The psychoanalytic Jung
For the uninitiated, Wong’s films seem pointless and confusing, which is reinforced by the director’s trademark cinematic indulgences, laggard pacing and minimalist plotting. However, upon closer inspection, it is easy to become intrigued by the rampant symbolism, the metaphor-laden dialogue, and the philosophical and psychological underpinnings of his films. Maybe its a problem of “if … Continue reading
The Jianghu is the fictional alternative universe coexisting with the actual historical in which many Chinese wuxia stories are set. It seems jianghu, a literary tradition going back to the Ming Dynasty, can easily be explained as collective unconscious in which the Chinese universal themes which run through all human life. Inwardly, the whole history of the human race, … Continue reading
Everywhere the symbol of the serpent and dragon is connected with the (d)evil. That does hurt me a little bit, as I am Serpent in the Chinese Zodiac – which is the least favored sign. The snake has a bad rap not only according to my wife, but certainly within Christianity. In defense of myself … Continue reading
Gnosticism can be considered collective name for a large number of greatly varying and pantheistic-dualistic sects, which flourished from some time before the Christian era down to the fifth century. It became a dangerous corruption of Christianity, even or because its first traces can be found some centuries before the Christian era. That Alexandrian thought … Continue reading
Die Erwartung der Rückkehr Christi zur Erde gehört zur Grundlage des christlichen Glaubens. Christus, der nach dem Hingang zu seinem Vater durch die Verkündigung und die Wirksamkeit seiner Zeugen auf Erden eine Gemeinde sammelt, die seine schon angebrochene Herrschaft bezeugt, wird zu einem nur Gott bekannten Zeitpunkt (Mt 24, 36; Mk 13, 32) zur Erde … Continue reading
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