“Without soul, spirit is as dead as matter, because both are artificial abstractions.”
I break this quote down below with some psychology bombs 💣
This quote is rare and from a footnote made by Carl Jung. In this passage Carl Jung is describing the importance of taking into account our emotions, our soul, our shadow and the automatic processes and reactions we mentally have as humans.
It’s not as simple as diagnosing someone or seeing life through a stable pattern, specific checklist and way of living. He says if we do not acknowledge our unconscious desires and actions, especially our shadow … then psychology becomes “secondary and unreal”. It becomes “psychologism”. Just another “-ism” which is no better than the metaphysical, non-empirical fantasies and theories that many have.
As a result of this, both the so called “science” and the “metaphysical” become unreal but in opposite ways.
✍️Full quote:
“Without soul, spirit is as dead as matter, because both are artificial abstractions.”
“Only when we have found the sense in apparent nonsense Can we separate THE VALUABLE from the worthless”
Carl Jung said this when discussing his concept of the ‘anima’ and how we can be too concrete or ‘scientific’ focused in the west, and sometimes in the east there is a danger to get lost in creativity and fantasy images. Jung said we need to strike a balance and not be one-sided in adopting either approach.
Jung described the ‘anima’ as the feminine part of soul in a man… his personal representation of ‘Eros’ (relatedness) which was in his unconscious. He also described the ‘anima’ as a demon. It’s a very personal thing that needs to be made conscious, otherwise we can be driven and lost in ‘passions’, obsessions or … our inner ‘demons’ perceived as a positive thing.
“The saddest thing I ever did see Was a woodpecker peckin’ at a plastic tree. He looks at me, and “Friend,” says he, “Things ain’t as sweet as they used to be.” “
Carl Jung on the “genuine experience” when we encounter symbols and explore alchemy. This also relates to the circular nature of individuation ⚗️🧙🧙🏻♀️
““Even in cases of lunacy one comes across perfectly valid Psychic Experiences”
- Carl Jung
Relevant areas: Jungian Analysis, alchemy, shadow work, therapy, individuation, Collected Work 13 Psychology and Alchemy
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Harry Venice
“Without soul, spirit is as dead as matter, because both are artificial abstractions.”
- Carl Jung
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Harry Venice
Follow your SOUL 👁️🪬
Never give up 🙏
“Without soul, spirit is as dead as matter, because both are artificial abstractions.”
I break this quote down below with some psychology bombs 💣
This quote is rare and from a footnote made by Carl Jung. In this passage Carl Jung is describing the importance of taking into account our emotions, our soul, our shadow and the automatic processes and reactions we mentally have as humans.
It’s not as simple as diagnosing someone or seeing life through a stable pattern, specific checklist and way of living. He says if we do not acknowledge our unconscious desires and actions, especially our shadow … then psychology becomes “secondary and unreal”. It becomes “psychologism”. Just another “-ism” which is no better than the metaphysical, non-empirical fantasies and theories that many have.
As a result of this, both the so called “science” and the “metaphysical” become unreal but in opposite ways.
✍️Full quote:
“Without soul, spirit is as dead as matter, because both are artificial abstractions.”
#carljung #jungianpsychology #shadowwork #spiritualalchemy #archetypes #unconscious
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"Death is psychologically as important as birth"
- Carl Jung #shadowwork
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My wife is gone, my girl is gone,
my books are loaned, my clothes
are worn, I gave away a car; and
all that happened years ago.
Mind & matter, love & space
are frail as foam on beer.
~Gary Snyder #poetry
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#carljung #shadowwork #therapy
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My therapy has no rules.
Each patient is a new proposition.
Of course one has to master the “tools of the trade”.
But when it comes to the essential questions, the conventional tools ko longer suffice.
Do you agree? #carljung #shadowwork
Ps. Carl Jung said that in his autobiography.
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“Only when we have
found the sense
in apparent nonsense
Can we separate
THE VALUABLE
from the worthless”
Carl Jung said this when discussing his concept of the ‘anima’ and how we can be too concrete or ‘scientific’ focused in the west, and sometimes in the east there is a danger to get lost in creativity and fantasy images. Jung said we need to strike a balance and not be one-sided in adopting either approach.
Jung described the ‘anima’ as the feminine part of soul in a man… his personal representation of ‘Eros’ (relatedness) which was in his unconscious. He also described the ‘anima’ as a demon. It’s a very personal thing that needs to be made conscious, otherwise we can be driven and lost in ‘passions’, obsessions or … our inner ‘demons’ perceived as a positive thing.
Quote:
- Carl Jung
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This is powerful poetry - Shel Silverstein 📝💭
“The saddest thing I ever did see
Was a woodpecker peckin’ at a plastic tree.
He looks at me, and “Friend,” says he,
“Things ain’t as sweet as they used to be.” “
- Shel Silverstein
#poetry #shadowwork #traumahealing
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Carl Jung on the “genuine experience” when we encounter symbols and explore alchemy. This also relates to the circular nature of individuation ⚗️🧙🧙🏻♀️
““Even in cases of lunacy
one comes across
perfectly valid
Psychic Experiences”
- Carl Jung
Relevant areas: Jungian Analysis, alchemy, shadow work, therapy, individuation, Collected Work 13 Psychology and Alchemy
#carljung #shadowwork #alchemy
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Edward Edinger (Jungian Analyst) on individuality ⏳🕊️
“The basis of almost all psychological problems is an unsatisfactory relation to one’s urge to individuality”
#shadowwork
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