“Every creative person is a duality or a synthesis of contradictory aptitudes. On the one side he is a human being with a personal life, while on the other side he is an impersonal, creative process.”
“The archetypal image of the wise man, the saviour or redeemer, lies buried and dormant in man’s unconscious since the dawn of culture; it is awakened whenever the times are out of joint and a human society is committed to a serious error.”
“These primordial images are numerous, but do not appear in the dreams of individuals or in works of art until they are called into being by the waywardness of the general outlook.”
“When conscious life is characterized by one-sidedness and by a false attitude, then they are activated — one might say, “instinctively” — and come to light in the dreams of individuals and the visions of artists and seers, thus restoring the psychic equilibrium of the epoch.”
~ From Modern Man in Search of a Soul by Carl Gustav Jung.
Mmmmm.
Something wise, soulful, poetic, and creative that is stirred awake by Life herself “whenever the times are out of joint and a human society is committed to a serious error.”
A timely and timeless bit of insight, isn’t it?
Big Love,
May 12, 2016 at 6:21 pm
Always love the Jung man.. helps keep my eye on ‘the shadow within’! Blessings Jamie ♥
May 14, 2016 at 2:21 pm
Me too, Brock. Jung had his Wise Women — at least two — and had his own experiences as well. Gnosis vs. straight-up intellectual ‘knowledge’. Makes a difference, doesn’t it? Blessings to you as well! Love, Jamie
May 14, 2016 at 1:33 pm
Thanks Jamie for those quotes from Jung which are always worth a read – if the reductionists had their way, we would be living in nightmare world devoid of any depth or mystery. Thank Spirit for the artists, the seers, and the mystics!
On a more mundane note, many thanks for signing up for my astrology blog. I will install your RSS feed on the astro blog, since I no longer seem to get emails for your posts!
Blessings
Anne X
May 14, 2016 at 2:20 pm
Hey there, Anne. Many thanks. And I agree with your insight about the reductionist agenda to strip any and all meaning, mystery, etc., though that agenda’s been spreading like a stain for generations now, hasn’t it. Perhaps now, though, the pendulum is swinging towards remembrance and a healthier ‘equilibrium’.
Weird that you’re no longer receiving the emails for Sophia’s Children posts. I’ve read that on a couple of other WP blogs, actually, so will check with WP.
Perhaps it’s a Mercury Rx weirding?
xo and be well,
Jamie