We were delighted that the honorarium of five hundred dollars will be satisfactory.

We were delighted that the honorarium of five hundred dollars will be satisfactory.: Conversations with Carl Jung and Reactions from Ernest Jones   Professor Doctor C. G. Jung Seestrasse 228Kusnacht~ Zurich, Switzerland Dear Professor Doctor Jung:                          Apri…

Carl Jung: Just because a thing is stupid is it important, for then it appeals to many people.

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You cannot force yourself to be natural. If you get rid of your feeling of inferiority you will be natural.

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The Intoxication of Mythology

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Carl Jung: Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth…

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Carl Jung: But drives, as we have shown, are specific forms of energy.

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Barbara Hannah: Burghölzli Psychiatric Hospital 1900–1909

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Carl Jung: We can, of course, hope for the undeserved grace of God, who hears our prayers.

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Carl Jung: The Lucifer legend is in no sense an absurd fairytale

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It is lunacy, like everything that transcends its boundaries.

It is lunacy, like everything that transcends its boundaries.: Red Book It is lunacy, like everything that transcends its boundaries. How can you hold that which you are not? Would you really like to force everything which you are not under the yoke of your wr…

Jung’s Ka: All are drawn into procreation. Who possesses his soul?

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He who sleeps in the grave of the millennia dreams a wonderful dream.

He who sleeps in the grave of the millennia dreams a wonderful dream.: Red Book 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 sleep this sleep and dream this dream in t…

Carl Jung: How can I be substantial if I fail to cast a shadow?

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So if you have no reverence for what has become, you will destroy the law of love.

So if you have no reverence for what has become, you will destroy the law of love.: Red Book However, just as Christ brought back human sacrifice and the eating of the sacrificed, all this happened to him and not to his brother, since Christ placed above it the highest law of love…

Carl Jung: Self-incubation, self-castigation, and introversion are closely related ideas.

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Carl Jung: The dragon is the mythological form of the snake.

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My dear Konrad,’ your master has been devoured by melancholy.

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Carl Jung: Early Impressions 1875–1886

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Carl Jung: Life is an energy-process.

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Let’s compare this with Eckhart’s words:

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The dragon is probably the oldest pictorial symbol in alchemy of which we have documentary evidence.

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We are all familiar with the sources of the problems that arise in the period of youth.

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A symbol does not disguise, it reveals in time.

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Carl Jung: Archetypes are systems of readiness for action

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These days we are blinded by the fear of superstition. Magic is objectionable to us.

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What do you say? You are right-bury yourself and others will grow.

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About Franz: Remember C.G. Jung A Son’s Story – Quotations and Letters

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Jung’s Soul: Restlessness is my essence and the foundation of my life.

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By putting the criminal to death, one shares the crime; otherwise, one doesn’t see the criminal in oneself.

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Carl Jung: What, then, are the means at our disposal of obtaining knowledge of the regulating factors?

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Carl Jung: Every man has a quiet place in his soul,

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Mrs. Jung: I think we have already spoken of it; it is in the body, in matter.

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Recently my wife hurried into into my room looking for books;

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Miss Wolff: No, it would not be for him-he is an eternal figure-but for Nietzsche it is.

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Carl Jung: There is no consciousness without the discrimination of opposites.

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Carl Jung: This was what Nietzsche experienced at the onset of his malady.

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Miss Wolff: The Egyptian myth of Ra.

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Dr. Jung: That is contained in my horoscope.

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

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That is quite logical because formerly he said he was going to meet his seven devils.

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Toni Wolff: And the idea comes in here that one man alone cannot reach the self.

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The snake was always associated with death, but death out of which new life was born.

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Carl Jung on “Rebirth” “Resurrection” “Reincarnation – Anthology

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Toni Wolff – Biography

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Following Emma Jung’s invitation, Hauer stayed at Jung’s house during the lectures.

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Sexuality dished out as sexuality is brutish; but sexuality as an expression of love is hallowed.

Sexuality dished out as sexuality is brutish; but sexuality as an expression of love is hallowed.: Civilization in Transition Love is not cheap—let us therefore beware of cheapening it! All our bad qualities, our egotism, our cowardice, our worldly wisdom, our cupidity—all these would persuade u…

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Carl Jung, Lucien Levy-Bruhl and “Participation Mystique.”

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Miss Wolff: Perhaps a side of the problem which Zarathustra himself has not seen.

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Carl Jung: This change became visible at the time of the “Renaissance”

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“Phanes” in the Black Books – Quotations

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Miss Wolff: I think the translation is not very good here; auferstanden means literally resurrected,

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Carl Jung: Your [Jung’s “I”] main flaw is, that you have no proper self-esteem

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Victor White: I’m sorry I had forgotten all about Mrs. Sussman when I wrote to you last.

Victor White: I’m sorry I had forgotten all about Mrs. Sussman when I wrote to you last.: Jung-White Letters Kusnacht-Zurich September 26th 1946 Dear Father White, Thank you very much for your letter. I’m sorry I had forgotten all about Mrs. Sussman when I wrote to you last…

Carl Jung: I began my career with repudiating everything that smelt of belief.

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Carl Jung: With this dog, her own son, Echidna incestuously begat the Sphinx.

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There are no “purposeless” psychic processes

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Marie-Louise Von Franz Foreword to “Jung on Politics”

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Toni Wolff: So of course the body gets too much weight, because it is a change which must first be assimilated

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Toni Wolff: the only purpose in people’s attitude is to recognize, to reach the meaning.

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Carl Jung on “Numinous” – Anthology

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Please remember me to her very kindly. Also to Miss Wolff; I hope her “cure” was successful.

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