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· Sep 19
Peter Kingsley's Catafalque: the radical Jung we keep hiding
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What if the Jung we teach is the safe half? Catafalque (Peter Kingsley) urges a return to the Red Book, descent, and a living cosmos—both/and: scholarship + soul. youtu.be/1Pwzsvlpr28?... via
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“There is no greater illusion than fear, no greater wrong than preparing to defend yourself, no greater misfortune than having an enemy. Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe.” ~Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“There is no greater illusion than fear, no greater wrong than preparing to defend yourself, no greater misfortune than having an enemy. Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe.” ~Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching
Nietzsche’s phrase “One loves one’s desire, not the desired” has often proved invaluable to me in my work with love-tormented patients.~Dr. Irvin Yalom
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Nietzsche’s phrase “One loves one’s desire, not the desired” has often proved invaluable to me in my work with love-tormented patients.~Dr. Irvin Yalom
The Sufi masters knew that any great illusionary passion was the unrecognized beginning of the love of God; and we today see it as the vehicle of the process of individuation, as behind all human love lies ultimately the fascination with.. the Self.~Marie-Louise von Franz
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The Sufi masters knew that any great illusionary passion was the unrecognized beginning of the love of God; and we today see it as the vehicle of the process of individuation, as behind all human love lies ultimately the fascination with.. the Self.~Marie-Louise von Franz
Detachment is not that you should own nothing, but that nothing should own you.~ Ali ibn Abi Talib
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Detachment is not that you should own nothing, but that nothing should own you.~ Ali ibn Abi Talib
The unconscious is not a demoniacal monster, but a natural entity which.. is completely neutral. It only becomes dangerous when our conscious attitude to it is hopelessly wrong. To the degree that we repress it, its danger increases.~CG Jung
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The unconscious is not a demoniacal monster, but a natural entity which.. is completely neutral. It only becomes dangerous when our conscious attitude to it is hopelessly wrong. To the degree that we repress it, its danger increases.~CG Jung
You seek the path. I warn you away from my own. It can also be the wrong way for you. May each go his own way. ~CG Jung
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
You seek the path. I warn you away from my own. It can also be the wrong way for you. May each go his own way. ~CG Jung
Nobody can set right a mismanaged life with a few words. But there is no pit you cannot climb out of provided you make the right effort at the right place.~CG Jung, 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 1
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Nobody can set right a mismanaged life with a few words. But there is no pit you cannot climb out of provided you make the right effort at the right place.~CG Jung, 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 1
I re-read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein yesterday and these are my thoughts...
Frankenstein and the Alchemy of Ice
Reading Frankenstein through Jung’s Mirror of the Soul
sophiacycles.substack.com/p/frankenste...
Frankenstein and the Alchemy of Ice
Reading Frankenstein through Jung’s Mirror of the Soul
sophiacycles.substack.com/p/frankenste...
Frankenstein and the Alchemy of Ice
Reading Frankenstein through Jung’s Mirror of the Soul
sophiacycles.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I re-read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein yesterday and these are my thoughts...
Frankenstein and the Alchemy of Ice
Reading Frankenstein through Jung’s Mirror of the Soul
sophiacycles.substack.com/p/frankenste...
Frankenstein and the Alchemy of Ice
Reading Frankenstein through Jung’s Mirror of the Soul
sophiacycles.substack.com/p/frankenste...
I just don’t think it’s possible ever to be fully conscious. I see it as the tip of an iceberg. . .and then there’s this vast world down below. And I think we are meant to live with mystery. It opens up the dimensions that keep us human and compassionate.~Marion Woodman
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I just don’t think it’s possible ever to be fully conscious. I see it as the tip of an iceberg. . .and then there’s this vast world down below. And I think we are meant to live with mystery. It opens up the dimensions that keep us human and compassionate.~Marion Woodman
All our attempts [to solve problems in world] have proved to be singularly ineffectual, and will continue to do so as long as we try to convince ourselves and the world that it is only they, our opponents, who are all wrong, morally and philosophically. ~CG Jung
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
All our attempts [to solve problems in world] have proved to be singularly ineffectual, and will continue to do so as long as we try to convince ourselves and the world that it is only they, our opponents, who are all wrong, morally and philosophically. ~CG Jung
All relationships, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, begin in projection." ~James Hollis, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
All relationships, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, begin in projection." ~James Hollis, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵
In feminine reality, contrasts are not so sharply seen and drawn. The masculine element sees things in bright sunlight; this is this and that is that. The feminine is like seeing in the moonlight; things kind of blend together, and they’re not so distinct from one another.~Edward Whitmont
November 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
In feminine reality, contrasts are not so sharply seen and drawn. The masculine element sees things in bright sunlight; this is this and that is that. The feminine is like seeing in the moonlight; things kind of blend together, and they’re not so distinct from one another.~Edward Whitmont
The Irish philosopher John O’Donohue had a concept he called the “reverence of approach.” He said, “When we approach [things] with reverence, great things decide to approach us.” ~Francis Weller
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Irish philosopher John O’Donohue had a concept he called the “reverence of approach.” He said, “When we approach [things] with reverence, great things decide to approach us.” ~Francis Weller
Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves.~Adam Phillips
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves.~Adam Phillips
"Jung understated the case when he said, "We have in all naivete forgotten that beneath our world of reason another lies buried. I do not know what humanity will still have to undergo before it dares to admit this.""~Connie Zweig, Meeting The Shadow: The Hidden Power Of The Dark Side Of Human Nature
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Jung understated the case when he said, "We have in all naivete forgotten that beneath our world of reason another lies buried. I do not know what humanity will still have to undergo before it dares to admit this.""~Connie Zweig, Meeting The Shadow: The Hidden Power Of The Dark Side Of Human Nature
I needed my mistakes in their order to get me here ~ W.S. Merwin, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I needed my mistakes in their order to get me here ~ W.S. Merwin, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨
As Jung discovered, the absence of a spiritual approach to life was in many cases the root cause of the psychological and existential problems his patients were experiencing. ~Keiron le Grice
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
As Jung discovered, the absence of a spiritual approach to life was in many cases the root cause of the psychological and existential problems his patients were experiencing. ~Keiron le Grice
An addiction is anything we do to avoid hearing the messages that body and soul are trying to send us.~Marion Woodman
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
An addiction is anything we do to avoid hearing the messages that body and soul are trying to send us.~Marion Woodman
The unconscious wants truth. It ceases to speak to those who want something else more than truth. ~Adrienne Rich
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The unconscious wants truth. It ceases to speak to those who want something else more than truth. ~Adrienne Rich
Churchill said that when one find’s oneself lost in a dark wood, keep walking. Jung said that at the bottom of every depression and there is always a bottom there, one will find a task, the addressing of which will take one’s life in a new direction.~James Hollis, The Broken Mirror
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Churchill said that when one find’s oneself lost in a dark wood, keep walking. Jung said that at the bottom of every depression and there is always a bottom there, one will find a task, the addressing of which will take one’s life in a new direction.~James Hollis, The Broken Mirror
Jung argued to an astonished scientific public that the mind functions best when it is connected to archetypal symbols, which free us from the literalism of reason and link us to the regenerative forces of the psyche.~David Tacey
November 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Jung argued to an astonished scientific public that the mind functions best when it is connected to archetypal symbols, which free us from the literalism of reason and link us to the regenerative forces of the psyche.~David Tacey
![Mass infections are greater than man. And man is their victim. He shouts and parades and pretends that he is the leader, but really he is their victim. They are the uprush of earthly and spiritual forces from the depth of the psyche. Turn the eye of consciousness within to see what is there. Let us see what we can do in small ways. If I have planted a cabbage right, then I have served the world in that place. I do not know what more I can do. Examine the spirits that speak in you. Become critical. The modern man must be fully conscious of the terrific dangers that lie in mass movements. Listen to what the unconscious say.[CG Jung]C.G. Jung Speaking](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xhrhppsyerx6xo2dskta4gm7/bafkreihfh7p45k4ykusttbyosgyfruc3lc43e2i4gtaq53v6issclxey5i@jpeg)
When somebody provokes your anger, the only reason you get angry is because you’re holding on to how you think something is supposed to be. You’re denying how it is. Then you see it’s the expectations of your own mind that are creating your own hell.~Ram Dass
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
When somebody provokes your anger, the only reason you get angry is because you’re holding on to how you think something is supposed to be. You’re denying how it is. Then you see it’s the expectations of your own mind that are creating your own hell.~Ram Dass
Despair is the only cure for illusion. Without despair we cannot transfer our allegiance to reality - it's a kind of mourning period for our fantasies. Some people do not survive this despair, but no major change within a person can occur w/out it.~Philip Elliot Slater, 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Despair is the only cure for illusion. Without despair we cannot transfer our allegiance to reality - it's a kind of mourning period for our fantasies. Some people do not survive this despair, but no major change within a person can occur w/out it.~Philip Elliot Slater, 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬