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Carl Jung: “The unity of the Stone is the equivalent of individuation…”

(Jung is talking here about the Philosophers’ Stone) “The union of opposites in the stone is possible only when the adept has become One him/herself. The unity of the stone is the equivalent of individuation, by which [we are] made one; we would say that the stone is a projection of the unified self. This…

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Splendor Solis: “The Philosophers’ Stone is produced by means of the Greening and Growing Nature.”

THE FIRST TREATISE In the Following Treatise We shall Discourse on the Origin of the Stone of the Philosophers and the Art How to Produce It. The Philosopher’s Stone is produced by means of the Greening and Growing Nature. HALI the Philosopher, says thereof: “This Stone rises in growing, greening things’. Wherefore when the Green…

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C.G. Jung’s Dream: “I must keep my little light going through night and wind, regardless of all dangers…”

from the Red Book It was night in some unknown place, and I was making slow and painful headway against a mighty wind. Dense fog was flying along everywhere. I had my hands cupped around a tiny light which threatened to go out at any moment. Everything depended on my keeping this little light alive….

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Jung’s Liverpool Dream: “I found myself in a dirty, sooty city…”

Jung’s Last Mandala: 1927From Memories, Dreams, Reflections, page 223 I found myself in a dirty, sooty city. It was night, and winter, and dark, and raining. I was in Liverpool. With a number of Swiss—say half a dozen. I walked through the dark streets. I had the feeling that there we were coming from the…

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Jung’s Second Heart Attack: November 4, 1946

Image from Individual Dream Symbolism in Relation to Alchemy, Psychology and Alchemy Figure 72  from Jung: His life and Work by Barbara Hannah: “Altogether, Jung’s health seemed to be particularly good in the autumn of 1946…. It was, therefore, a completely unexpected shock to hear… that he had another heart attack and was again very…