Archive for January, 2008

An Inadequate Definition for the Collective Unconscious

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Semblance in Aggregate Forms s11. “The collective unconscious is simply the psychic expression of the identity of brain structure irrespective of all racial differences.” Jung appears to be offering a definition of the collective unconscious similar to the general Kantian argument that we all perceive the world ...

The Secret of the Golden Flower - Summary 1

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Toroidal Influxion In his book Alchemical Studies Chapter 1 section 1 Carl Jung is at pains to make clear to his readers he doesn’t fully understand the text nor does he feel it possible for Westerners in general to become completely intimate with it. He does however, point ...

The Right Man with the Right Means

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Illumined Heart Alchemical Studies Chap 1 s4: "An ancient adept has said: If the wrong man uses the right means, the right means work in the wrong way. This Chinese saying, unfortunately only too true, stands in sharp contrast to our belief in the “right” method irrespective of the man who ...