Carl Jung on “Tarot” – Quotations

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Jung felt that the animal was sublime,

Jung felt that the animal was sublime,: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group The Archetypal Symbolism of Animals by Barbara Hannah Like Native peoples, Jung felt that the animal was sublime, that it was indeed the “divine&#822…

Carl Jung on “Wisdom” Anthology

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Chapter 11 Vision of the Heavenly Qua

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[The trickster] is a forerunner of the Savior…

[The trickster] is a forerunner of the Savior…: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group     [The trickster] is a forerunner of the saviour . . . . He is both subhuman and superhuman, a bestial and divine being, whose chief and most a…

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

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The vision quest is a model for any inner journey

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Ann Ulanov – The Danger and the Treasure of the Inferior Function

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Anyone who wants to know the human psyche will learn next to nothing from experimental psychology.

Anyone who wants to know the human psyche will learn next to nothing from experimental psychology.: Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious   Anyone who wants to know the human psyche will learn next to nothing from experimental psychology. We would do well to abandon from the start any att…

What if the depths, due to the assault, now change themselves into death?

What if the depths, due to the assault, now change themselves into death?: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group Red Book What if the depths, due to the assault, now change themselves into death? But the depths indeed have changed themselves into death; therefore when…

Sonu Shamdasani on Robert C. Smith. The Wounded Jung: Effects of Jung’s Relationships on his Life and Work.

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Therefore after his death Christ had to journey to Hell…

Therefore after his death Christ had to journey to Hell…: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group   “Therefore after his death Christ had to journey to Hell, otherwise the ascent to Heaven would have become impossible for him. Christ first ha…

Toni Wolff: And Christ is a god. He is the incarnation of god in human form, and he dies as a god.

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Carl Jung: Pythagoras, for example, thought that the earth had a twin.

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“For All and None” Nietzsche’s Zarathustra, Jung’s The Red Book and “Visionary Works

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The alchemical stage of "Nigredo"

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Carl Jung – Sabina Spielrein Quotations

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Carl Jung: CW 12 “Psychology and Alchemy” – Quotations

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God’s Life is Eternity, The Archetype of Time…

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Carl Jung on the Mandala as a collective phenomenon

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My science was the only way I had of extricating myself from that chaos.

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Nature herself demands a death and a rebirth.

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Carl Jung: Dreams were the original guidance of man in the great darkness.

Carl Jung: Dreams were the original guidance of man in the great darkness.: Symbolic Life We are in a new world with that; we are exactly like primitives. When I went to East Africa, I went to a small tribe in Mount Elgon and I asked the medicine-man about dreams. He said,…

Carl Jung: …it is a map of a part of the sky, of certain zodiacal signs.

Carl Jung: …it is a map of a part of the sky, of certain zodiacal signs.: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group   Visions Seminar LECTURE V 8 June 1932 Dr. Jung: I have something rather extraordinary to show you today. This is not a map of America or Europe, it …

The Great Hymn to the Aten

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Kundalini Seminar – Quotations

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Carl Jung on “Moses’ – Anthology

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Philemon: This man became earth. He was my error. I became fire, since I was his truth

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Where love reigns, there is no will to power; and where the will to power is paramount, love is lacking.

Where love reigns, there is no will to power; and where the will to power is paramount, love is lacking.: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group   Two Essays on Analytical Psychology It has become abundantly clear to me that life can flow forward only along the path of the gradient. But there i…

Carl Jung: Sometimes a tree tells you more than can be read in books.

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Carl Jung on Buddha and Christ.

Carl Jung on Buddha and Christ.: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group   Memories Dreams Reflections [Carl Jung on Buddha and Christ.] The intensity of my emotion showed that the hill of Sanchi meant something central to …

The Red Book and The Black Books Master Quotation Directory

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Carl Jung: “So one never can tell how the future religion will look or what it will be based on.”

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Carl Jung on the divine drama was enacted between God and his people

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Christiana Morgan Images

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The Priest, The Psychiatrist and The Problem of Evil

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Chapter 2: The motif of children speaking while still in the womb appears in various primitive myths.

Chapter 2: The motif of children speaking while  still in the womb appears in various primitive myths.: Marie-Louise von Franz: Niklaus Von Flüe And Saint Perpetua: A Psychological Interpretation of Their Visions Chapter 2 The Prenatal Faces and the Baptismal Vision 16 The aforementioned Heiny am Gru…

Individuation is not “Mysticism,” “Shamanism,” “Alchemy,” or “Gnosticism”. Individuation is an expression of that biological process.

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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: “It can also lead to the fact that such children do not really get into their bodies…"

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Hundreds of Quotations from Carl Jung Seminars with Citations

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E.A. Bennet: C.G. told me to read Dr. Zhivago, a novel by the Russian, Pasternak; it was a wonderful picture of the anima.

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If thou wouldst complete the diamond body with no outflowing,

If thou wouldst complete the diamond body with no outflowing,: The 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 bless…

Carl Jung: No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.

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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.: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group 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 …

It was the time of the greatest unfolding of the human mind before our era.

It was the time of the greatest unfolding of the human mind before our era.: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group Visions Semnars In the age between 2200 and 100 B.C. human civilization and the human intellect advanced tremendously. We know little of the time before-th…

Carl Jung on the “Mystic” and “Mysticism.” [Anthology]

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Carl Jung and the Assumption and Coronation of Mary

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Carl Jung on “Adam and Eve” as Psychological Realities

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Carl Jung on “Intuitives who construct Daydreams”

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Carl Jung: Individuation is not an intensification of consciousness, it is very much more.

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But in Christ the whole primordial mythical world took on real form and definition,

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Seen from this perspective, his personal transformation, his individuation, was a preparation for death.

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We still go on thinking and acting as before, as if we were simplex and not duplex.

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For the hero, fear is a challenge and a task, because only boldness can deliver from fear.

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Truth to tell, I have a very high opinion of fantasy.

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With a little self-criticism one can see through the shadow—so far as its nature is personal.

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Carl Jung on children who invented fairy tales

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One might even speak of a spontaneous archetypal intervention.

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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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How can a man recognize the works of the Holy Ghost in his soul?’

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Carl Jung – Animus and Anima in The Secret of the Golden Flower.

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Carl Jung: "A man on this earth carries the flame of consciousness within him."

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Carl Jung on “Archetype” and “Archetypal Image [Lexicon]

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The realization of the importance of self-knowledge did not, of course, begin with Jung.

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From our experience, it is hardly conceivable that a God existing outside of ourselves causes dreams

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That is a Gnostic myth, and that is a psychological experience.

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

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Carl Jung: Not separation of the natures but union of the natures was the goal of alchemy.

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Carl Jung: It [Collective Unconscious] is the psychic correlate of the differentiation of the human brain.

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

Carl Jung: There is no consciousness without the discrimination of opposites.: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious Nature seeks this goal and finds it fulfilled in man, but only in the most highly developed and most fully conscio…

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 the no…

To give birth to the ancient in a new time is creation.

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Carl Jung: Every religion makes use of two feet: faith on one side and ritual on the other.

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Carl Jung on “Death.” Anthology

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Carl Jung: What affects the body has its influence on the soul, and vice versa.

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Carl Jung: The Language of Dreams

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The psyche is unaware of the difference between an outer act and an interior one,

The psyche is unaware of the difference between an outer act and an interior one,: Owning Your Own Shadow by Robert A. Johnson The psyche is unaware of the difference between an outer act and an interior one. Our shadow qualities are lived out equally well from the viewpoint to S…

Carl Jung: Tears, sorrow, and disappointment are bitter, but wisdom is the comforter in all psychic suffering.

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Listen to the Lament of the Dead and Accept them with Love

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They left me laments and tears and delight themselves with plunder.

They left me laments and tears and delight themselves with plunder.: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group Black Books Jung: What awful company you keep? What shabby riff-raff! You can’t be serious? Why don’t you love me? Why do you always run away? …

Projection and Re-Collection in Jungian Psychology by Marie-Louise von Franz; Review by: Jack Nideve

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Consciousness and the Unconscious: Lectures Delivered at ETH Zurich Introduction

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Carl Jung on Psychotherapy

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Carl Jung and We are now nearing that great change which may be expected when the spring-point enters Aquarius.

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Life and Work of Erich Neumann – Quotations [A Great Book Worth Purchasing]

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Carl Jung: What happens after Death is so unspeakably Glorious….

Carl Jung: What happens after Death is so unspeakably Glorious….: Dear Frau N., 11July1944 What happens after death is so unspeakably glorious that our imagination and our feelings do not suffice to form even an approximate conception of it. A few days bef…

Carl Jung: “I know from my practice what it takes to drive even the simplest, most obvious truth into people.”

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Carl Jung: CW 9i “Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious” – Quotations

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Carl Jung and "The High Chant is OM."

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Death is psychologically just as important as birth and, like this, is an integral part of life.

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What God does not thirst after temples and altars?

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Marie-Louise Von Franz on the “Animus” – Quotations

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Carl Jung on the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

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God knows nothing outside of Himself; His eye is always turned inward into Himself.

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Carl Jung: …religiosity is the best cure for all psyche suffering.

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Carl Jung on “Complexes” – Anthology

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Does individuation originate from the ego or the Self? This confronts us with the ego-Self paradox.

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…the human psyche lives in indissoluble union with the body.

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Carl Jung on the celebration of the Mass and Holy Communion.

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Carl Jung: Alchemy, with its wealth of symbols, gives us an insight into an endeavour of the human mind…

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A Child is not born Tabula Rasa

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He [Jung] delightedly said that Miss von Franz had independently had the same dream when she slept on that spot.

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Carl Jung: It was the impish Mercury.

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We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

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Every creative person is a duality or a synthesis of contradictory qualities.

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Carl Jung on the “Debacle of Old Age."

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Carl Jung: "Guard against being a slave to words."

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People die before there is death of the body, because there is death in the soul.

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At present, we are in the Kâli yuga. We have a bad prognosis.

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Dr. Jung on misconceptions about “Types.”

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Carl Jung: Are we not sons of the Gods? Why should Gods not be our children?

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Carl Jung: The child is a new God, actually born in many individuals, but they don’t know it.

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How can I be substantial without casting a shadow?

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Selfish desire ultimately desires itself.

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Life needs Death~Carl Jung

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The rose is a symbol of the beloved.

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The body bears the traces of its phylogenetic development, so also does the human mind.

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Behind the opposites and in the opposites is true reality, which sees and comprehends the whole.

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Nineteen of the thirty-two pictures were done at a time when I myself knew nothing of alchemy,

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Sonu Shamdasani on Robert C. Smith. The Wounded Jung: Effects of Jung’s Relationships on his Life and Work.

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Carl Jung learns about Myth from Mountain Lake of the Pueblos and from the Plain of Kenya.

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Carl Jung: True to my nature-loving bias, I have followed the call of the wild…

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Carl Jung: "… I console myself with the thought that only a fool expects wisdom."

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Carl Jung: “If Christ in Gethsemane had no fear, then his passion is null and void…”

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Thus your soul is your own self in the spiritual world

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Jesus Christ was probably a definite human person…

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Carl Jung: When death confronts us…..

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

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Carl Jung: Evil? I thought too little about evil. Evil exists, too.

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Carl Jung: Foreword “Depth Psychology and Self-Knowledge”

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Instantly, the problem of love (Eros) and power came down upon me like a leaden weight.

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Madness is a special form of the spirit…

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These are now the meditations anticipated by the practice of Bardo Thödol.

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Carl Jung: “I will lead him into the night of the soul so that one of them at last may know what he is actually dealing with.”

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Perhaps this sounds very simple, but simple things are always the most difficult.

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The giant is also Izdubar, who is actually the rising sun, hence a demi-God

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Carl Jung: development of personality means more than just the fear of hatching forth monsters, or of isolation.

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Carl Jung and The connection with the brain does not in itself prove that the psyche is an epiphenomenon…

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From perfect discipline of the heart, one has full consciousness of one’s thought.

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Carl Jung: Foreword to Brunner: “The Anima as a Problem in the Man’s Fate.”

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The shadow casts out light and light casts out shadow.

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Victor White: “Jung on Job”

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The psychological rule says that when an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate.

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This is an empirical fact, and in this sense we can say that consciousness is anticipated, is created

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Carl Jung: Life that doesn’t overcome itself is really meaningless:…

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Carl Jung on “Libido.” Lexicon.

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If you are boys, your God is a woman. If you are women, your God is a boy.

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Carl Jung: …I define the archetypes as irrepresentable forms which clothe themselves with different material…

Carl Jung: …I define the archetypes as irrepresentable forms which clothe themselves with different material…: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group   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 …

That is the secret of the Eastern attitude: observing the opposites teaches the Easterner the character of Maya.

That is the secret of the Eastern attitude: observing the opposites teaches the Easterner the character of Maya.: My attitude, it may be objected, is empirical in the extreme, but we need such an attitude in order to find a solution. When we observe how people behave when they are faced with a situation that h…

Dreams are impartial, spontaneous products of the unconscious psyche, outside the control of the will.

Dreams are impartial, spontaneous products of the unconscious psyche, outside the control of the will.: Civilization in Transition So when I counsel my patient to pay attention to his dreams, I mean: “Turn back to the most subjective part of yourself, to the source of your being, to that point …

The Mystery of Love ~Carl Jung

The Mystery of Love ~Carl Jung: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group Memories Dreams Reflections I]f we possess a grain of wisdom, we will completely surrender to this unknowable who embraces in love all the opposites. Whate…

Carl Jung: Intuition is a dangerous gift, tempting us over and over again into groundless speculation.

Carl Jung: Intuition is a dangerous gift, tempting us over and over again into groundless speculation.: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group   letters Vol. II To Ignaz. Tauber Dear Colleague, 22 May 1959 Dr. Jacobsohn’s criticism is certainly a fatal blow but was to be foreseen. I am sorry …

The Devil as Joy ~Carl Jung

The Devil as Joy ~Carl Jung: The Red Book The Devil depicted in the Temptation of Christ, by Ary Scheffer, 1854. Taking the devil seriously does not mean going over to his side, or else one becomes the devil. Rather it means c…

Carl Jung on Causality, Synchronicity and a Horoscope

Carl Jung on Causality, Synchronicity and a Horoscope: Letters Volume II To Hans Bender Dear Colleague, 6 March 1958 I have looked through the galleys as requested. I quite agree with you that the word “effect” should really always b…

Meister Eckhart: And so, God’s anger springs from love, for His anger is without passion.

Meister Eckhart: And so, God’s anger springs from love, for His anger is without passion.: Meister Eckart – The Complete Mystical Works SERMON SEVEN (Pf 7, Q 76, QT 35) VIDETE QUALEM CHARITATEM DEDIT NOBIS PATER, UT FILII DEL NOMINEMUR ETS IMUS (1 John 3:1) You must know that this …

Carl Jung: You see, inasmuch as the living body contains the secret of life, it is an intelligence.

Carl Jung: You see, inasmuch as the living body contains the secret of life, it is an intelligence.: Zarathustra Seminar You see, inasmuch as the living body contains the secret of life, it is an intelligence. It is also a plurality which is gathered up in one mind, for the body is extended…

If the treasure of Ka comes up then you won’t be able to avoid it.

If the treasure of Ka comes up then you won’t be able to avoid it.: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group Black Books IV. 1919. Jung. You know what hove is in the air. I will not ask you for a long time. Tell me what you see or know. Soul. I know something. Phi…

Carl Jung: Psyche cannot be totally different from matter, for how otherwise could it move matter?

Carl Jung: Psyche cannot be totally different from matter, for how otherwise could it move matter?: [“Matter” comes from the root word “Mater” or “Mother” and is ultimately the “Great Mother” which gives form to all of Creation and consequently has …

Carl Jung: I had absorbed the life of both of my friends; a green tree grew from the ruins of the temple.

Carl Jung: I had absorbed the life of both of my friends; a green tree grew from the ruins of the temple.: Red Book But I was no longer the man I had been, for a strange being grew through me. This was a laughing being of the forest, a leaf green daimon, a forest goblin and prankster, who lived a…

Everything is present, altogether and all at once, in the constant presence of the pleroma.

Everything is present, altogether and all at once, in the constant presence of the pleroma.: Jung and Ostrowski-Sachs The origin of the archetypes is a crucial question. Where space and time are relative it is not possible to speak of developments in time. Everything is present, altogether…

Carl Jung on why Fairy Tales and Religious Dogmas are so important.

Carl Jung on why Fairy Tales and Religious Dogmas are so important.: Aion   [Carl Jung on why Fairy Tales and Religious Dogmas are so important.] The treatise of Rosinus contains a parallel to Morienus: “This stone is something which is fixed more in thee…

Carl Jung on “Self-Reflection” Quotations

Carl Jung on “Self-Reflection” Quotations: Self-Reflection: Mental activity that concentrates on a particular content of consciousness, an instinct encompassing religion and the search for meaning. Ordinarily we do not think of &#822…

Light of the middle way, enclosed in the egg,

Light of the middle way, enclosed in the egg,: Red Book light of the middle way, enclosed in the egg, embryonic, full or ardor, oppressed. Fully expectant, dreamlike, awaiting lost memories. As heavy as stone, hardened. Molten, transparent. Str…

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

Carl Jung: Every man has a quiet place in his soul,: Red Book And suddenly to your shivering horror it becomes clear to you that you have fallen into the boundless, the abyss, the inanity of eternal chaos. It rushes toward you as if carried by the ro…

Carl Jung and the Death of his Mother and Bollingen Tower

Carl Jung and the Death of his Mother and Bollingen Tower: Memories Dreams Reflections After my wife’s death In 1955, I felt an inner obligation to become what I myself am. low, so hidden, was myself! I could no longer hide myself behind the ”maternal” and…

Carl Jung: The stone “is named the stone of invisibility” (lapis invisibilitatis)

Carl Jung: The stone “is named the stone of invisibility” (lapis invisibilitatis): Psychology and Alchemy (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.12) The glass corresponds to the unum vas of alchemy (fig. 86) and its contents to the living, semi-organic mixture from which the body of t…

The highest gods come to Buddha for instruction. They must become human in order to be able to be redeemed.

The highest gods come to Buddha for instruction. They must become human in order to be able to be redeemed.: Psychology of Yoga and Meditation The highest gods come to Buddha for instruction. They must become human in order to be able to be redeemed. They are humans who lead a god-like life for uncountabl…

Carl Jung on “The Mystery Play.” [The Red Book]

Carl Jung on “The Mystery Play.” [The Red Book]: The Red Book (Philemon) The Draft continues: “The mystery play took place at the deepest bottom of my interior, which is that other world. You have to bear this in mind, it is also a world an…

Carl Jung “ETH Lectures” “Modern Psychology” – Quotations

Carl Jung “ETH Lectures” “Modern Psychology” – Quotations: Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 G. Dorneus speaks of the veritas as an impregnable castle, a citadel which cannot be stormed, it contains the treasure w…

Carl Jung: The dream of the horse represents the union with the animal soul…

Carl Jung: The dream of the horse represents the union with the animal soul…: Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961 To E . L. Grant Sharon Watson​ Dear Mr. Watson, 25 January 1954 Your dream is remarkable. The dream of the horse represents the union with the anim…

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…

Carl Jung: it is not easy to reach utmost poverty and simplicity.

Carl Jung: it is not easy to reach utmost poverty and simplicity.: Letters Volume II To the Mother Prioress of a Contemplative Order Rev. Mother Prioress, September 1959 I hope you will forgive the long delay of my answer to your kind letter of July 24. It came at…

Why our time is so utterly Godless and Profane ~Carl Jung

Why our time is so utterly Godless and Profane ~Carl Jung: [paypal_donation_button border=”5″ Psychology and Religion: West and East (The C…

This is, of course, not a Christian idea, but it is to be found in Gnosticism.

This is, of course, not a Christian idea, but it is to be found in Gnosticism.: Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich 1933-1941 Lecture VIII  20th June, 1941 At the end of the last lecture, I showed you a picture from the ” Rosarium” , an &#822…

With inner resistance I approach this book.

With inner resistance I approach this book.: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group The Black Books   Nov. 1913 61 With inner resistance I approach this book. I ceaselessly devalue it and yet something forces me to dive into it, actua…

Carl Jung: Instincts, however, are highly conservative and of extreme antiquity

Carl Jung: Instincts, however, are highly conservative and of extreme antiquity: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group Undiscovered Self Since the normal fantasies of a child are nothing other, at bottom, than the imagination born of the instinctive impulses, and may thus b…

Carl Jung: Try to touch things that remind you of your·reality.

Carl Jung: Try to touch things that remind you of your·reality.: Letters Volume I Anonymous Dear Mrs. N., 22 May 1939 Regression into childhood is a very typical effect of a brain hemorrhage. I can imagine that these impressions have a strong effect upon you. Th…

Basilides was a Christian philosopher in Alexandria in the first part of the second century.

Basilides was a Christian philosopher in Alexandria in the first part of the second century.: Black Books The following six paragraphs were replaced in LN by “Then Philemon lifted his voice and taught them, saying (and this is the first sermon to the dead)” (p. 508). Jung’…

Gnostic Symbols of the Self

Gnostic Symbols of the Self: Aion Since all cognition is akin to recognition, it should not come as a surprise to find that what I have described as a gradual process of development had already been anticipated, and mor…

Carl Jung: The Church means serving the community, therapy serves the individual.

Carl Jung: The Church means serving the community, therapy serves the individual.: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume I, 1906-1950 (Vol 1) To Pastor Fritz Pfafflin Dear Pastor Pfafflin, 30 August 1937 A real grounding as a psychotherapist requ…

So the earth is fertilized, and then come the first green shoots, then the Ram leaps up.

So the earth is fertilized, and then come the first green shoots, then the Ram leaps up.: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group Visions Seminar For in formulating his highest principle, man formulates himself. I explained in a former seminar that the different stages of religious do…

Carl Jung on Maya and the “Great Illusion.”

Carl Jung on Maya and the “Great Illusion.”: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group   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 illusi…

On Divination and Synchronicity by Marie Louise Von Franz.

On Divination and Synchronicity by Marie Louise Von Franz.: On Divination and Synchronicity: The Psychology of Meaningful Chance (Studies in Jungian Psychology) On Divination and Synchronicity : The Psychology of Meaningful Chance Studies in Jungian …

Cellular Resonance and the Sacred Feminine: Marion Woodman’s Story by Tina Stromsted

Cellular Resonance and the Sacred Feminine: Marion Woodman’s Story by Tina Stromsted: Cellular Resonance and the Sacred Feminine: Marion Woodman’s Story by Tina Stromsted Body work is soul work. Imagination is the bridge between body and soul. —Marion Woodman Background and Contribu…

Carl Jung Depth Psychology

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Carl Jung: …free will only exists within the limits of consciousness

Carl Jung: …free will only exists within the limits of consciousness: Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume I, 1906-1950 (Vol 1) To Swami Devatmananda Dear Sir, 9 February 1937 It is exceedingly difficult to explain the nature of the archetypal to somebody who does no…

Carl Jung: “In the womb of the mother dwells the wisdom of the father."

Carl Jung: “In the womb of the mother dwells the wisdom of the father.": Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group   C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Walter Lewino Dear Sir, 21 April 1948 I’m sorry to be so late in answering your letter. I’ve bee…

Carl Jung " If no outer adventure happens to you, then no inner adventure happens to you either. "

Carl Jung " If no outer adventure happens to you, then no inner adventure happens to you either. ": The Red Book If no outer adventure happens to you, then no inner adventure happens to you either. The part that you take over from the devil-joy; that is-leads you into adventure. In this wa…

Carl Jung " If no outer adventure happens to you, then no inner adventure happens to you either. "

Carl Jung " If no outer adventure happens to you, then no inner adventure happens to you either. ": The Red Book If no outer adventure happens to you, then no inner adventure happens to you either. The part that you take over from the devil-joy; that is-leads you into adventure. In this wa…

The Human Soul turned into a Nazareth

The Human Soul turned into a Nazareth: Psychology and Alchemy § People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls . TThey will practice Indian yoga a…

Again libido, coined energy, a form of energy.

Again libido, coined energy, a form of energy.: Dream Symbols of the Individuation Process Question: What is the meaning of these gold coins? Gold means precious substance, but its form is questionable. It appears in the form of separate element…

Joseph Campbell and Precession of the Equinoxes

Joseph Campbell and Precession of the Equinoxes: Inner Reaches of Outer Space Joseph Campbell and Precession of the Equinoxes …The number of the years it takes called “the precession of the equinoxes”. It takes about 25,9…

Toni Wolff: The highest wisdom and the primal love

Toni Wolff: The highest wisdom and the primal love: Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group Black Books An inscription in Toni Wolff’s handwritting. “LA SOMMA SAPIENZE E’L PRIMO AMORE” (the highest wisdom and the primal lov…