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…
For quotations on the Shadow, click on link below to go to the Jungian Times:
The psychological rule says that when an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate. That is to say, when the individual remains undivided and does not become conscious of his inner opposite, the world must perforce act out the conflict and be torn into opposing halves. Collected Words 9ii Christ, A…
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…
from Collected Works Of C G Jung,Volume 3, “The Psychogenesis Of Mental Disease” [Tierney] also describes Loughner as being obsessed with “lucid dreaming”—that is, the idea that conscious dreams are an alternative reality that a person can inhabit and control—and says Loughner became “more interested in this world than our reality.” Tierney adds, “I saw…
For a while, this website will focus on trying to understand the events surrounding Tucson from a Jungian viewpoint. Any thoughts or comments readers have would be appreciated. (Email me at [email protected] if you would like your ideas to remain anonymous.) It seems to me that this event has very much struck at the heart…
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From Adam McClean Michael Maier’s alchemical emblem book Atalanta fugiens was first published in Latin in 1617. It was a most amazing book as it incorporated 50 emblems with epigrams and a discourse, but extended the concept of an emblem book by incorporating 50 pieces of music the ‘fugues’ or canons. In this sense it…
Spiegel der Philosophen Mirror of the Philosophers from Aurei Velleris, (Hamburg: bei Christian Liebezeit, in der St. Joh. Kirch, 1708) Whoever desires to know the highest and most true knowledge of the Art and Wisdom of the high Wisdom should study this little book diligently, earnestly reading it over so that it brings them their…