The Serpent Nidhogg, Corpses and the Nigredo

You gotta hand it to the Norse myth-makers — a huge serpent eating corpses and gnawing at the root of the World Tree is a bit of a nightmare image. According to Jung, the beginning of psychological work starts with the alchemical stage of the nigredo, the “point of maximum despair.” In images, it is … Continue reading The Serpent Nidhogg, Corpses and the Nigredo