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Carl Jung's observation on why people create "stone idols with human features"

Posted by William Angel on January 27, 2015 at 12:12pm

"Easter Island Monolith comes to Baltimore"

Sarah Doherty, an artist in Baltimore, created and installed a large replica of one of the monoliths erected on Easter Island. Shown above is a picture I took of her and her work on the day of its installation.

Undamaged Side of Easter Island Monolith

Here is another shot of the monolith, with an interesting mural juxtaposed in the background.

Here is a quote from Carl Jung on why people create "stone idols with human features":

“Very early in history men began trying to express what they felt to be the soul or spirit of a rock by working

Easter and the Sorrowful Mother

Posted by Fisher King Press on April 22, 2011 at 8:40pm

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pietro_lorenzetti

from Re-Imagining Mary by Mariann Burke

I had never felt much attraction to the Sorrowing Mary until I visited Sicily. Here the Holy Week festivities have as much to do with Mary, it seems, as with Jesus. This is probably true since in Sicily the Earth Goddess Demeter is very much present in Mary.

One senses that Demeter’s journey to the depths of the earth in search of her child strongly parallels Mary’s search and Mary’s sorrow. Demeter was a fe

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