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"Hi Ava, your way of phrasing it is beautiful. I take the statement as a reminder that the inflation of ego based life is unreal and that we must experience the death of the ego in a complete way which includes our physical death at some point in…"
"Hello All, Thank you for your beautiful posts. I am struck by the chaotic feeling to this section...chaos, physical death, pus, ego death, death of meaning all being linked in ways that are difficult to separate when entering into any aspect of this…"
"I am finally recovering from a bout of the flu 6 days after onset of symptoms; a perfect occasion for reflecting on the phenomenology of the illness experience as a form of descent. It seems that with loss of contact with the external world and its…"
"It would be a major undertaking to develop the topic of ethics in a Jungian context but it seems that personal development is the prime directive still in adults analogous to the development of children in which case judgment should be set aside as…"
"I am thinking too that we are the descendants of the figures we meet during the descent; figures that originated from the past and still need to be spoken to. My siblings have recently been researching our family tree since my parents are gone we…"
"Jung's recording was a beautiful prayer and offering of his life to the God within and the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner has that same quality of the recovery of life in the face of death by a turning toward life through giving thanks. Beautiful…"
"Thanks for the suggestion--somehow I had to flip left and right and it posted correctly even if mirror image--take that, Trickster!"
"Hi Bonnie, Well my sideways picture will have to represent surrender (unless I figure out how to fix it):) The appeal of alchemy aside, I suppose at this point I would have to say that I experience some ambivalence regarding the extent of…"
"In that sense it may have been for the best that it was not published until after his death"
"Wow, Ava, I really like that way of framing TRB, and I did have that experience of reading the first chapter in which Jung makes statement after statement of immense significance without contextualizing or finessing them the way he does in his other…"
"But to get back to the trickster, perhaps he mediates some of the tension between meaning and anti-meaning which Jung discusses in Chapter 1. it seems in my dreams at least that the trickster's actions are not random acts of destruction for its own…"
"How funny Bonnie! The site administrator (ahem) invokes Jung's theory of acausality rather than telling me how to rotate the photo:) I did have the same thought however when it happened which is even funnier since I am a cause and effect kind of…"
"Hi Ava, it has had a similar effect on me just from activating my intentions since I have not had time to read beyond the first chapter. Very vivid dreams!"
"My photo finally downloaded but in a horizontal rather than vertical orientation which I can't yet figure out how to fix but may nonetheless be preferable to a photo of Jung. I will try to make more progress reading this weekend."
"I suppose emancipation occurs naturally like shedding an outdated developmental phase when we develop confidence in our spiritual vision such that it no longer makes sense to depend on more general directions from someone else who cannot see the…"
"Hello Fellow Journeyers, I will follow along with the discussion to the degree that time allows me and see what comes up for me. Speaking of the depths, my Red Book is in the depths of a box somewhere since I moved 3 months ago and do not yet have…"
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Thanks for your note. So glad you're enjoying the Alliance--and I love that you describe it as a "treasure trove" - sounds just as rich as I would wish it to be! Enjoy!
Hi Constance. Happy new year, and welcome to the online depth community. My apologies for the lateness of this greeting but I'm glad you're here. Hopefully you have had a chance to explore the site and have found the Alliance to be made up of a dynamic group of likeminded people who can learn from each other in a multitude of ways--something many of us are searching for to be sure.
On that note, I hope you're finding opportunities to engage as you browse the vast content and interact with others. You may want to consider joining the new online book club if you haven’t already—it’s just begun (with a new author each month!)—and you can participate at whatever level you wish. Meanwhile, in case you need detailed help on getting started and navigating the site, please use the following link-- http://www.depthpsychologyalliance.com/page/navigating-the-site --and please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions at all! I look forward to seeing you around the community~Bonnie Bright, Founder
Welcome Constance,
AND glad to see you already in the discussion available within the Alliance! There are quite a few blogs, forums, and groups dedicated to dreams (as well as other toipics) so I look forward to more of your posts. Again, welcome.
Ed