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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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Dr. Jung once told me that any man who comes into your consulting room will either be 21 or 45 years of age no matter his chronological age because his problems will be that he can't get into life or can't get out of life. Those are the only two problems a man ever has.~Robert A. Johnsonn
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Dr. Jung once told me that any man who comes into your consulting room will either be 21 or 45 years of age no matter his chronological age because his problems will be that he can't get into life or can't get out of life. Those are the only two problems a man ever has.~Robert A. Johnsonn
Of all of hauntings, the greatest is the one we alone produce: the unlived life. None of us will find the courage, or the will, or the capacity to completely fulfill the possibility invested in us by the gods. But we are also accountable for what we do not attempt.~James Hollis
November 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Of all of hauntings, the greatest is the one we alone produce: the unlived life. None of us will find the courage, or the will, or the capacity to completely fulfill the possibility invested in us by the gods. But we are also accountable for what we do not attempt.~James Hollis
[I]f a person just refuses to think that he has an inside problem, he’s not going to work the thing out. Nobody can do it for him. You have to learn how to recognize your own depths." ~Joseph Campbell, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰’𝘴 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺
November 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
[I]f a person just refuses to think that he has an inside problem, he’s not going to work the thing out. Nobody can do it for him. You have to learn how to recognize your own depths." ~Joseph Campbell, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰’𝘴 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺
[I]f a person just refuses to think that he has an inside problem, he’s not going to work the thing out. Nobody can do it for him. You have to learn how to recognize your own depths." ~Joseph Campbell, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰’𝘴 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺
November 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
[I]f a person just refuses to think that he has an inside problem, he’s not going to work the thing out. Nobody can do it for him. You have to learn how to recognize your own depths." ~Joseph Campbell, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰’𝘴 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺
Neurosis is in a way a positive symptom. It shows that something wants to grow; it shows that that person is not right in his or her present state and if growth is not accepted then it grows against you and produces what might be called a negative individuation~Marie-Louise von Franz
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Neurosis is in a way a positive symptom. It shows that something wants to grow; it shows that that person is not right in his or her present state and if growth is not accepted then it grows against you and produces what might be called a negative individuation~Marie-Louise von Franz
A hermit is essential, especially for Western people who tend to neglect or ignore that introverted hermiting part of themselves. At a certain point, you can't do without your interior hermit.~Robert A. Johnon, Talk to the Jung Society of Melbourne
November 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A hermit is essential, especially for Western people who tend to neglect or ignore that introverted hermiting part of themselves. At a certain point, you can't do without your interior hermit.~Robert A. Johnon, Talk to the Jung Society of Melbourne
Marie-Louise von Franz counseled that it would be wrong to become a Jungian. If you do that, you miss the whole point of his psychology, which was to become the one unique individual you are meant to be.~Chuck Schwartz
November 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Marie-Louise von Franz counseled that it would be wrong to become a Jungian. If you do that, you miss the whole point of his psychology, which was to become the one unique individual you are meant to be.~Chuck Schwartz
Every true and deep love is a sacrifice. The lover sacrifices all other possibilities, or rather, the illusion that such possibilities exist. ~CG Jung, 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴, 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 10
November 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Every true and deep love is a sacrifice. The lover sacrifices all other possibilities, or rather, the illusion that such possibilities exist. ~CG Jung, 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴, 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 10
Anyone who undergoes a development of consciousness is immediately assailed by a sense of abandonment and excommunication from most of the values that formerly sustained one. The old kingdom dissolves beneath and one is left to feel exiled and without any container for life.~Robert A. Johnson
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Anyone who undergoes a development of consciousness is immediately assailed by a sense of abandonment and excommunication from most of the values that formerly sustained one. The old kingdom dissolves beneath and one is left to feel exiled and without any container for life.~Robert A. Johnson
All forms in life are imperfect, but the function of art is to see the radiance through the imperfection. ~Joseph Campbell
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
All forms in life are imperfect, but the function of art is to see the radiance through the imperfection. ~Joseph Campbell
[Jung] realized the significance of what it meant to live without a myth. One without a myth "is like one uprooted, having no true link either with the past, or with the ancestral life which continues within him, or yet with contemporary human society.~Sonu Shamdasani
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
[Jung] realized the significance of what it meant to live without a myth. One without a myth "is like one uprooted, having no true link either with the past, or with the ancestral life which continues within him, or yet with contemporary human society.~Sonu Shamdasani
"For Jung, archetypes are not only elementary ideas, but just as much elementary feelings, elementary fantasies, elementary visions." ~Marie-Louise von Franz, Psyche and Matter
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"For Jung, archetypes are not only elementary ideas, but just as much elementary feelings, elementary fantasies, elementary visions." ~Marie-Louise von Franz, Psyche and Matter
[T]he worst and most pervasive [prejudice] is overt or implicit statistical thinking: “What I do makes no difference; I’m just one grain of sand among millions; my existence is a meaningless accident.” This mindset is direct and deadly poison for the soul.~"Marie-Louise von Franz, Psychotherapy
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
[T]he worst and most pervasive [prejudice] is overt or implicit statistical thinking: “What I do makes no difference; I’m just one grain of sand among millions; my existence is a meaningless accident.” This mindset is direct and deadly poison for the soul.~"Marie-Louise von Franz, Psychotherapy
"One of the great strengths of the inner feminine is the ability to let go, to give up ego control, to stop trying to control the people and the situation, to turn the situation over to fate and wait on the natural flow of the universe." ~Robert A, Johnson, We
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"One of the great strengths of the inner feminine is the ability to let go, to give up ego control, to stop trying to control the people and the situation, to turn the situation over to fate and wait on the natural flow of the universe." ~Robert A, Johnson, We
"Wanting to be understood, as adults, can be, among many other things, our most violent form of nostalgia." ~Adam Phillips, Missing Out
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"Wanting to be understood, as adults, can be, among many other things, our most violent form of nostalgia." ~Adam Phillips, Missing Out
Jung took the opposite approach to that of the behaviorists--he did not observe people from the outside, did not ask how we behave, how we greet one another, how we mate, how we take care of our young. Instead he studied what we feel & what we fantasize while we are doing those things.~ML von Franz
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Jung took the opposite approach to that of the behaviorists--he did not observe people from the outside, did not ask how we behave, how we greet one another, how we mate, how we take care of our young. Instead he studied what we feel & what we fantasize while we are doing those things.~ML von Franz
All mystical traditions view the enlightened person as someone who has seen beyond the illusion of opposites.~Howard Sasportas
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
All mystical traditions view the enlightened person as someone who has seen beyond the illusion of opposites.~Howard Sasportas
Frankenstein... is a parable for our time, an enduring prophecy, a remarkably acute diagnosis of the lethal nature of denial: denial of responsibility for one’s actions, denial of the shadow-self locked within consciousness.~Joyce Carol Oates, Frankenstein's Fallen Angel
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Frankenstein... is a parable for our time, an enduring prophecy, a remarkably acute diagnosis of the lethal nature of denial: denial of responsibility for one’s actions, denial of the shadow-self locked within consciousness.~Joyce Carol Oates, Frankenstein's Fallen Angel
Because both 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯 and Joyce Carol Oates happen to be “in the news,” let me recommend her excellent essay on the novel, “𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯’𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭,” which appears in the collection of essays edited by Harold Bloom, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺'𝘴 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯. Oates’s analysis of this great work is superb.
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Because both 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯 and Joyce Carol Oates happen to be “in the news,” let me recommend her excellent essay on the novel, “𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯’𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭,” which appears in the collection of essays edited by Harold Bloom, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺'𝘴 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯. Oates’s analysis of this great work is superb.
You must learn to be comfortable with psychological disturbance. If your mind becomes hyperactive, just watch it. If your heart starts to heat up, let it go through what it must. Try to find the part of you that is capable of noticing. That part is your way out.~Michael Singer
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
You must learn to be comfortable with psychological disturbance. If your mind becomes hyperactive, just watch it. If your heart starts to heat up, let it go through what it must. Try to find the part of you that is capable of noticing. That part is your way out.~Michael Singer
As Jung noted, behind one's wound there often lies a person's genius.~James Hollis, 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯'𝘴 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
As Jung noted, behind one's wound there often lies a person's genius.~James Hollis, 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯'𝘴 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸
"WHEN people start to meditate or to work with any kind of spiritual discipline, they often think that somehow they’re going to improve, which is a sort of subtle aggression against who they really are." ~Pema Chodron, The Pocket Pema Chodron
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"WHEN people start to meditate or to work with any kind of spiritual discipline, they often think that somehow they’re going to improve, which is a sort of subtle aggression against who they really are." ~Pema Chodron, The Pocket Pema Chodron
"To enter the dark of the underworld is to enter the dark of the body and begin to hear what is going on under the noise." ~Carly Mountain, Descent & Rising
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"To enter the dark of the underworld is to enter the dark of the body and begin to hear what is going on under the noise." ~Carly Mountain, Descent & Rising
Grief work is soul work. It requires courage to face the world as it is and not turn away, to not burrow into a hole of comfort and anesthetization. ~Francis Weller, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘌𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Grief work is soul work. It requires courage to face the world as it is and not turn away, to not burrow into a hole of comfort and anesthetization. ~Francis Weller, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘌𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸