“That the self is understood to be an old sage is also an Eastern idea. There is a Chinese text for example, handed down in philosophical literature, which says, “If though thinketh thou art alone and canst do what one pleases, thou art forgetting the old sage that dwelleth in thy heart and knoweth of…
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…
from Aurei Velleris, (Hamburg: bei Christian Liebezeit, in der St. Joh. Kirch, 1708) The Black Ravenshead That is the black and stinking earth of the wise, wherein awaken worms. There one swallows the other; there one thing destroyed is the other thing born. Then this earth is at the bottom of the vessel, and wholly…
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A). Jung didn’t chose Salome — she chose him. B). Dancing women are hard to resist. C). He had an unconscious projection on Lou Andreas-Salome (friend of Nietzche, Rilke and Freud.) D). His anima made him lose his head. Lou Andreas-Salome, 1914 Salome Presented with the Head of St John the Baptist Leonaert Bramer 1630s…
Elijah ascending in a whirlwind Giovanni Battista (1683-1754) As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. 2 Kings 2:11 (New International Version) I: Who are you? E: I am Elijah…