Soul: The brightness must be lit up, the fire must be kindled.

Soul: The brightness must be lit up, the fire must be kindled.: Black Books Jung: What’s going on in this darkness? “Light must be created. You must create it out of raw matter that you’ve received. It must still be uttered. Words! The light h…

Carl Jung: I am in love; I love with that searching yearning that Swedenborg so wonderfully describes

Carl Jung: I am in love; I love with that searching yearning that Swedenborg so wonderfully describes: Jung had some powerful experiences: on June 27, 1917, he wrote to Emma Jung that three days prior, he was on Pointe de Cray (a mountain just northwest of Chateau d’Oex), “It was a glori…

My soul, what is happening? What sets me at odds with myself? What tears asunder?

My soul, what is happening? What sets me at odds with myself? What tears asunder?: Black Books My soul, what is happening? What sets me at odds with myself? What tears asunder? Soul: Poisoning by the earth spirits. What do you mean by this? Soul: The black one has an earth spirit…

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Jung described Wotan’s attributes as follows:

Jung described Wotan’s attributes as follows:: Black Books Jung described Wotan’s attributes as follows: He is the god of oracles, of secret knowledge, of sorcery, and he is also the equivalent of Hermes psychopompos. And you remember he …

…we have to grapple with the knowledge content of Gnosticism and neo-Platonism.

…we have to grapple with the knowledge content of Gnosticism and neo-Platonism.: Black Books In March 1918 he wrote to Lang, who had sent him some of his own fantasies: as you have observed correctly yourself, it is very important to experience the contents of the uncons…

The facet of God which is knowable through reason is the divine Logos.

The facet of God which is knowable through reason is the divine Logos.: Black Books “Unfortunately I am in no position to tell you everything I know about. But at least I will try to make the elements clear to you. Because of your ignorance I will therefore begin…

Merry Christ’s Mass!!!

Merry Christ’s Mass!!!: Merry Christ’s Mass!!! Image: Ceiling Mosaic – Christus helios, the mosaic of So…

Carl Jung: Our Lord Jesus Christ! Blessed be your name.

Carl Jung: Our Lord Jesus Christ! Blessed be your name.: Black Books Our Lord Jesus Christ! Blessed be your name. Your work lasts long, you endured hardship for the sake of mankind. You did the greatest thing for us, out of animals you made quasi-human b…

Carl Jung: In the days before Christmas I dreamt of Mrs. McCormick.

Carl Jung: In the days before Christmas I dreamt of Mrs. McCormick.: Black Books   I. 1920 In the days before Christmas I dreamt of Mrs. McCormick. She wore a black mourning dress and looked at me sadly, as if she expected something from me. I wrote her about t…

Christmas has come. The God is in the egg.

Christmas has come. The God is in the egg.: Your voice is too weak for those raging to be able to hear. Thus do not speak and do not show the God, but sit in a solitary place and sing incantations in the ancient manner: Set the egg be…

Carl Jung: I think in the end he will turn out to be the devil.

Carl Jung: I think in the end he will turn out to be the devil.: Black Books I am standing on a high tower. The horizon stretches far. A gray and cloudy sky covers the earth. I am utter anticipation. In the furthest end of the country I discover a red spot. It c…

Carl Jung: I am cut off from myself, a hanged man who fell from the bough.

Carl Jung: I am cut off from myself, a hanged man who fell from the bough.: Black Books You say that I am still on the surface? There, where it is still loud, still too much noise. I need sharp ears? I lament my hearing. I still speak too much about myself? How can I do ot…

Carl Jung: What tension between the farthest heavens and the deepest hells!

Carl Jung: What tension between the farthest heavens and the deepest hells!: Black Books What tension between the farthest heavens and the deepest hells! The sevenfold darkness-the jubilant heaven’s gold-what a speech! But I speak it. I talk, you don’t talk. You…

Jung’s Soul: What lies in between is in the dream book, but still more in the images of the Red Book.

Jung’s Soul: What lies in between is in the dream book, but still more in the images of the Red Book.: Black Books What lies in between is in the dream book, but still more in the images of the Red Book. What happens between the lover and the beloved is the total fullness of the Godhead. That is why…

Carl Jung: A point exists at about the thirty-fifth year when things begin to change,

Carl Jung: A point exists at about the thirty-fifth year when things begin to change,: A point exists at about the thirty-fifth year when things begin to change, it is the first moment of the shadow side of life, of the going down to death. It is clear that Dante found this po…

Carl Jung: Yes, I feel him. He fills me with unspeakable feelings. What is it? Dread?

Carl Jung: Yes, I feel him. He fills me with unspeakable feelings. What is it? Dread?: Black Books Dream:    Castagnola. Night. I o’clock. 2 / 3 I. 1923 [I]. 0h my soul, what summons me at midnight? What fear stalks my sleep and shatters it with the captain’s command? Why…

Salome: I will not be your slave-what is the fortune of the earth when it burns like hellish fire?

Salome: I will not be your slave-what is the fortune of the earth when it burns like hellish fire?: Black Books I will not be your slave-what is the fortune of the earth when it burns like hellish fire? When it makes sick, like poison? The struggle against you is accepted. I will not rest until y…

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Jung’s Soul: A triumvirate, you, Emma, and Toni, the symbolic bearers, the Egyptian symbol, indicated in the word “FANDRAGYPTI,”

Jung’s Soul: A triumvirate, you, Emma, and Toni, the symbolic bearers, the Egyptian symbol, indicated in the word “FANDRAGYPTI,”: Black Books In the beginning there is the moon and the sun, feminine and masculine, yet the feminine contains the masculine. The second sign is a vessel that contains the four functions, apparently…

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Jung’s Soul: Relations do not let themselves be replaced even by the deepest human knowledge.

Jung’s Soul: Relations do not let themselves be replaced even by the deepest human knowledge.: Black Books I don’t want to augment your knowledge, on the contrary, I want to bring your knowledge into life. It used to be the opposite. It goes like this now. That’s why I read you o…

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Carl Jung: The mouth utters the word, the sign, and the symbol.

Carl Jung: The mouth utters the word, the sign, and the symbol.: Red Book When the flame of your greed consumes you, and nothing remains of you but ash, so nothing of you was steadfast. Yet the flame in which you consumed yourself has illuminated many But if you…

Psychology of Yoga and Meditation: Lectures Delivered at ETH Zurich Available for Pre-Order

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Carl Jung: This dream is my inner situation.

Carl Jung: This dream is my inner situation.: Black Books He [Jung] then painted a mandala based upon this map. He attached great significance to this dream, later commenting: This dream is my inner situation. I still now see this yellow-gray …

Africa made an overpoweringly deep impression on him [Jung]

Africa made an overpoweringly deep impression on him [Jung]: Black Books Africa made an overpoweringly deep impression on him [Jung]: it meant encountering the historical past as a living present. To Emil Medtner, he wrote in March: “The most mysteriou…

Jung’s Soul: It was probably a follower and pupil of Dionysus, who had lost one arm.

Jung’s Soul: It was probably a follower and pupil of Dionysus, who had lost one arm.: Black Books Three serpents that lie on a rock, coiled in a knot. A sword has hacked them. A strong one-armed man wields the sword. His eyes flicker in chaotic passion. It was probably a follower an…

Phanes: I am perfection itself, but only he who has attained his limits is complete.

Phanes: I am perfection itself, but only he who has attained his limits is complete.: Black Books Truly, I am the sacrifice. completion is the sacrifice. Completion is joy and foreseeing of the shadow. Completion is the end. The end means the beginning, and hence completion is small…

An Invitation to join Dropbox

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Phanes: Completion is poverty. But poverty is means gratitude. Gratitude is love.

Phanes: Completion is poverty. But poverty is means gratitude. Gratitude is love.: Black Books This way shall lead out into the land of men, an assignment. The mystery of the summer morning, the happy day, the completion of the moment, the fullness of the possible, born from suff…

Salome: Pleasure is the sensation of pleasure and nothing further.

Salome: Pleasure is the sensation of pleasure and nothing further.: Black Books The question of my mystery. I have no mystery-pleasure and the sensation of pleasure-what’s that for a mystery? That is only a happening and nothing more. It is the devilish guile…