Jung’s Soul: If God no longer understands me, I must recede into remoteness from God.

Jung’s Soul: If God no longer understands me, I must recede into remoteness from God.: Black Books If God no longer understands me, I must recede into remoteness from God. I must protect myself from his loving vengeance. Remoteness from God is procession along the 4 false ways, it is…

Toni Wolff: Dr. Jung.” Jung’s references to “anima” concern the feminine component in Kirsch’s psyche.

Toni Wolff: Dr. Jung.” Jung’s references to “anima” concern the feminine component in Kirsch’s psyche.: Jung-Kirsch Letters In early 1930 a woman had entered analysis with Kirsch in Berlin, her treatment subsidized by the Psychological Club in Zurich (hereafter the Club). In July 1930 Toni Wolff wrot…

It is a sign of the Bon, in the lower folk religion of the Tibetans.

It is a sign of the Bon, in the lower folk  religion of the Tibetans.: Psychology of Yoga and Meditation Quite an unknown sign! It is a sign of the Bon, in the lower folk  religion of the Tibetans. (This is not supposed to be an allusion.) It is the religion of the &#…

Carl Jung: Giving a name to a thing generally has the peculiar effect of familiarizing it.

Carl Jung: Giving a name to a thing generally has the peculiar effect of familiarizing it.: Zarathustra Seminars Miss Wolff: I think he explains also in the second sentence that giving a name and displaying an interest is to be on too intimate terms with it, and that can have the same eff…

Carl Jung: Perhaps I may, if occasion offers, introduce my wife and Herr Binswanger to you.

Carl Jung: Perhaps I may, if occasion offers, introduce my wife and Herr Binswanger to you.: Freud-Jung Letters   I am sorry I have been so long in answering your last, exceedingly friendly and detailed letter. Afterwards I was rather embarrassed at having played hide-and-seek with my…

Meister Eckhart on “Detachment”

Meister Eckhart on “Detachment”: Eckhart: The Complete Mystical Works ON DETACHMENT I have read many writings of pagan masters, and of the prophets, and of the Old and New Testaments, and have sought earnestly and with all diligen…

One finds there very interesting symbolic remnants of Coptic Christianity.

One finds there very interesting symbolic remnants of Coptic Christianity.: Dream Analysis Seminar Miss Wolff” Was he conscious of the spiritual meaning of the hut? Dr. Jung: Naturally, as a white man, he would hardly enter such a hut in reality, but he knew there wa…

The Child Who Dreamed of a Tortoise

The Child Who Dreamed of a Tortoise: Dream [28] He was called by the voice of a child to go to a swimming-pool. The child said that there was a big animal in the water. He goes with the child but instead of a swimming-pool, he comes t…

He said, “Do you think I’m going to give you unpaid lessons in physics?”

He said, “Do you think I’m going to give you unpaid lessons in physics?”: Dr. Jung and His Patients by Betsy Cohen Von Franz said that Pauli came to her for analysis but wanted a pseudo-analysis, because he was too proud to admit he needed a real analysis . . . I saw tha…

Victor White’s Dream that included Dr. Jung, Emma and Toni

Victor White’s Dream that included Dr. Jung, Emma and Toni: Jung-Neumann Letters Dream of December 12th. 1945. A long dream in the course of which I go to Zurich. The “Zurich” of my dream is quite a small pink town nestling in a fertile green va…

Victor White: I have been quite shocked to hear of Toni Wolff’s sudden death.

Victor White: I have been quite shocked to hear of Toni Wolff’s sudden death.: Jung-White Letters My Dear C.G., Although I write to you so little, you are very often in my thoughts. I must just take occasion of Easter to send you a brief greeting & salutation. I ha…

Ann Lammers’ Review of Deidre Bair’s “Jung: A Biography”

Ann Lammers’ Review of Deidre Bair’s “Jung: A Biography”: Ann Lammers Review of Deidre Bair’s “Jung Biography” Recently I started on Deirdre Bair’s biography of Jung, beginning with Chapter 35 (‘Why Men Had to Quarrel and Leave’), becaus…

On 11 February 1944 Jung slipped and broke his ankle.

On 11 February 1944 Jung slipped and broke his ankle.: Jung-Neumann Letters Gerhard Adler’s letter to Neumann is missing. On 11 February 1944 Jung slipped and broke his ankle. Twelve days later, probably due to the immobilization following the injury, …

Philemon: Man is never his best. Therefore I say unto man:

Philemon: Man is never his best. Therefore I say unto man:: Black Books Man is never his best. Therefore I say unto man: Be blessed in your poverty, be gentle, meek and merciful, bear vilification and persecution, since a light shines before you, that will …

Carl Jung: I know that T. [Toni Wolff] is quite valuable to me, but also quite worthless

Carl Jung: I know that T. [Toni Wolff] is quite valuable to me, but also quite worthless: Black Books Jung: Your [Jung’s Soul] advice was good and gave me good sleep. Now I come to you to lay before you the thing that presently and always is the hardest for me. Perhaps you have some goo…

Carl Jung: Each new case that requires thorough treatment is pioneer work,

Carl Jung: Each new case that requires thorough treatment is pioneer work,: Practice of Psychotherapy Consciousness, no matter how extensive it may be, must always remain the smaller circle within the greater circle of the unconscious, an island surrounded by the sea; and,…

Carl Jung: The Black Books, Vol. IV, Quotations

Carl Jung: The Black Books, Vol. IV, Quotations: Black Books As I said, there seem to be all sorts of things in Christianity that maybe one would do well to keep. Nietzsche is too oppositional. like everything healthy and long-lasting, truth unfo…

Toni Wolff: Carl told me that I had not been exactly like the anima.

Toni Wolff: Carl told me that I had not been exactly like the anima.: Black Books   4 Dec. 1926 Only now do I see that the dream of XII 1923 means the death of the anima. (“She does not know that she is dead”). This coincides with the death of my mot…

Toni Wolff: An immediate cause of death would look to me as coming from the ego complex.

Toni Wolff: An immediate cause of death would look to me as coming from the ego complex.: Zarathustra Seminars Miss Wolff: Was not the question rather whether there were causes extraneous to the self that could cause death? Could you not take for example certain cases of suicide or acci…

Carl Jung Depth Psychology

Carl Jung Depth Psychology: Life, Work and Legacy of Carl Jung

Carl Jung: The Black Books, Vol. II, Quotations

Carl Jung: The Black Books, Vol. II, Quotations: Black Books Without talking back from now on, I will continue to tell you [Jung’s Soul] how I caught sight of a woman [Toni Wolff] three years ago, whose soul seemed to me more valuable than my mar…

The Black Books, Vol. 1, Quotations

The Black Books, Vol. 1, Quotations: Black Books 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 th…

Carl Jung, The Black Books, Vol. III, Quotations

Carl Jung, The Black Books, Vol. III, Quotations: Black Books The inner voice speaks: “The evil one cannot make a sacrifice, he cannot sacrifice his eye. Victory is with the one who can sacrifice.” ~Carl Jung, The Black Books, Vol. III, Page 133 E…

Carl Jung: My I, you are a barbarian.

Carl Jung: My I, you are a barbarian.: Black Books This comrade [Jung’s Ego] is fussy and critical. I did not want him as my companion. But his companionship was forced upon me. To live under one roof with him, that is quite somet…

Jung’s Serpent: He became sick from longing for man.

Jung’s Serpent: He became sick from longing for man.: Image: Atmavictu Black Books Serpent:  Atmaviktu is a kobold, a conjuror of serpents, and is himself a serpent. Do I know who I am? Soul:  You should know, you blind worm. Serpent:  My name is my e…

Jung’s Ka: Cursed be appearance, which deceives the world for all reality.

Jung’s Ka: Cursed be appearance, which deceives the world for all reality.: Black Books It is good that you see my greatness and your limitation! You begin to find the right measure, you scorner of everything effective and living. I curse my darkness, my eternal aba…

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, but you …

Carl Jung Depictions of the “Anima” in his own Artwork

Carl Jung Depictions of the “Anima” in his own Artwork: The Art of C.G. Jung

Carl Jung Depth Psychology

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Jung’s Soul: God is in conflict with himself.

Jung’s Soul: God is in conflict with himself.: Black Books You haven’t missed by much. Beyond the seed God comes to meet the shadow, his adversary. When he is fiery glow, his adversary is blue starlight, coldness within fire, snow on the …

Carl Jung: Yes, what nights! I wasn’t presumptuous, a dream from unknown eternity was.

Carl Jung: Yes, what nights! I wasn’t presumptuous, a dream from unknown eternity was.: Black Books Oh, you speak of the book, that I forced you to read- a teacher, who should learn from his own children!-it was not I, noble master, who raised himself and was presumptuous. It was a dr…

Jung’s soul forces the black magician Ha to read and explain a series of cryptic runes

Jung’s soul forces the black magician Ha to read and explain a series of cryptic runes: Black Books In the autumn of 1917, Jung’s soul forces the black magician Ha to read and explain a series of cryptic runes that he had sent.  ~The Black Books, Vol. I, Page 115 LN instead has …

Carl Jung “Anthologies”

Carl Jung “Anthologies”: The following is meant for personal study only. It is a work in progress and will be updated periodically: #Abraxas, #Absolute Knowledge, #Active Imagination, #Alone, #Afternoon of Life, #Alchemy, …

Phanes: I give you the joy of suffering and suffering of joy.

Phanes: I give you the joy of suffering and suffering of joy.: 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…

Carl Jung: T.W. was experiencing a similar stream of images.

Carl Jung: T.W. was experiencing a similar stream of images.: Black Books   Emma Jung came to accept the relationship between her husband and Toni Wolff. By all accounts, the triangular situation was not easy, but a respectful modus vivendi was found. Ju…

Nature is not matter only, she is also spirit.

Nature is not matter only, she is also spirit.: Alchemical Studies CW 13 The ancient world contained a large slice of nature and a number of questionable things which Christianity was bound to overlook if the security of a spiritual standpoint w…

Jung’s Soul: She is the earth, I am the vessel of heaven.

Jung’s Soul: She is the earth, I am the vessel of heaven.: The Black Books Spirits of the dead accompany her [Kali/Salome], spirits of the earth, buried ones-not the spirits of the eternal images. They bear claws like dogs and cats, they have feet like bla…

Carl Jung: The Levitation of Human Beings

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