway ….~Carl Jung

Man is a Gateway ….~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) “Man is a gateway, through which you pass from the oute…

Knowledge with which you can bridle your thoughts. ~Carl Jung

Knowledge with which you can bridle your thoughts. ~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) ‎”You must not forget that the Pleroma has no qualities. We create these through thinking. If, therefore, you strive for distinctiveness or sameness, or any qualities …

Just as Christ subjugated the nature…..

Just as Christ subjugated the nature…..: The Red Book (Philemon) The Draft continues: “Why should our spirit not take upon itself torment and restlessness for the sake of sanctification? But all this will come over you, for I alread…

Carl Jung: The actual persecution of the Jews in Germany is causing so much hatred that it is almost impossible…

Carl Jung: The actual persecution of the Jews in Germany is causing so much hatred that it is almost impossible…: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To J. A. Hadfield Dear Dr. Hadfield, 4 November 1935 You know perhaps that I am president of the Internationale Aerztliche Gesellschaft ftir Psychotherapie. Thi…

Carl Jung on "Yoga."

Carl Jung on "Yoga.": Lecture II 4th November, 1938We spoke in the last lecture of the classical Indian book on Yoga, the Patanjali Yoga-Sutra. We are inclined in Europe to think of Yoga as a kind of acrobatics but it i…

Carl Jung: “Therefore I prefer to cling on to the deed, to what we can achieve with the means at hand.”

Carl Jung: “Therefore I prefer to cling on to the deed, to what we can achieve with the means at hand.”: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Arnold Kunzli Dear Herr Kunzli, 13 February 1943 Many thanks for your friendly answer. One must certainly grant it the predicate “common …

Carl Jung: “Therefore I prefer to cling on to the deed, to what we can achieve with the means at hand.”

Carl Jung: “Therefore I prefer to cling on to the deed, to what we can achieve with the means at hand.”: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Arnold Kunzli Dear Herr Kunzli, 13 February 1943 Many thanks for your friendly answer. One must certainly grant it the predicate “common …

Carl Jung on Sacrifice and Castration.

Carl Jung on Sacrifice and Castration.: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 [Carl Jung on Sacrifice and Castration.] To Erich Neumann Dear Colleague, Bollingen, 19 July 1947 What I can do for your extremely valuable works I will …

Carl Jung: Anyone who puts another "factor" above the authority of the Church is no longer a Catholic

Carl Jung: Anyone who puts another "factor" above the authority of the Church is no longer a Catholic: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Jolande Jacobi 24 June 1935 … When I treat Catholics who are suffering from neurosis I consider it my duty to lead them back to the bosom of the Church…

The lucidity of consciousness rests upon dark unconscious seeds…

The lucidity of consciousness rests upon dark unconscious seeds…: Four Eternal Women: Toni Wolff Revisited – A Study in Opposites The lucidity of consciousness rests upon da…

Carl Jung dines with Winston Churchill.

Carl Jung dines with Winston Churchill.: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 [Carl Jung dines with Winston Churchill.] To Ernst Anderes Vir Magnifice! 22 September 1946 Permit me to thank you and the University once again for the …

Carl Jung: “Recently I had to cope with about 100 letters in 14 days.”

Carl Jung: “Recently I had to cope with about 100 letters in 14 days.”: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Erich Neumann Dear Dr. Neumann, 5 August 1946 I mustn’t keep you waiting any longer although I am far from having finished reading everything yo…

Carl Jung: But as the creation of a God is a creative act of highest love, the restoration of our human life signifies an act of the Below.

Carl Jung: But as the creation of a God is a creative act of highest love, the restoration of our human life signifies an act of the Below.: The sacrifice has been accomplished: the divine child, the image of the God’s formation, is slain, and I have eaten from the sacrificial flesh.The child, that is, the image of the God’s…

I have received your Sprout. ~Carl Jung

I have received your Sprout. ~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) As I spoke thus, the spirit of the depths suddenly erupted. He filled me with intoxication and mist and spoke these words with a powerful voice: I have received your sprout,…

Marie Louise Von Franz and "The Realization of the Shadow."

Marie Louise Von Franz and "The Realization of the Shadow.": Marie Louise Von Franz and “The Realization of the Shadow.” The Shadow is not the whole of the unconscious personality. It represents unknown or little known attributes and qualities of…

Emma Jung, Marie Louise Von Franz and The Holy Grail

Emma Jung, Marie Louise Von Franz and The Holy Grail: The Grail Legend by Emma Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz by Van Waddy Carl Jung remained faithful to his wife Emma in one way only serious scholars can understand: He promised never to talk …

Carl Jung and the Cross and Gnosticism…

Carl Jung and the Cross and Gnosticism…: Psychology and Religion: West and East (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 11)…

Carl Jung: You have intruded yourself as an anima figure into this Witches Sabbath

Carl Jung: You have intruded yourself as an anima figure into this Witches Sabbath: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Jolande Jacobi JolandeJacobi, Bollingen, 26 August 1943 The mistake you are making consists in your being drawn too much into X.’s neurotic prob…

Blessed is the dead one, who rests from the completion of his work. ~Carl Jung,

Blessed is the dead one, who rests from the completion of his work. ~Carl Jung,: The Red Book (Philemon) Colors of the magnum opus seen on the breastplate of a figure from Splendor Solis When night fel…

It is difficult to remain true to love…~Carl Jung

It is difficult to remain true to love…~Carl Jung: I gathered from DIAHMON’s words that I must remain true to love to cancel out the commingling that arises through unlived love. I understood that the commingling is a bondage that takes the place o…

He is the Holy Begetting….~Carl Jung

He is the Holy Begetting….~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) Gallo-Roman bronze statuette of Priapus (or a Genius cucullatus?) discovered in Picardy, northern France, made in two parts, with t…

Carl Jung: Hence I would not recommend anybody to wish to go beyond himself.

Carl Jung: Hence I would not recommend anybody to wish to go beyond himself.: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Ewald Jung Dear Ewald, 31 July 1935 Hearty thanks for your birthday congratulations! What I call transformation is at bottom a question of fate. Altho…

Wolfgang Pauli: Is it possible to define your point of view as incarnation continua?

Wolfgang Pauli: Is it possible to define your point of view as incarnation continua?: Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958 Dear Professor Jung, Zollikon, 17. V. 1952 I should like to thank you once again for the pleasant evening I spent with you. I shall give…

Carl Jung on Language and Psychological Functions.

Carl Jung on Language and Psychological Functions.: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Jiirg Fierz Dear Herr Fierz, 10 April 1 942 The application of my function theory to the spirit of language seems to me difficult and problematical in…

The silent places of your spirit….

The silent places of your spirit….: The Red Book (Philemon) Jung went so far as to suggest that his patients prepare their own Red Books. Morgan recalled him saying: I should advise you to put it all down as beautifully as you…

matter represents the concreteness of God’s thoughts and is the very thing that makes individuation possible

matter represents the concreteness of God’s thoughts and is the very thing that makes individuation possible: Psychology and Religion: West and East (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 11) […matter represents the concreteness of God’s thoughts and is, therefore, the very thing that makes…

Mankind as a whole is included in God’s human nature…

Mankind as a whole is included in God’s human nature…: Psychology and Religion: West and East (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 11) [Carl Jung: Mankind as a whole is included in God’s human nature, which is why man is also included in th…

Carl Jung: For the animus when on his way, on his quest, is really a psychopompos, leading the soul to the stars whence it came.

Carl Jung: For the animus when on his way, on his quest, is really a psychopompos, leading the soul to the stars whence it came.: Visions : Notes of the seminar given in 1930-1934 (2 Volume Set) (Bollingen) “For the animus when on his way, on his quest, is really a psychopompos, leading the soul to the stars when…

I bring you the Beauty of Suffering….~Carl Jung

I bring you the Beauty of Suffering….~Carl Jung: It was noon on a hot summer’s day and I was taking a stroll in my garden; when I reached the shade of the high trees, I met Philemon strolling in the fragrant grass. But when I sought to appr…

Carl Jung: What is it, at this moment and in this individual, that represents the natural urge of life?

Carl Jung: What is it, at this moment and in this individual, that represents the natural urge of life?: Two Essays on Analytical Psychology What is it, at this moment and in this individual, that represents the natural urge of life? That is the question. That question neither science, nor worl…

An individualist is a man who did not succeed in individuating; he is a philosophically distilled egotist

An individualist is a man who did not succeed in individuating; he is a philosophically distilled egotist: The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga Dr. Jung: Yes. It is the withdrawal from the …

Carl Jung: It would be the fundamental fact of the pair of opposites united in the image of God, i.e., Yahweh.

Carl Jung: It would be the fundamental fact of the pair of opposites united in the image of God, i.e., Yahweh.: Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961 To Michael A . Ledeen Dear Mr. Ledeen, 19 January 1961 I gather from your letter that your immediate wish is to have some suggestions for your fort…

Carl Jung and “Hardness increases in proportion to the speed of approach.”

Carl Jung and “Hardness increases in proportion to the speed of approach.”: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 Anonymous Dear Fraulein N., Bollingen, 23 April 1945 I am sorry to hear you are ill. Your news reached me when I was all of a dither and had to settle ev…

Through uniting with the self we reach the God.~Carl Jung

Through uniting with the self we reach the God.~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) Icon of The Ladder of Divine Ascent (the steps toward theosis as described by St. John Climacus) showing monks ascending (an…

Jungian and Catholic? Jung’s Forgotten Bridge

Jungian and Catholic? Jung’s Forgotten Bridge: Jung’s psychological types are another way in which he looked at the process of individuation, and they, too, can become a fitting object of reflection for the philosopher of nature. I…

Carl Jung on “Religion,” “Religious.” – Anthology

Carl Jung on “Religion,” “Religious.” – Anthology: Our age wants to experience the psyche for itself. It wants original experience and not assumptions, though it is willing to make use of all the existing assumptions as a means to thi…

Carl Jung on “Sin” – Anthology

Carl Jung on “Sin” – Anthology: The meaning of sin is that it teaches humility; the Church says, felix culpa. ~Carl Jung; Conversations with C.G. Jung, Archetypes of the Shadow, Page 29.Aging people should know that their lives a…

Carl Jung saw the “other Bollingen” bathed in a glow of light,

Carl Jung saw the “other Bollingen” bathed in a glow of light,: Jung: His Life and Work Jung stood the journey very well, and was glad to be home again, especially since he was still too ill to have any obligation to meet demands. Not long after his return, he …

Some Carl Jung Quotation [XVII]

Some Carl Jung Quotation [XVII]: Perhaps certain traits belonging to the ancestors get buried away in the mind as complexes with a life of their own which has never been assimilated into the life of the individual, and then, for s…

Magic is a Way of Living

Magic is a Way of Living: The Red Book (Philemon) Magic is a way of Living It is an error to believe that there are magical practices that one can learn. One cannot understand magic. One can only understand what accords wit…

Some Carl Jung Quotations XIII

Some Carl Jung Quotations XIII: You cannot get directly to the inferior function from the superior, it must always be via the auxiliary function. Intellect will not hold together sensation and intuition, rather it w…

He [Carl Jung]saw the “other Bollingen” bathed in a glow of light,

He [Carl Jung]saw the “other Bollingen” bathed in a glow of light,: Jung stood the journey very well, and was glad to be home again, especially since he was still too ill to have any obligation to meet demands. Not long after his return, he told the s…

Meister Eckhart

Meister Eckhart: The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won’t let go of your life: your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away, but they’re not punishing you, they’re freeing your so…

Carl Jung on the "Square Mandala"…

Carl Jung on the "Square Mandala"…: The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga Mrs. Sawyer: But he called a square a mandala. [Footnote 15: Hauer stated: “In his description of the muladharara chakra, Hauer referred to the “square or mandala o…

Carl Jung on The Trinity.

Carl Jung on The Trinity.: Psychology and Religion: West and East (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 11) [Carl Jung on The Tr…

The devil is the sum of the darkness of human nature. ~Carl Jung

The devil is the sum of the darkness of human nature. ~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) The devil is the sum of the darkness of human nature. He who lives in the light strives toward being the image…

Carl Jung Quotations 40***

Carl Jung Quotations 40***: His gods and demons have not disappeared at all; they have merely got new names. ~Carl Jung, CW 18, Page 82It is certainly a difficult undertaking to discover connecting links between dogma and imm…

The Entanglement is your Madness….~Carl Jung

The Entanglement is your Madness….~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) “It seems to me that I gave you a long time. Neither did I descend to you nor did I disturb your work. I lived …

The devil is the sum of the darkness of human nature. ~Carl Jung

The devil is the sum of the darkness of human nature. ~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) The devil is the sum of the darkness of human nature. He who lives in the light strives toward being the image…

Carl Jung on the Catholic Church.

Carl Jung on the Catholic Church.: Psychology and Religion (The Terry Lectures Series) [Carl Jung on the Catholic Church.] The Catholic Church, for instance, administers the sacraments for the purpose of bestowing their spiri…

Jung regarded himself primarily as a doctor, a psychiatrist.

Jung regarded himself primarily as a doctor, a psychiatrist.: Memories, Dreams, Reflections [Jung regarded himself primarily as a doctor, a psychiatrist.] Jung w…

Sexuality and Spirituality

Sexuality and Spirituality: “Man shall differentiate himself both from spirituality and sexuality. He shall call spirituality mother, and set her between Heaven and earth. He shall call sexuality Phallos, and set him be…

Carl Jung Quotations 39***

Carl Jung Quotations 39***: “True” alchemy was never a business or a career, but a genuine opus to be achieved by quiet, self-sacrificing work. ~Carl Jung, CW 12, Para 422.It seems as if all the personal entanglements and dra…

Oh, Master of the Garden….~Carl Jung

Oh, Master of the Garden….~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) oh master of the garden! I see your dark tree from afar in the shimmering sun. My street leads to the valleys where men live. I am a wande…

When the month of theTwins had ended….Carl Jung

When the month of theTwins had ended….Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) When the month of the Twins had ended, the men said to their shadows: “You are I,” since they had …

Carl Jung: The archetypes are, so to speak, organs of the prerational psyche.

Carl Jung: The archetypes are, so to speak, organs of the prerational psyche.: Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 2) It is in my view a great mistake to suppose that the psyche of a new-born child is a tabula ra…

ETH Lectures Quotations, Part II

ETH Lectures Quotations, Part II: Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 And so we find them in alchemy also, and the fact is recorded that in deep meditation dissociation occurs between the eg…

Carl Jung: Consciousness is a precondition of being.

Carl Jung: Consciousness is a precondition of being.: The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (Collected Works of C.G. Jung) An inflated consciousness is always egocentric and conscious of nothing but its own existence. It is incapable of…

Wolfgang Pauli: Wilhelm’s translation: “Nature’s love is not like human love…”

Wolfgang Pauli: Wilhelm’s translation: “Nature’s love is not like human love…”: Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958 – Updated Edition [Some Greek words have not been translated] Dear Professor Jung, Zollikon, 27 February 1952 It has been a long t…

Carl Jung: All in all Nietzsche was to me the only man of that time who gave some adequate answers to certain urgent questions..

Carl Jung: All in all Nietzsche was to me the only man of that time who gave some adequate answers to certain urgent questions..: Nietzsche’s Zarathustra: Notes of the Seminar Given in 1934 – 1939 (2 Volume Set) To the Rev. Arthur W. Rudolph Dear Sir, 5 January 1961 It would be too ambitious a task to give …

Carl Jung: "Life is indeed profit and loss."

Carl Jung: "Life is indeed profit and loss.": C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 Anonymous Dear N., 19 July 1945 That’s the way it is. Life is indeed profit and loss. Whenever the apples perfume the air, paradise is soon coming …

Christ overcame the world by burdening himself with its suffering

Christ overcame the world by burdening himself with its suffering: The Red Book (Philemon) Christ overcame the world by burdening himself with its suffering. But Buddha overcame both the pleasure and suffering of the world by disposing of both. And thus he entered…

Carl Jung: “This belongs to the secret teaching of the Yoga and is difficult to understand as we are not initiated.”

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Carl Jung and Arthur Avalon (pseud. Sir John Woodroffe), The Serpent Power

Carl Jung and Arthur Avalon (pseud. Sir John Woodroffe), The Serpent Power: The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga [Dr. Jung greatly valued the contributions of Arthur Avalon (pseud. Sir John Woodroffe) and author of The Serpent Power in his “The Psychology of Kundalini Y…

The Vision of the Sun by Symeon the New Theologian

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Five different forms of rebirth are defined and described.

Five different forms of rebirth are defined and described.: The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 1) Fi…

As I am a doctor and a specialist in nervous and mental diseases…

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Carl Jung feels depressed

Carl Jung feels depressed: He [Jung] told us that in 1934 he had gone to Bollingen to work and had put up his yellow flag to warn Professor Fierz that he was not “at home.”He was unable to work, however.He felt t…

Carl Jung on “Lao Tzu” – Anthology

Carl Jung on “Lao Tzu” – Anthology: The best cannot be told, anyhow, and the second best does not strike home. One mut be able to let things happen. I have learned from the East what is meant by wu-wei: “not-doing,” &#822…

Carl Jung on “Life.” Anthology

Carl Jung on “Life.” Anthology: Analysis, thus understood, is by no means a therapeutic method of which the medical profession holds a monopoly.It is an art, a technique, a science of psychological life, which the patient, when c…

the right way is that we accept emptiness..~Carl Jung

the right way is that we accept emptiness..~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) Through haste and increased willing and action we want to escape from emptiness and also from evil. But the right way is that we accept emptiness, destroy the image of the f…

Phanes is the God who rises agleam….~Carl Jung

Phanes is the God who rises agleam….~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) Phanes hatched from the world egg & circled by the zodiac, Greco-Roman bas relief C2nd A.D., Modena Museum On September II, Philemon describes him as follows: “Pha…

Madness in not to be despised…~Carl Jung

Madness in not to be despised…~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) Goya’s Madhouse, 1812-1819 My soul spoke to me in a whisper, urgently and alarmingly: “Words, words, do not make too many words. Be s…

Chaos must come over Men….~Carl Jung

Chaos must come over Men….~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) Chaos whose children were Children Gaia, Tartarus, Erebus, Nyx, and Eros But just as Christ knew that he was the way, the truth, an…

The lowest in you is the most despised….~Carl Jung

The lowest in you is the most despised….~Carl Jung: The Red Book (Philemon) “The lowest in you is the stone that the builders discarded. It will become the cornerstone. The lowest in you will grow like a grain of rice from dry soil, shooting u…

The Force of God is Frightful

The Force of God is Frightful: The force of the God is frightful.”You shall experience even more of it. You are in the second age. The first age has been overcome. This is the age of the rulership of the son, whom you call…

William Schoenl – C.G. Jung-His Friendships with Mary Mellon & J.B. Priestley – Quotations

William Schoenl – C.G. Jung-His Friendships with Mary Mellon & J.B. Priestley – Quotations: C.G. Jung: His Friendships with Mary Mellon and J.B. Priestley     Franz Jung told me that his father had “a nose and ears”-that he was human. It is a C. G. Jung with “a…

Carl Jung on “Heraclitus” – Anthology

Carl Jung on “Heraclitus” – Anthology: In the same measure as the conscious attitude may pride itself on a certain godlikeness by reason of its lofty and absolute standpoint, an unconscious attitude develops with a godlikeness oriented …

Carl Jung: A similar idea is to be found in Ch’uang-tze.

Carl Jung: A similar idea is to be found in Ch’uang-tze.: Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958 Dear Mr. Pauli, May 20, 1952 I read your kind letter with great interest. I chose the expression incarnation more or less at random, alb…

Carl Jung -J.B. Rhine Letters and Synchronicity

Carl Jung -J.B. Rhine Letters and Synchronicity: [Carl Jung and the J.B. Rhine Letter and Synchronicity] (The link below is quite informative.) According to the Jungian view, the collective unconscious is not at all an expression of person…

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Carl Jung on "Synchronicity" and the Half-Life of Radium

Carl Jung on "Synchronicity" and the Half-Life of Radium: Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958 Dear Professor, Bollingen 30 Nov 1950 Many thanks for your kind letter and for the time and trouble you have taken with my manuscript. Y…

Wolfgang Pauli: I suggested that synchronicity should be defined in a narrower sense

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Hexagram 61: Chung Fu / Inner Truth

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Wolfgang Pauli’s critique of Dr. Jung’s "Synchronicity."

Wolfgang Pauli’s critique of Dr. Jung’s "Synchronicity.": C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 Dear Professor Jung, [Zollikon Zurich) 24 November 1950 It was with great interest that I read the latest version of your work on “synchronicity.&#…

No one can flatter himself that he is immune to the spirit of his own epoch

No one can flatter himself that he is immune to the spirit of his own epoch: No one can flatter himself that he is immune to the spirit of his own epoch, or even that he possesses a full understanding of it. Irrespective of our conscious convictions, each one of us, without…

Carl Jung on “Jews” “Anti-Semitism” -Quotations – Anthology

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Carl Jung on “Consciousness.” – Anthology

Carl Jung on “Consciousness.” – Anthology: Only those individuals can attain to a higher degree of consciousness who are destined to it and called to it from the beginning, i.e., who have a capacity and an urge for higher differentiation.In …

Beyond the frontier of sensible appearances

Beyond the frontier of sensible appearances: “All around us, to right and left, in front and behind, above and below, we have only to go a little beyond the frontier of sensible appearances in order to see the divine welling up and show…

Bess Bolton: Memory of Toni Wolff

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Carl Jung: Astrologically the fish is deaf and dumb.

Carl Jung: Astrologically the fish is deaf and dumb.: C.G. Jung, Emma Jung and Toni Wolff: A Collection of Remembrances Mary Louise Ainsworth: Memory of C.G. Jung In memoriam to this great explorer may I share a few remarks of his made to me , one mor…

The Third Sermon to the Dead

The Third Sermon to the Dead: The Red Book (Philemon) The Third Sermon The dead approached like mist out of the swamps and they shouted: “Speak to us further about the highest god!” —Abraxas is the god whom it is difficult to k…

Carl Jung: If anyone tells you that it is morbid or neurotic and you listen to them — then you will lose your soul — for in that book is your soul.

Carl Jung: If anyone tells you that it is morbid or neurotic and you listen to them — then you will lose your soul — for in that book is your soul.: “I should advise you to put it all down as beautifully as you can — in some beautifully bound book,” Jung instructed. “It will seem as if you were making the visions banal — but then you need to do…

Carl Jung: The toad that appears in your book generally signifies…

Carl Jung: The toad that appears in your book generally signifies…: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Wilhelm Laiblin Dear Herr Laiblin, 16 April 1936 The toad that appears in your book generally signifies an anticipation of the human being on the leve…

Carl Jung: The toad that appears in your book generally signifies…

Carl Jung: The toad that appears in your book generally signifies…: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Wilhelm Laiblin Dear Herr Laiblin, 16 April 1936 The toad that appears in your book generally signifies an anticipation of the human being on the leve…

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Carl Jung on "Individuation" – Anthology

Carl Jung on "Individuation" – Anthology: Carl Jung on “Individuation.” – AnthologyThe individual is obliged by the collective demands to purchase his individuation at the cost of an equivalent work for the benefit of society. ~Carl …

Carl Jung on Precognitive Dreams

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Carl Jung “It is different with the image of the winged man.”

Carl Jung “It is different with the image of the winged man.”: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Gilles Quispel Dear Dr. Quispel, 21 April 1950 Please forgive me for the long delay in answering your question. I have so much to do and such an enorm…

Carl Jung: All psychotherapeutic methods are, by and large, useless.

Carl Jung: All psychotherapeutic methods are, by and large, useless.: Psychology and Religion: West and East (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 11) All psychotherapeutic methods are, by and large, useless. I merely want to stress the fact that there ar…

Carl Jung: “Called or uncalled, God is present!”

Carl Jung: “Called or uncalled, God is present!”: “Called or uncalled, God is present!” It is a Delphic oracle.The translation is by Erasmus.You ask whether the oracle is my motto.In a way, you see, it contains the entire reality of the psyche.“Oh…

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Carl Jung: Life is never so beautiful as when surrounded by death.

Carl Jung: Life is never so beautiful as when surrounded by death.: Introduction to Jungian Psychology: Notes of the Seminar on Analytical Psychology Given in 1925 (Philemon Foundation Series) So when you say “Yes” you say at the same time “No.” This princip…

The Second Sermon to the Dead

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Carl Jung: I came to the place of the soul

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Carl Jung: Hence we must strive to free the self from the God, so that we can live.

Carl Jung: Hence we must strive to free the self from the God, so that we can live.: The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) In terms of the self selfless love is a veritable sin. We must presumably often go to ourselves to re-establish the connection with the self …

Carl Jung on “Archetypes” – Anthology

Carl Jung on “Archetypes” – Anthology: The unconscious, as the totality of all archetypes, is the deposit of all human experience right back to its remotest beginnings.Not, indeed, a dead deposit, a sort of abandoned rubbish-heap, but a…

Carl Jung: Carl Jung on “Complexes.” – Quotations

Carl Jung: Carl Jung on “Complexes.” – Quotations: Everyone knows nowadays that people “have complexes.” What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us. The existence of complexes throws ser…

Carl Jung on “Spirituality” – Anthology

Carl Jung on “Spirituality” – Anthology: Any attempt to create a spiritual attitude by splitting off and suppressing the instincts is a falsification. Nothing is more repulsive than a furtively prurient spirituality; it is just as unsavor…

The First Sermon to the Dead

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Carl Jung and A dream told me that my small fishing boat had been sunk…

Carl Jung and A dream told me that my small fishing boat had been sunk…: Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 2) To Father Victor White Dear Victor, Bollingen, 19 December 1947 Our letters seem to feel that …

Carl Jung “Indeed I have often thought: if only I could have opened my own father’s eyes!

Carl Jung “Indeed I have often thought: if only I could have opened my own father’s eyes!: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Erika Schlegel Dear Erika, 31 July 1935 Your letter and the little picture of Tobias’s father’s miraculous cure! gave me great pleasure, f…

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Divinity and humanity should remain preserve…[Image 45]

Divinity and humanity should remain preserve…[Image 45]: The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) You need to undertake…

The Refinding of the Soul

The Refinding of the Soul: The following night I had to write down all the dreams that I could recollect, true to their wording. The meaning of this act was dark to me. Why all this? Forgive the fuss that are happening to me…

Carl Jung “I am grateful to know that I was not altogether forgotten.”

Carl Jung “I am grateful to know that I was not altogether forgotten.”: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Henry A. Murray My dear Murray, 2 July 1948 A few days ago I received your very kind letter and the book on “Sentiments” you have publishe…

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How can we expect righteousness to prevail…

How can we expect righteousness to prevail…: …[Sometimes the activities of human beings in the “outside” world are so utterly magnificently courageous that even the dweller of the “inside” world cannot help but b…

Carl Jung: Since such a concept is irrepresentable

Carl Jung: Since such a concept is irrepresentable: Psychological Types (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 6) (Bollingen Series XX) The idea of a middle way between the opposites is to be found also in China, in the form of tao. The concept of…

Carl Jung and Dreams are exactly what they say.

Carl Jung and Dreams are exactly what they say.: Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 Lecture VII 7th December, 1934 There are several questions this week. The first is concerned with where dreams come from…

He who sleeps in the grave of the millennia

He who sleeps in the grave of the millennia: The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) He who sleeps in the grave of the millennia dreams a wonderful dream. He dreams a primordially ancient dream. He dreams of the rising sun. If you s…

Carl Jung “You get nowhere with theories.”

Carl Jung “You get nowhere with theories.”: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 Anonymous Dear Dr. N., 10 June 1950 You get nowhere with theories. Try to be simple and always take the next step. You needn’t see it in advance, b…

Carl Jung “Whatever happens in the fantasy must happen to you.”

Carl Jung “Whatever happens in the fantasy must happen to you.”: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Sibylle Birkhauser-Oeri Dear Frau Birkhauser, 13 July 1950 As unfortunately so often happens (when one is as old as I am ), l’esprit d’ es…

Carl Jung: “The inverted tree plays a great role among the East Siberian shamans.”

Carl Jung: “The inverted tree plays a great role among the East Siberian shamans.”: Alchemical Studies (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.13) Our material is, however, fully in accord with the widespread, primitive shamanistic conceptions of the tree and the heavenly bride, who is …

Carl Jung on “Problems of Life’ – Anthology

Carl Jung on “Problems of Life’ – Anthology: I had learned in the meanwhile that the greatest and most important problems of life are all in a certain sense insoluble. [Life’s greatest problems] can never be solved but only outgrown. ~C…

Some Carl Jung Quotations XVI

Some Carl Jung Quotations XVI: I would like to speak now of the four functions in relation to reality, for it is my idea that each of them brings to the subject a special aspect of reality. ~Carl Jung, 1925 Seminar, Page 131Inas…

I have eaten from the sacrificial flesh

I have eaten from the sacrificial flesh: The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) The sacrifice has been accomplished: the divine child, the image of the God’s formation, is slain, and I have eaten from the sacrificial fles…

Isis was called the "Black One" because of her association with fate and the mysteries of death.

Isis was called the "Black One" because of her association with fate and the mysteries of death.: Mysterium Coniu…

Carl Jung: I want to tell you that your horse-boar-monster has had its after effects in me.

Carl Jung: I want to tell you that your horse-boar-monster has had its after effects in me.: Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961 To Peter Birkhauser Dear Herr Birkhauser, 2 November 1960 I want to tell you that your horse-boar-monster has had its aftereffects in me. As a prel…

Carl Jung: I want to tell you that your horse-boar-monster has had its after effects in me.

Carl Jung: I want to tell you that your horse-boar-monster has had its after effects in me.: Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961 To Peter Birkhauser Dear Herr Birkhauser, 2 November 1960 I want to tell you that your horse-boar-monster has had its aftereffects in me. As a prel…

Wolfgang Pauli: Unlike your own ideas those of Speiser are, I must confess, often difficult to understand.

Wolfgang Pauli: Unlike your own ideas those of Speiser are, I must confess, often difficult to understand.: Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958 Dear Professor Jung: February 2, 1951 Many thanks for sending me the edited version of your manuscript. I paid particular attention to t…

Carl Jung on The Rosarium and “The Conjunction”

Carl Jung on The Rosarium and “The Conjunction”: The Practice of Psychotherapy (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 16) THE CONJUNCTION O Luna, folded in my sweet embrace Be you as strong as I, as fair of face. O Sol, brightest of all light…

Carl Jung: As a doctor I cannot demand anything of my patients in this respect, also I lack the Church’s means of grace.

Carl Jung: As a doctor I cannot demand anything of my patients in this respect, also I lack the Church’s means of grace.: Psychology and Alchemy (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.12) I began my introduction with human wholeness as the goal to which the psychotherapeutic process ultimately leads. This que…

Carl Jung on "Free Will" – Anthology

Carl Jung on "Free Will" – Anthology: I see that many of my pupils indulge in a superstitious belief in our so-called ” free will” and pay little attention to the fact that the archetypes are, as a rule, autonomous entities…

Carl Jung on “The Rosarium: Immersion in the Bath”

Carl Jung on “The Rosarium: Immersion in the Bath”: The Practice of Psychotherapy (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 16) IMMERSION IN THE BATH A new motif appears in this picture: the bath. In a sense this takes us back to the first picture …

What would mockery be, if it were not true mockery?

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Carl Jung and practical applications of Dream Interpretation.

Carl Jung and practical applications of Dream Interpretation.: Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 Lecture I 26th October, 1934 Those of you who attended last summer’s lectures will remember that they dealt with methods…

Freud Thanks Jung for Defending His Ideas

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Carl Jung on “The Naked Truth” from the Rosarium

Carl Jung on “The Naked Truth” from the Rosarium: The Practice of Psychotherapy (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 16) THE NAKED TRUTH The text to this picture (fig. 3) is, with a few alterations, a quotation from the Tractatus aureus. It …

Wolfgang Pauli: My resistance to the archetype and its tendencies is correspondingly weakening.

Wolfgang Pauli: My resistance to the archetype and its tendencies is correspondingly weakening.: Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958 Dear Professor Jung, Zollikon-Zurich, 23 June 1950 I would like to thank you most heartily for your letter. What I found particularly in…

Carl Jung on the Technique of Analyzing Dreams

Carl Jung on the Technique of Analyzing Dreams: Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 Lecture XIII 13th July, 1934 The last lecture was devoted to a general survey of dreams. This time we will deal with the…

Carl Jung on the seeress of Prevorst

Carl Jung on the seeress of Prevorst: Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 Lecture XII 26th January, 1934 Today we will begin to study the case of a psychic personality which illustrates the Righ…

Carl Jung on The Rosarium: The King and Queen

Carl Jung on The Rosarium: The King and Queen: KING AND QUEEN The arcanum artis, or coniunctio Soils et Lunae as supreme union of hostile opposites, was not shown in our first picture; but now it is illustrated in considerable detail, as its im…

Carl Jung on the boundaries of the Clairvoyante’s Psychology.

Carl Jung on the boundaries of the Clairvoyante’s Psychology.: Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 Chart I (p. 64) The Clairvoyante of Prevorst. When we set out to establish the boundaries of the Clairvoyante’s ps…

Carl Jung on J.D. Rockefeller

Carl Jung on J.D. Rockefeller: Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 Chart IV (p. 64) Rockefeller. Here we have a very much simplified curve, consciousness is extremely narrow. Rockefeller …

Carl Jung: Fear not, I have not stripped you bare!

Carl Jung: Fear not, I have not stripped you bare!: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To J. Wilhelm Hauer Dear Professor Hauer, 10 March 1936 By the same post I am sending you my little essay “Wotan.” Fear not, I have not strip…

Carl Jung on the “Self in its Divinity.

Carl Jung on the “Self in its Divinity.: To Aniela JaffeDear Frau Jaffe, 3 September 1943Your letter was very interesting. The situation with the Golden Pot seems to be that the masculine and feminine principles, spirit and life are in a …

Carl Jung: “The opus consists of three parts: insight, endurance, and action.”

Carl Jung: “The opus consists of three parts: insight, endurance, and action.”: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Olga Frobe-Kapteyn Dear Frau Frobe, Bollingen, 20 August 1945 The opus consists of three parts: insight, endurance, and action. • Psychology is needed…

Does the World stand on the verge of Spiritual Rebirth?

Does the World stand on the verge of Spiritual Rebirth?: C.G. Jung Speaking Does the World stand on the verge of Spiritua…

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Carl Jung on “Buddha” – Anthology

Carl Jung on “Buddha” – Anthology: Christ overcame the world by burdening himself with its suffering but Buddha overcame both the pleasure and suffering of the world by disposing of both. ~Carl Jung, Liber Novus, Page 367.Passion, w…

Carl Jung on Mandalas

Carl Jung on Mandalas: Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 3 . Mandalas. This third phenomenon, the circle or mandala, is one of the most remarkable in existence. Unfortunately it…

Carl Jung on the Outward Going Development.

Carl Jung on the Outward Going Development.: Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 Lecture XI 19th January, 1934 I shall begin by giving you a diagram [diagram III, p . 47), the Right side of which illus…

Carl Jung: “The conditions of which I am about to speak are of a somnambulistic nature.”

Carl Jung: “The conditions of which I am about to speak are of a somnambulistic nature.”: Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 Lecture VIII 1st December, 1933 Today we come to Frau Hauffe ‘s symptoms: peculiar mediumistic phenomena which really do …

Carl Jung Symbols of Transformation CW 5 Quotations

Carl Jung Symbols of Transformation CW 5 Quotations: Symbols of Transformation (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.5) The father of the many-faced Hermes, Hephaestus, was a cunning technician and sculptor `Carl Jung, CW 5, Para 515 In fairy tales, the …

Carl Jung: Alchemy is founded on the conviction of the spontaneity of the spirit…

Carl Jung: Alchemy is founded on the conviction of the spontaneity of the spirit…: Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 The development of science, which is so extraordinarily characteristic for the West, owes its origin in a great measure …

Carl Jung: The extraordinary impoverishment of introverted thinking is compensated by a wealth of unconscious facts.

Carl Jung: The extraordinary impoverishment of introverted thinking is compensated by a wealth of unconscious facts.: Similarly, the representation of the irrepresentable has an immediate, subjective power of conviction because it demonstrates its own existence. The one says “Est, ergo est”; the…

Carl Jung: He looked quite detached and aloof

Carl Jung: He looked quite detached and aloof: Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 […did you have always the sense of being in control of your tools?”] Lecture 5 Questions and Discussion No writte…

Some Carl Jung Quotations LIX***

Some Carl Jung Quotations LIX***: And now we are coming to the end of the Pisces era, as was foretold nearly two thousand years ago by the Arabian astrologer Albumasar. The pre-Christian time was Aries. ~Carl Jung, Meetings with Ju…

Carl Jung “Yet it is not the doctor’s whole task to instruct or convince his patient…”

Carl Jung “Yet it is not the doctor’s whole task to instruct or convince his patient…”: Modern Man In Search of a Soul Yet it is not the doctor’s whole task to instruct or convince his patient; he must rather show him how the doctor reacts to his particular case. For twis…

Good and evil unite in the growth of the tree. In their divinity life and love stand opposed.

Good and evil unite in the growth of the tree. In their divinity life and love stand opposed.: The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) “The Sun God is…

~Carl Jung: It is no teaching and no instruction that I give you.

~Carl Jung: It is no teaching and no instruction that I give you.: Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 Believe me: It is no teaching and no instruction that I give you. On what basis should I presume to teach you. I give you news …

Carl Jung “Yet it is not the doctor’s whole task to instruct or convince his patient…”

Carl Jung “Yet it is not the doctor’s whole task to instruct or convince his patient…”: Modern Man In Search of a Soul Yet it is not the doctor’s whole task to instruct or convince his patient; he must rather show him how the doctor reacts to his particular case. For twis…

Carl Jung on the value of a person

Carl Jung on the value of a person: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 Anonymous Dear Herr N., 27 October 1930 The wonderful Chinese statuette not only came as an extraordinary surprise but has also given me much pleasure. A…

If I fall prey to the web of words

If I fall prey to the web of words: The Red Book (Philemon) So if I fall prey to the web of words, I fall prey to the greatest and the smallest. I am at the mercy of the sea, of the inchoate waves that are forever changing place. The…

If I fall prey to the web of words

If I fall prey to the web of words: The Red Book (Philemon) So if I fall prey to the web of words, I fall prey to the greatest and the smallest. I am at the mercy of the sea, of the inchoate waves that are forever changing place. The…

If I fall prey to the web of words

If I fall prey to the web of words: The Red Book (Philemon) So if I fall prey to the web of words, I fall prey to the greatest and the smallest. I am at the mercy of the sea, of the inchoate waves that are forever changing place. The…

If I fall prey to the web of words

If I fall prey to the web of words: The Red Book (Philemon) So if I fall prey to the web of words, I fall prey to the greatest and the smallest. I am at the mercy of the sea, of the inchoate waves that are forever changing place. The…

Carl Jung on the Ages of "Taurus," "Pisces," and "Aquarius."

Carl Jung on the Ages of "Taurus," "Pisces," and "Aquarius.": C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 In astrological tradition the transition of the vernal equinox into the zodiacal sign of Aquarius (taking place towards the end of the 10th Cent.) will c…

Carl Jung: But now I am grown so old that I can let go my grip on the world,..

Carl Jung: But now I am grown so old that I can let go my grip on the world,..: Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961 To Jolande Jacobi Dear Dr. Jacobi, 25 August 1960 I was very impressed and pleased to hear that my autobiographical sketches have conveyed to you s…

Some Carl Jung Quotations XV

Some Carl Jung Quotations XV: The living mystery of life is always hidden between Two, and it is the true mystery which cannot be betrayed by words and depleted by arguments. ~Carl Jung, Letters Vol. II, Page 581Also, Christmas…

The Magician and Magic

The Magician and Magic: The Red Book (Philemon) It is an error to believe that there are magical practices that one can learn. One cannot understand magic. One can only understand what accords with reason. Magic accords w…

Carl Jung “Please don’t be horrified at my writing to you again.”

Carl Jung “Please don’t be horrified at my writing to you again.”: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Richard Wilhelm My dear Professor Wilhelm, 26 April 1929 Please don’t be horrified at my writing to you again. I rushed in vain to your house in…

Carl Jung “ETH Quotations” – Anthology

Carl Jung “ETH Quotations” – Anthology: Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 There are cases where it is better not to interfere; we must fulfil our duty as doctors, but the fact remains that some people …

Wolfgang Pauli: Summer may well be a pleasant time, but it is one-sided and incomplete.

Wolfgang Pauli: Summer may well be a pleasant time, but it is one-sided and incomplete.: Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958 Dear Professor Jung Zollikon-Ziirich, 4 lune 1950 Further to our talk yesterday, I am sending you the texts of two dreams that occurred …

Carl Jung letter on Astrology

Carl Jung letter on Astrology: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To L. Oswald Dear Colleague, 8 December 1928 . Please do not consider it a presumption on your part to interrogate me. On the contrary, I am glad …

The Mass as an Act of High Magic

The Mass as an Act of High Magic: That great modern representative of the Gnosis, C.G. Jung, had a great interest in the Christian sacraments, particularly in the Mass. He repeatedly stated that he considered Catholicism a far more…

Carl Jung on “Words” – Anthology

Carl Jung on “Words” – Anthology: I must learn that the dregs of my thought, my dreams, are the speech of my soul. I must carry them in my heart, and go back and forth over them in my mind, like the words of the person dearest to m…

Carl Jung: The organs are divided though close together, so there is the possibility of a conflict.

Carl Jung: The organs are divided though close together, so there is the possibility of a conflict.: Visions : Notes of the seminar given in 1930-1934 (2 Volume Set) Mrs. Baumann: I thought she was healed by the water from the blue rock. Dr. Jung: That is true, but also by the fire; she ide…

To live oneself means to be one’s own task

To live oneself means to be one’s own task: The Red Book (Philemon) live oneself means: to be one’s own task. Never say that it is a pleasure to live oneself It will be no joy but a long suffering, since you must become your own creato…

At your low point you are no longer distinct from your fellow beings.

At your low point you are no longer distinct from your fellow beings.: The Red Book (Philemon) At your low point you are no longer distinct from your fellow beings. You are not ashamed and do not regret it, since insofar as you live the life of your fellow beings and …

Carl Jung: For us the zone of disturbance already begins with the concept of the "psychic."

Carl Jung: For us the zone of disturbance already begins with the concept of the "psychic.": The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche (Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 8) Restriction to material reality carves an exceedingly large chunk out of reality as a whole, but it neverthe…

Carl Jung: The results obtained by this method can be interpreted in several ways

Carl Jung: The results obtained by this method can be interpreted in several ways: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Smith Ely Jelliffe Dear Dr. Jelliffe, 26 February 1936 The reports of my seminars are mere protocols which are exclusively destined for members of the…

Carl Jung on the formation of a “Symbol.”

Carl Jung on the formation of a “Symbol.”: C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Kurt Plachte 10 January 1929 l can agree with your statements in all details and merely regret I am not in a position to give you practical examples o…

Errors and Omissions in “Toni Wolff

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Errors and Omissions in “Toni Wolff & C. G. Jung: A Collaboration”

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I accepted all the joy and every torment

I accepted all the joy and every torment: The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) When night fell, Diahmon approached me in an earth-colored robe, holding a silver fish: “Look, my son,” he said, “I was fishing a…

The fairy tale is the great mother of the novel, and has even more universal validity than the most-avidly read novel of your time.

The fairy tale is the great mother of the novel, and has even more universal validity than the most-avidly read novel of your time.: The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) [Carl Jung: the fairy tale is the great mother of…

What do you think of the essence of Hell?

What do you think of the essence of Hell?: The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) What do you think of the essence of Hell? Hell is when the depths come to you with all that you no longer are or are not yet capable of Hell is whe…

Carl Jung: "Sense" and "nonsense" are merely man-made labels which serve to give us a reasonably valid sense of direction.

Carl Jung: "Sense" and "nonsense" are merely man-made labels which serve to give us a reasonably valid sense of direction.: Psychology and Alchemy (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.12) If the motif of the mandala is an archetype it ought to be a collective phenomenon, i.e., theoretically it should appear in every…

Carl Jung: Not I but God himself has deified it! (The Soul)

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Carl Jung’s Acknowledgements of the Work of Sabina Spielrein [Partial Listing]

Carl Jung’s Acknowledgements of the Work of Sabina Spielrein [Partial Listing]: Dr. Jung wrote the following: Your thinking is bold, far-reaching, and philosophical. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, August 8, 1911. Your study is extraordinarily intelligent and contains s…

I cannot accept this hollow nothing that I am.

I cannot accept this hollow nothing that I am.: The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) I resist, I cannot accept this hollow nothing that I am. What am I? What is my I? I always presuppose my I. Now it stands before me-I before…

I am Mime, and I will show you the wellsprings.

I am Mime, and I will show you the wellsprings.: The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) “I am Mime, and I will show you the wellsprings. The collected light becomes w…

This play that I witnessed is my play, not your play. It is my secret, not yours.

This play that I witnessed is my play, not your play. It is my secret, not yours.: The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) “In the renewed world you can have no outer possessions, unless you create them out of yourselves. You can enter only into your own my…

Carl Jung’s Funeral Sermon given by Pastor Werner Meyer

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I want to emboss you like a coin.

I want to emboss you like a coin.: The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) From there on the voices of the depths remained silent for a whole year. Again in summer, when I was out on the water alone, I saw an osprey plunge…

Phanes is the God who rises agleam from the waters.

Phanes is the God who rises agleam from the waters.: The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) On September II, Philemon describes him [Phanes] as follows: “Phanes is the God who rises agleam from the waters. / Phanes is the smile of da…

Carl Jung: But the drama shows the proper function of the animus.

Carl Jung: But the drama shows the proper function of the animus.: Visions : Notes of the seminar given in 1930-1934 (2 Volume Set) (Bollingen) Well, they rode out into the desert till they came to a wigwam, where the Indian went to sleep. The wigwam is the…

Carl Jung: The ear of wheat represented the son born of the Great Mother, the earth.

Carl Jung: The ear of wheat represented the son born of the Great Mother, the earth.: Visions : Notes of the seminar given in 1930-1934 (2 Volume Set) (Bollingen) The mother holds a grain of wheat, which is exactly like the mysterious Iacchus in the Eleusinian mysteries of wh…

Carl Jung “What will become of the Christian Church?

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Power must subside for the sake of life·

Power must subside for the sake of life·: The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) The Mighty One feIl. He lies on the ground. Power must subside for the sake of life· The circumference of outer life should be made smaller.…

Carl Jung’s Visions of the Battle of The Marne and the Battle of Ypres in World War I

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We also live in our dreams, we do not live only by day.

We also live in our dreams, we do not live only by day.: The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) We also live in our dreams, we do not live only by day. Sometimes we accomplish our greatest deeds in dreams. ~Carl Jung, The Red Book, Page 242. F…

Power must subside for the sake of life·

Power must subside for the sake of life·: The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition (Philemon) The Mighty One feIl. He lies on the ground. Power must subside for the sake of life· The circumference of outer life should be made smaller.…

Carl Jung: Man is a gateway, through which you pass from the outer world of Gods

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Some Carl Jung Quotations

Some Carl Jung Quotations: You are the suffering heart of your one star God, who is Abraxas to his world. ~Carl Jung’s Soul, The Red Book, Page 371. You have the one God, and you become your one God in the innumerable number…

Some Carl Jung Quotations

Some Carl Jung Quotations: The victim is not the only sufferer; everybody in the vicinity of the crime, including the murderer, suffers with him. Something of the abysmal darkness of the world has broken in on us, poisoning …

Carl Jung on “Catholicism” – Anthology

Carl Jung on “Catholicism” – Anthology: I have as little need to convince myself of how good the Catholic Church is for very many people. ~Carl Jung, Letters Vol. I, Pages 197-198The Catholic Church arranges the codification of memories …