The importance of The Red Book in Dr. Jung’s subsequent work

The importance of The Red Book in Dr. Jung’s subsequent work: [The importance of The Red Book in Dr. Jung’s subsequent work.] Image from The Red Book prior to the Preface.

Images from Carl Jung’s "Symbols of Transformation"

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Anima and Animus

Anima and Animus: Anima and AnimusA part of our persona is the role of male or female we must play. For most people that role is determined by their physical gender. But Jung, like Freud and Adler and others, felt t…

Yoga: Immortality and Freedom

Yoga: Immortality and Freedom: Yoga: Immortality and Freedom   In this landmark book the renowned scholar of religion Mircea Eliade lays the groundwork for a Western understanding of Yoga, exploring how its guiding principl…

If you accept Death….

If you accept Death….: Red Book Joy at the smallest things comes to you only when you have accepted death. But if you look out greedily for all that you could still live, then nothing is great enough for your pleasure, a…

George Ripley, Cantilena

George Ripley, Cantilena: George Ripley: Catilena Stanza 12 (George Ripley, Cantilena ) I can not otherwise enter into the kingdom of God to be born here. I must humble myself back in the womb, join A raw material and break…

The autonomy of the collective unconscious…

The autonomy of the collective unconscious…: Aion   “The autonomy of the collective unconscious expresses itself in the figures of anima and animus. They personify those of its contents which, when withdrawn from projection, can be…

Carl Jung on what is "Real" and "Reality."

Carl Jung on what is "Real" and "Reality.": Red Book   Carl Jung on what is “Real” and “Reality.” The image of God has a shadow. The supreme meaning is real and casts a shadow. For what can be actual and corporea…

Why did Jung stop working on Liber’ Novus?

Why did Jung stop working on Liber’ Novus?: Red Book   The Confrontation with the World Why did Jung stop working on Liber’ Novus? In his afterword, written in 1959, he wrote: My acquaintance with alchemy in 1930 took me away from…

Life does not come from events, but from us.

Life does not come from events, but from us.: Red Book   Life does not come from events, but from us. Everything that happens outside has already been. Therefore whoever considers the event from outside always sees only that it already wa…

The animus is the deposit…

The animus is the deposit…: Two Essays on Analytical Psychology “The animus is the deposit, as it were, of all woman’s ancestral experiences of man-and not only that, he is also a creative and procreative being, n…

Carl Jung on "Science" – Anthology

Carl Jung on "Science" – Anthology: Carl Jung on Science: Every science is a function of the mind, and all knowledge is rooted in it. The mind is the greatest of all cosmic wonders. – “On the Nature of the Psyche&#…

Carl Jung on Wotan and the Pied Piper

Carl Jung on Wotan and the Pied Piper: Letters Volume II To Melvin J. Lasky Dear Mr. Lasky, September 1956 Best thanks for sending me the three issues of Der Monat with James P. O’Donnell’s article “Der Rattenfiinger v…

Memories, Dreams and Reflections……..

Memories, Dreams and Reflections……..: Memories, Dreams, Reflections Some Excerpts from Memories, Dreams and Reflections: Jung regarded himself primarily as a doctor, a psychiatrist. [p. x] On the other hand, my recollection of ‘inner’ …

Life needs Death~Carl Jung

Life needs Death~Carl Jung: Red Book On the following night, I wandered to the northern land and found myself under a gray sky in misty-hazy cool-moist air. I strive to those lowlands where …

Carl Jung: As a matter of fact my first and most gifted pupils were Jews.

Carl Jung: As a matter of fact my first and most gifted pupils were Jews.: Letters Volume I To Abraham Aaron Roback Dear Mr. Roback, 19 December 1936 I have received your big book1 for which I thank you warmly. As a matter of fact I found it at home when I came bac…

Carl Jung’s writes to Victor White

Carl Jung’s writes to Victor White: Letters Volume II To Father Victor White Dear Victor,                                                      Bollingen, 10 April 1954 Your letter has been lying on my desk waiting for a suitable time…

Carl Jung on “Perfect Individuation.”

Carl Jung on “Perfect Individuation.”: Letters Volume II To Henry A . Murray Dear Dr. Murray, August 1956 Thank you ever so much for your kind letter. It is a great pleasure for me to hear of you after this long time. I thank you…

Carl Jung – The Maternal Instinct

Carl Jung – The Maternal Instinct: Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious The overdevelopment of the maternal instinct is identical with that well-known image of the mother which has been glorified in all ages and all tongues. Thi…

Carl Jung’s Dream Analysis Seminar, Lecture VIII, 27 November 1929

Carl Jung’s Dream Analysis Seminar, Lecture VIII, 27 November 1929: Dream Analysis Seminar LECTURE VIII 27 November 1929 Before we discuss further the cross and crescent symbols in their relative aspect, I want to demonstrate to you how symbolic facts leak out in f…

Philemon’s Fourth Sermon to the Dead

Philemon’s Fourth Sermon to the Dead: Red Book An 1847 depiction of the Norse Yggdrasil as described in the Icelandic Prose Edda by Oluf Olufsen Bagge. The following night, the dead came running sooner, filling the place with their mut…

Philemon’s Third Sermon to the Dead

Philemon’s Third Sermon to the Dead: Red Book Colossus of Rhodes And Philemon stepped forward and began to speak (and this is the third sermon to the dead): Abraxas  is the God who is difficult to grasp. His power is greatest, because…

"Called or not called, the god will be there"

"Called or not called, the god will be there": Summoned or not God will be there Jung carved a Latin inscription above the door of his house in Kusnacht, Switzerland: “VOCATUS ATQUE NON VOCATUS DEUS ADERIT.” In English translation, …

If thou wouldst complete the diamond body…

If thou wouldst complete the diamond body…: Secret of the Golden Flower Cessation of Outflowing ~ If thou wouldst complete the diamond body with no outflowing, Diligently heat he roots of consciousness and life. Kindle light in the blessed c…

Excerpts on "Thinking" from The Red Book. Anthology

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Carl Jung on the Unconscious and Properties of Whole Numbers

Carl Jung on the Unconscious and Properties of Whole Numbers: Letters Volume II To Fritz Lerch Dear Herr Lerch, 10 September 1956 Your question, concerns one of those problems that have intrigued me for years: the connection of the psychology of the un…

Carl Jung on the “Great Dream” of a Modern Man.

Carl Jung on the “Great Dream” of a Modern Man.: Letters Volume II To Patrick Evans Dear Mr. Evans, 1 September 1956 Thank you for telling me of your interesting dream. The dream is quite remarkable in its simplicity. It is what the primit…

Philemon’s Fifth Sermon to the Dead

Philemon’s Fifth Sermon to the Dead: Red Book When the following night came, the dead approached noisily, pushing and shoving; they were scoffing and exclaimed, “Teach us, fool, about the church and holy communion.” But Ph…

Carl Jung: When death confronts us…..

Carl Jung: When death confronts us…..: Jung on Death and Immortality I have often been asked what I believe about death, that unproblematical ending of individual existence. Death is known to us simply as the end. It is the period, ofte…

Carl Jung: First of all, best thanks for your beautiful essay in Corona.

Carl Jung: First of all, best thanks for your beautiful essay in Corona.: Letters Volume I To Heinrich Zimmer Dear Professor Zimmer, 21 November 1932 First of all, best thanks for your beautiful essay in Corona. Also please give your wife my best thanks for her ki…

Carl Jung on a man’s choice of wives

Carl Jung on a man’s choice of wives: Letters Volume II To H. J. Barrett Dear Mr. Barrett, 1956 Sorry to be so late with my answer, but as I beat you by ten years I am presumably ten times slower than you. Your letter not only i…

Diligently heat the roots of consciousness and life

Diligently heat the roots of consciousness and life: Gathering the Light “Gathering the light” — an illustration of the first stage of meditation Cessation of Outflowing If thou wouldst complete the diamond body with no outflowing. …

Philemon’s Second Sermon to the Dead

Philemon’s Second Sermon to the Dead: Red Book The Creation, c. 1896-1902, by James Tissot, at the Jewish Museum (New York) That night Philemon stood beside me and the dead drew near and lined the walls and cried out,”We want to …

Philemon’s Second Sermon to the Dead

Philemon’s Second Sermon to the Dead: Red Book The Creation, c. 1896-1902, by James Tissot, at the Jewish Museum (New York) That night Philemon stood beside me and the dead drew near and lined the walls and cried out,”We want to …

Carl Jung: People always have some scapegoat.

Carl Jung: People always have some scapegoat.: Visions : Notes of the seminar given in 1930-1934 (2 Volume Set) (Bollingen) So for our patient to recognize her own condition is tremendous progress. Hitherto she had thought it was her hus…

Carl Jung on having a house and land of your own.

Carl Jung on having a house and land of your own.: Letters Volume II Anonymous Dear N., August 1956 I was very pleased to hear that you now have house and land of your own. This is important for the chthonic powers. I hope you will find time to com…

Charles R. Card – In Remembrance of Marie-Louise Von Franz 1915-1998

Charles R. Card – In Remembrance of Marie-Louise Von Franz 1915-1998: On February 17 of this year, Marie-Louise von Franz, psychotherapist and classical scholar, completed her passage through life—an extraordinary life made all the more remarkable by her many …

Carl Jung: There is little use in teaching wisdom.

Carl Jung: There is little use in teaching wisdom.: Letters Volume II To Chang Chung-yuan Dear Sir, 26 June 1950 I have read your pamphlet with great interest and I can tell you that I fundamentally agree with your views. I see Taoism in the …

I cannot accept this hollow nothing that I am.

I cannot accept this hollow nothing that I am.: Red Book A monk walking in a Benedictine monastery. 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 my I…

Carl Jung: Must gold prove its necessity? It is proven through the longing of men.

Carl Jung: Must gold prove its necessity? It is proven through the longing of men.: Red Book Gold Nuggest Soon after this on an autumn night I heard the voice of an old man (and this time I knew that it was Philemon. He said: I want to turn you around. I want to master you. I want…

Philemon’s First Sermon to the Dead

Philemon’s First Sermon to the Dead: Red Book     Then Philemon lifted his voice and taught them, saying (and this is the first sermon to the dead) “Now hear: I begin with nothingness. Nothingness is the same as the fu…

Carl Jung: There was a time when there were only four signs in the Zodiac.

Carl Jung: There was a time when there were only four signs in the Zodiac.: Dream Analysis Seminar Here is another paradox. In order to solve that puzzle, we should say, the thing that matters is not the position of the stars, the thing that matters is time. You can call t…

Carl Jung on “The Spirit in Matter."

Carl Jung on “The Spirit in Matter.": Psychology and Alchemy II. The Spirit in Matter All these ideas were the common property of alchemy from earliest times. Zosimos, writing in the third century a.d., quotes one of the very ol…

Carl Jung: Each person works on his own pillar, until one day the temple will be built.

Carl Jung: Each person works on his own pillar, until one day the temple will be built.: C.G. Jung, Emma Jung and Toni Wolff: A Collection of Remembrances Max Zeller: Memory of C.G. Jung When I was in Zurich in 1949, the first time after the war, I was terribly occupied with the…

Carl Jung on “Meditation and Imagination.”

Carl Jung on “Meditation and Imagination.”: Psychology and Alchemy Carl Jung on “Meditation and Imagination.” The point of view described above is supported by the alchemist’s remarkable use of the terms meditatio and imaginatio…

Carl Jung on the “Treasure Hard to Attain.”]

Carl Jung on the “Treasure Hard to Attain.”]: The “treasure hard to attain,” whose presence was suspected in the dark prima materia, is symbolized by the alchemists in various ways. Christopher of Paris, for instance, says that the…

Carl Jung on the Shri-Chakra-Sambhara

Carl Jung on the Shri-Chakra-Sambhara: ETH Lectures Lecture XIII 10th February, 1939 Today we begin the third phase of the Shri-Chakra-Sambhara, the Synthesis, which falls into two separate parts. “The two-fold merit is acq…

Carl Jung: Man “possesses” many things which he has never acquired but has inherited from his ancestors.

Carl Jung: Man “possesses” many things which he has never acquired but has inherited from his ancestors.: Freud and Psychoanalysis (Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 4) For the parental imago is possessed of a quite extraordinary power; it influences the psychic life of the child so enormously…

You will not reach the sun…………

You will not reach the sun…………: Red Book You gain everything from the God whom you bear, but not his weapon, since he crushed it. He who conquers needs weapons. But what else do you want to conquer? You cannot conquer more than t…

Carl Jung: We have no idea of absolute reality, because "reality" is always something "observed."

Carl Jung: We have no idea of absolute reality, because "reality" is always something "observed.": Letters Volume I To J. Allen Gilbert My dear Dr. Gilbert, 2 January 1929 Please be kind to your fellow beings! Don’t think that they are all damned fools, even if they say excitingly f…

Carl Jung on Sigmund Freud

Carl Jung on Sigmund Freud: Letters Volume II To Benjamin Nelson Dear Professor Nelson, 17 June 1956 If I were younger I should take great pleasure in following your kind proposition to write a comprehensible essay abo…

Carl Jung: Through the crucified …

Carl Jung: Through the crucified …: Red Book       Crucifix, sculpture by Michelangelo, Santo Spirito Church, Florence, Italy (ca. 1494), a depiction of naked crucifixion with the genitals of the condemned expos…

Carl Jung on Extrovert and Introvert “There is no such thing as schematic classification.”

Carl Jung on Extrovert and Introvert “There is no such thing as schematic classification.”: C.G. Jung Speaking [Carl Jung on Extrovert and Introvert “There is no such thing as schematic classification.”] Dr. Evans: Of course, one of the very common misconceptions, at least in my op…

Beginning is smallest. ~Carl Jung,

Beginning is smallest. ~Carl Jung,: Relief from Samothrace in the Louvre showing Agamemnon being initiated into the rites of the Cabeiri. What serviceable forms rise from your body, yo…

Carl Jung’s Dream Analysis Seminar Lecture VII 20 November 1929

Carl Jung’s Dream Analysis Seminar Lecture VII 20 November 1929: Dream Analysis Seminar LECTURE VII 20 November 1929 Today we will continue our discussion of the moon. Since the problem is infinitely complicated I would like the individual members of this partic…

I myself am the enemy who must be loved……Carl Jung

I myself am the enemy who must be loved……Carl Jung: Psychology and Religion “The acceptance of oneself is the essence of the whole moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook on life. That I feed the hungry, that I forgive an insult, that…

Carl Jung to his Daughter on the death of her mother, Emma Jung

Carl Jung to his Daughter on the death of her mother, Emma Jung: Letters Volume II To Marianne Niehus-Jung Dear Marianne, Bollingen, 17 July 1956 Warmest thanks for your lovely letter, which was a great joy. I am glad you weren’t bored with me. It was also…

Carl Jung: Individuation and individual existence are indispensable for the transformation of God the Creator.

Carl Jung: Individuation and individual existence are indispensable for the transformation of God the Creator.: Letters Volume II To Elined Kotschnig Dear Mrs . Kotschnig, 30 June 1956 It is not quite easy to answer your question within the space of a letter. You know that we human beings are unable t…

Carl Jung on if there is “personal survival after death or not.”

Carl Jung on if there is “personal survival after death or not.”: Dear Mr. Barrett, 12 October 1956 Although my time is short and my old age is a real fact, I would like to answer to your questions. They are not quite easy, f.i. the first question whether I belie…

Carl Jung on “Immortality” – Quotations – Anthology

Carl Jung on “Immortality” – Quotations – Anthology: Nectar, like soma, is the drink of fertility and immortality. The soul is fructified by the intellect; as the “oversoul” it is called the heavenly Aphrodite, as the “under-soul” the earthly Aphrodi…

Carl Jung: St. Augustine thanked God for not making him responsible for his dreams.

Carl Jung: St. Augustine thanked God for not making him responsible for his dreams.: Psychology and Alchemy II. THE METHOD In my writings and lectures I have always insisted that we must give up all preconceived opinions when it comes to the analysis and interpretation of the objec…

To Be What you are is the Bath of Rebirth

To Be What you are is the Bath of Rebirth: Red Book The Bath of Diana by Clouet, Francois (1510-1572) To be that which you are is the bath of rebirth. In the depths,being is not an unconditional persistence but an endlessly slow growth. You…

To Be What you are is the Bath of Rebirth

To Be What you are is the Bath of Rebirth: Red Book The Bath of Diana by Clouet, Francois (1510-1572) To be that which you are is the bath of rebirth. In the depths,being is not an unconditional persistence but an endlessly slow growth. You…

Carl Jung "Visions"

Carl Jung "Visions": For C. G. Jung, the beautiful and gifted 28-year-old Christiana Morgan was an inspirational and confirming force whose path in self-analysis paralleled his own quest for self-knowledge. By teaching…

Carl Jung: The Gods Envy the Perfection of Man

Carl Jung: The Gods Envy the Perfection of Man: Red Book The one arose from the melting together of the two. He was born as a child from my own human soul, which had conceived him with resistance like a virgin. Thus it corresponds to the image t…

Carl Jung on "Einstein" – Anthology

Carl Jung on "Einstein" – Anthology: It was above all the simplicity and directness of his[Einstein] genius as a thinker that impressed me mightily and exerted a lasting influence on my own intellectual work. ~Carl Jung, Letter…

Carl Jung’s Dream Analysis Seminar Lecture IV 30 October 1929

Carl Jung’s Dream Analysis Seminar Lecture IV 30 October 1929: Dream Analysis Seminar LECTURE IV 30 October 1929 We will continue our dream. The two committees are at work now digging up material for the next seminar, so I will refrain from discussing the cros…

Hell has Levels~~Carl Jung

Hell has Levels~~Carl Jung: The Red Book Everything odious and disgusting is your own particular Hell. How can it be otherwise? Every other Hell was at least worth seeing or full of fun. But that is never Hell. Your Hell is m…

Hell has Levels~~Carl Jung

Hell has Levels~~Carl Jung: The Red Book Everything odious and disgusting is your own particular Hell. How can it be otherwise? Every other Hell was at least worth seeing or full of fun. But that is never Hell. Your Hell is m…

God’s Formation~Carl Jung

God’s Formation~Carl Jung: The child, that is, the image of the God’s formation, not only bore my human craving, but also enclosed all the primordial and elemental powers that the sons of the sun possess as an inaliena…

Dreams as another type of Reality.

Dreams as another type of Reality.: Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche (Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 8) As in our waking state, real people and things enter our field of vision, so the dream-images enter like another kind o…

Dreams as another type of Reality.

Dreams as another type of Reality.: Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche (Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 8) As in our waking state, real people and things enter our field of vision, so the dream-images enter like another kind o…

I have had mainly women patients….[Carl Jung]

I have had mainly women patients….[Carl Jung]: From my encounters with patients and with the psychic phenomena which they have paraded before me in an endless stream of images, I have learned an enormous amount–not just knowledge, but abo…

I have had mainly women patients….[Carl Jung]

I have had mainly women patients….[Carl Jung]: From my encounters with patients and with the psychic phenomena which they have paraded before me in an endless stream of images, I have learned an enormous amount–not just knowledge, but abo…

Carl Jung: With these words you have laid your finger on exactly what is typically Jewish.

Carl Jung: With these words you have laid your finger on exactly what is typically Jewish.: Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume I, 1906-1950 (Vol 1) [Gerhard Adler was born in Berlin and of German-Jewish descent and did the Editorial work on Dr. Jung’s Collected Works] To Gerhard Adler D…

Carl Jung and Symbols of Individuation

Carl Jung and Symbols of Individuation: Zarathustra Seminars [Carl Jung and Symbols of Individuation] Similar representations occur in practical psychology: these symbols are repeated fairly often in the beginning of the individuation pr…

Carl Jung: Experience of the inner world has for its object the phenomena of the psychic background

Carl Jung: Experience of the inner world has for its object the phenomena of the psychic background: Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961 To Rene A. Kipfer Dear Herr Kipfer, 21 October 1960 It is very kind of you to have made me a present of your interesting picture. Contemplation of …

The Life and Ideas of James Hillman

The Life and Ideas of James Hillman: The Life and Ideas of James HIllman In late February 1953, when James and Kate [Hillman’s] arrived in Zürich, Jung and his wife Emma had just celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.  ~Dick Rus…

Carl Jung: Masculine and Feminine in The Red Book

Carl Jung: Masculine and Feminine in The Red Book: The Red Book   Marie-Denise Villers, Young Woman Drawing, 1801, reveals the feminine spirit In Greek mythology, Heracles is synonymous with Apollonian masculinity. What about masculinit…

God and Singleness ~Carl Jung

God and Singleness ~Carl Jung: The Red Book Solitude by Frederic Leighton We think that there is singleness within us, and communality outside us. Outside of us is the communal in relation to the external, while singleness refer…

Dreams bring us closer to the basic facts of human existence [Carl Jung]

Dreams bring us closer to the basic facts of human existence [Carl Jung]: Civilization in Transition (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 10) A dream is nothing but a lucky idea that comes to us from the dark, all-unifying world of the psyche. What would be more na…

Dream Interpretation [Carl Jung]

Dream Interpretation [Carl Jung]: The Practice of Psychotherapy: Essays on the Psychology of the Transference and Other Subjects On Dreams I have no theory about dreams, I do not know how dreams arise. And I am not at all sure that…

Carl Jung on The Tree of Life, World Tree, Tree of Evolution, Cosmic Tree, Soma Tree, The Human Spinal Column.

Carl Jung on The Tree of Life, World Tree, Tree of Evolution, Cosmic Tree, Soma Tree, The Human Spinal Column.: [Carl Jung on The Tree of Life, World Tree, Tree of Evolution, Cosmic Tree, Soma Tree, The Human Spinal Column.]Prof. Jung:Here is a very valuable contribution from Mrs. Baumann, a photograph of Ne…

You have a Share in Mankind [Carl Jung]

You have a Share in Mankind [Carl Jung]: Vitruvian Man, Leonardo da Vinci’s image is often used as an implied symbol of the essential symmetry of the human body, and by extension, of the universe as a whole.As a man you are part of …

Incantations ~Carl Jung

Incantations ~Carl Jung: The Red Book Nonphotographic representaton of the Merseburg Incantations manuscript (Merseburger Domstiftsbibliothek, Codex 136, f. 85r, 10th Cy.) [The Incantations by Carl Jung.] [It would be grea…

Carl Jung on Maya and the “Great Illusion.”

Carl Jung on Maya and the “Great Illusion.”: Zarathustra Seminars [Carl Jung on Maya and the “Great Illusion.”] Now India has a very helpful idea in that respect. Their idea of the great illusion, Maya, is not mere foolishness. One mig…

Carl Jung on "Alchemy" "Alchemist" – Anthology

Carl Jung on "Alchemy" "Alchemist" – Anthology: [Carl Jung on “Alchemy,” “Alchemist” – Anthology] But Mercurius is the divine winged Hermes manifest in matter, the god of revelation, lord of thought and sovereign psychopomp. ~Carl Jung, Psycholo…

Carl Jung on Samadhi

Carl Jung on Samadhi: Zarathustra Seminars [Carl Jung on Samadhi] Samadhi is one of those terms which was used in the past in India, and is still used in the actual religious movements of the present time. But it…

Carl Jung on Samadhi

Carl Jung on Samadhi: Zarathustra Seminars [Carl Jung on Samadhi] Samadhi is one of those terms which was used in the past in India, and is still used in the actual religious movements of the present time. But it…

Carl Jung: The vernal equinox is moving out of the sign of Pisces…

Carl Jung: The vernal equinox is moving out of the sign of Pisces…: Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961 To Pater Lucas Menz, O.S. B . Dear Pater Lucas, 22 February 1955 I have read your draft with great interest. Considering the terrible time in which…

An Interview with June Singer

An Interview with June Singer: Interview with June Singer Dr. Singer: This is the first time I’ve addressed myself to people on the Internet, save for a few good friends. I must admit I find it awesome.   Matthew Clapp of t…

An Interview with June Singer

An Interview with June Singer: Interview with June Singer Dr. Singer: This is the first time I’ve addressed myself to people on the Internet, save for a few good friends. I must admit I find it awesome.   Matthew Clapp of t…

Essence of Hell ~Carl Jung

Essence of Hell ~Carl Jung: The Red Book 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 when you can no longer attain what you c…

Carl Jung on Thomistic Psychology

Carl Jung on Thomistic Psychology: Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961 To Sylvester Schoening Dear Mr. Schoening, 24 March 1955 Your question is difficult to answer, since Thomistic psychology is on a metaphysical basis, and …

Carl Jung on “becoming whole and Holy.”

Carl Jung on “becoming whole and Holy.”: Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961 To Pater Lucas Menz Dear Pater Lucas, 28 March 1955 Many thanks for your kind and illuminating letter. It affords me an invaluable glimpse into the…

Some Carl Jung Quotations XLVIII

Some Carl Jung Quotations XLVIII: Man must recognize his complicity in the act of evil. ~Carl Jung, The Red Book, LN 291. You begin to have a presentiment of the whole when you embrace your opposite principle, since the whole belon…

Carl Jung on “The Ego as being the visibility of the Self.”

Carl Jung on “The Ego as being the visibility of the Self.”: Prof. Jung: We have a very difficult question by Dr. Harding-we are getting deeply into speculative metaphysics, “Last time you spoke of the ego as being the visibility of the self.” We…

Carl Jung on Mescaline

Carl Jung on Mescaline: Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961 [Carl Jung on Mescaline] To A. M. Hubbard Dear Sir, 15 February 1955 Thank you for your kind invitation to contribute to your mescalin scheme. Although I …

Carl Jung on the Individual and Society

Carl Jung on the Individual and Society: Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961 To Hans A . Illing Dear Dr. Illing, 10 February 1955 I give the adaptation of the individual to society its full due. But I still stand up for the inalien…

Aniela Jaffe on C.G. Jung and Alchemy

Aniela Jaffe on C.G. Jung and Alchemy: From the Life and Work of C.G. Jung Alchemy Jung’s method of research was pre-eminently historical.   It consisted essentially in comparing his ideas and intuitions, and the insights he had ga…

Carl Jung on “Our Uroboros.”

Carl Jung on “Our Uroboros.”: Zarathustra Seminars [Carl Jung on “Our Uroboros.”] Prof Jung: That is the hero again. The snake always means resurrection on account of shedding its skin. According to an African myth, ther…

Carl Jung’s Dream Analysis Seminar Lecture III 23 October 1929

Carl Jung’s Dream Analysis Seminar Lecture III 23 October 1929: Seminar on Dream Analysis. C.G. Jung LECTURE III 23 October 1929 We have two questions to deal with. The first one asks whether the mechanic represents the function of intuition or feeling. Sometim…

Carl Jung: Zen is a true goldmine for the needs of the Western "psychologist."

Carl Jung: Zen is a true goldmine for the needs of the Western "psychologist.": Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume I, 1906-1950 (Vol 1) To Daisetz T. Suzuki Dear Professor Suzuki, 22 September 1933 Being an admirer of your former work on Zen Buddhism, it has been a very grea…

What the ancients did for their dead!

What the ancients did for their dead!: The Red Book Red Book Illumination 107. What the ancients did for their dead! You seem to you can absolve yourself from the care of the dead, and from the work that they so greatly demand, since wh…

Carl Jung: I have seen quite a number of people who have never been born, who still live in that original sphere

Carl Jung: I have seen quite a number of people who have never been born, who still live in that original sphere: Zarathustra Seminars [Carl Jung: I have seen quite a number of people who have never been born, who still live in that original sphere] I know another instance, the dream of a girl about ten…

Carl Jung and God as a "conjecture."

Carl Jung and God as a "conjecture.": Zarathustra Seminars [Carl Jung and God as a “conjecture.”] Prof. Jung: Now we will go on with our text: “God is a conjecture: but I do not wish your conjecturing to reach beyond…

Carl Jung on reviews of “Synchronicity.”

Carl Jung on reviews of “Synchronicity.”: Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961 To R.F.C. Hull Dear Hull, 24 January 1955 Thank you very much for your refreshing answer to Mr. Philip Toynbee. You have done it very well. No reas…

Carl Jung on “Speaking in Tongues.”

Carl Jung on “Speaking in Tongues.”: Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961 To E . V. Tenney Dear Dr. Tenney, 23 February 1955 It was a great pleasure to receive a letter from you. I often wondered how you were faring and how you …

Carl Jung on “Genius” – Anthology

Carl Jung on “Genius” – Anthology: • Any system of philosophy, no matter how abstract, represents in means and purpose nothing more than an extremely cleverly developed combination of original nature sounds. Hence arises the desire …

Carl Jung on The Charioteer Within…

Carl Jung on The Charioteer Within…: Civilization in Transition (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 10) “Within each one of us there is another whom we do not know. He speaks to us in dreams and tells us how differ…

The Soul as a Nazareth…

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Dream Symbolism of the Snake

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Carl Jung: Gnosticism has renewed its vitality with me recently…

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