Soon there will the year of the (water) serpent. My sign in Chinese Zodiac is Serpent, therefore I have written a few articles in (her!) favour. The Serpent manifests itself consistently ambiguous as both ” evil adversary” and “holistic power, both source of “temptation” and “wisdom”. Jung’s discovery of how the psyche works and how consciousness entwine with unconsciousness, … Continue reading
C. G. Jung had shown a pronounced and informed interest in Gnosticism and Alchemy. This is evident in the Quaternio Series of the Self in his book. “Aion”. In his early works “Seven Sermons to the Dead” (“Die sieben Reden an die Toten ”) and “The Red Book” (recently published) he perceived the outstanding psychological relevance of Gnostic insights. Was Jung really a Gnostic? I … Continue reading
The problem of evil has been a subject of interest in religion and philosophy. For our purpose here we want to approach the question in a inductive and psychoanalytic way looking at historic persons: Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot: what is evil and what is the cause of it. If we consider them evil – and I do – what … Continue reading
Today I received the last print of the Newsweek. From now on all my information (and 5% of the new books) will be electronically, that is to say via Internet. I discarded all unreliable sources like TV and local newspaper long ago. Time wasters. Now all have been replaced by Blogs, Skype Video, Twitter, WhisperNet and … Continue reading
Pope Benedict XVI has in a great homily urged people around the world, to turn away from materialism and egocentric behaviour. The head of the Catholic Church celebrated the Christmas mass at St. Peter’s in Rome yesterday evening along with thousands of believers. The Pope said that often remain no room for God and also … Continue reading
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