Recently I read very good article and discussing a valid question, particularly for Germans. Yes, we do need also make friend with our “Warrior”. A year ago I went to a spiritual retreat in a catholic monastery led by a priest who holds a diploma in Jungian depth psychology. He based his group work on … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Steppenwolf and Abraxas – Hermann Hesse and C.G. Jung revisited
The things we see are the same things that are within us. There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.” ― Hermann Hesse, Demian Herman … Continue reading
C.G. Jung The Haunted Prophet and Wotan’s awakening
Jung “seems to inspire extreme responses to his work – either unbounded enthusiasm or barley disguised hostility”. The latter seems to be found in Paul Stern’s biography C.G. Jung: The Haunted Prophet. The work of Carl Gustav Jung had been the result of his neuroses, claims the American psychotherapist former Harvard lecturer and psychotherapist Paul … Continue reading
Wagner Ring Cycle – so called Kupfer Version at Bayreuth (German).
Besser kann große Kunst zuhause nicht erfahren werden., Amazon Review 23. Juli 2012 Ich maße mir nicht an ein Kunst- oder gar Wagnerkritiker zu sein. Es geht um 7 hochwertige DVDs und ob diese Bayreuth und Wagner korrekt abbilden. Die Antwort ist, ja unbedingt. Die Neuauflage der Produktion bietet Breitwandformat und Surroundklang, so dass die … Continue reading
Richard Wagner from Scene to Scene utilizing C.G. Jung
“Wagner’s Ring and Its Symbols” originally published 1984. (English and German article). Applied in my article C.G Jung and Wagner – Rainy Götterdämmerung in Munich. I wanted to learn more about Wagner and bought therfore recently a used copy of the English musicologist Robert Donington. He provides an allegorical interpretation of the Wagners Ring Cycle according to the … Continue reading
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