The four archetypes of love and their shadows – an Jungian view

Posted on May 25, 2014 by fallenAngel

The four shades of love – derived from the different Greek words for love: agápe, éros, philía, and storgē.
Storge (στοργή) means “affection” in ancient and modern Greek. It is natural love. Philia (φιλία) is “conscious” love, a feeling of friendship. Agape (ἀγάπη) means love in a “spiritual” sense and ” unconditional love”. Eros (érōs) is “physical” passionate love, with sensual desire a withoutcontrol of the consciousness… Continue reading →

Astronomy / Spiritual

One day later – The vicious aspect of publish or perish

Posted on May 24, 2014 by fallenAngel

Originally posted on The Renaissance Mathematicus:
In my last post I commented on the priority disputes that Galileo carried out with other users of the telescope in the early years of telescopic astronomy. Some of his most vitriolic comments were launched from the pages of his polemical pamphlet The Assayer against the Franconian astronomer Simon…

Astrology / Astronomy / History / Other Gods / Religion / Science / Science

History of Time I: The face of God from ancient cultures to the big bang.

Posted on March 23, 2014 by fallenAngel

The history of time reflects culture – interconnecting temporal powers, religion and science. For millenniums priest were gatekeeper of time and calendar(s). Now scientists have taken over. Today we are able to contemplate beyond the creation of time, even beyond the big bang. I got the idea to this essay after I read a book, … Continue reading →

C.G.Jung / History / Other Gods / Religion

Jungian archetypes of Nefertiti and the Heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten

Posted on January 23, 2014 by fallenAngel

Akhenaten (Echnaton) is the most mysterious and interesting of all the ancient Egyptian pharaohs. In the following essay I will try to interpret what little is known about the androgynous pharaoh, who brought down the Egypt empire with his daring cultural and religious revolution, the enigmatic chief queen Nefertiti (Neferneferuaten), and his overpowering mother Tiye. Continue reading →

Archetypes / C.G.Jung / History / Other Gods / Science / Spiritual

Isis, Mithras and Jesus: Clash of male and female Archetypes in classical Rome

Posted on December 11, 2013 by fallenAngel

A scholarly fashion claims that only by coincidence Christ and not the Egyptian Isis or the Persian Mithras gained the upper hand as a world religion. There is some truth in it, but also an utter disregard of the attractiveness of Christianity at that time. This article will explore this question from a historical thesis, … Continue reading →