The meaning of events is the supreme meaning, that is not in events, and not in the soul, but is the God standing between events and the soul, the mediator of life, the way, the bridge and the going across. My soul is my supreme meaning, my image of God, neither God himself nor…
“The mandala is an archetypal image whose occurrence is attested throughout the ages. It signifies the wholeness of the Self. This circular image represents the wholeness of the psychic ground or, to put it in mythic terms, the divinity incarnate in man.” Memories, Dreams and Reflections Pages 334-335
One of the problems in living in this media-dominated culture is that the “mainstream media” (and this includes the “liberal” and “conservative” media) is so collective and so at odds with a psychological and Jungian viewpoint. The Internet can help one feel less isolated because one’s viewpoint is different than “normal”. I think that the…
Image: From The Red Book (partial image) Jung, Collected Works 7, Page 6 Jung, Collected Works , 14, p. 778 C. G. Jungian Society of Vermont Jung and Numinosum Sue Mehrtens Numen is a Latin word, deriving from the verb nuere, meaning “to nod.” Its original meaning was “a nod.” You might well wonder how…
The last post featured Yggdrasil, the World Tree from Norse Mythology. The idea of a World Tree is found in most cultures and mythology: this seems like a good time in the series to present some images related to the World Tree: (Click on the image to go to the source of the image)
From the website of Maria Taveras, a Jungian analyst and artist Jung also discusses a case in which a snake emerged from the mouth of a woman. After World War I, a 28-year-old woman consulted Jung. She wanted “to be cured within ten hours” – that is, within only ten analytic sessions. The woman told…