Archetype Lupus and Astronomy – the Sirius Case
The Article Lupus and Astronomy is an extension of the last post: the archetype of the wolf. I am a hobby astronomer and fond of its older sister Astrology. So lets look to the Wolf from that perspective. The wolf…
Jungian Archetype of the wolf – gods and godnesses, warriors and mothers, demons and outlaws, evil and uebermensch
It became clear during my research of Jungian Archetype of the wolf, that in mythology, religion, in legends and fairy tales the wolf has played an outstanding ambiguous, dualist and multidimensional role. The wolf archetype is so central, that how the…
FALLEN ANGELS FEAR – Sacred aesthetics of fractal recursion
FALLEN ANGELS FEAR an obvious wordplay which crossed my mind after a blog reader pointed out that Bateson’s book Angels Fear: Towards an Epistemology of the Sacred might be of relevance to me. FALLEN ANGELS FEAR The title created immediately multiple associations and images…
Crazy Wisdom – the Archetype of the Fool, the Clown, the Jester and the Trickster.
The Archetype of the Fool, the Clown, the Jester and the Trickster are universally recognized patterns of characters. Every of this four archetypes challenges conventional wisdom differently, offering different types of Crazy Wisdom. When I lived in California I listened…
Jung’s Rebirth Archetypes and Transformation
A fellow blogger, SymbolReader, pointed out the Rebirth Archetypes in the latest James Bond movie “Skyfall”. In my last article I presented transformation as key element in Tolkiens Lord of the Rings. Both triggered a brief follow up about the Rebirth…
Jungian Archetype Checklist for Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
In his masterpiece The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien created what he called a “new mythos”. There is undoubtedly much in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings that invites us seeing it through the Jungian framework. However, on a closer look, comparatively…
C. G. Jung’s Red Book in a hurry – Narrative
Prelude The «Red Book» created between 1914 and 1930 can be described as a visual diary of dreams. Jung described this book – its language and emotions seem at times almost embarrassing – as important testimonies of his psychological and…
2013 Conclave Easter of Abraxas or Pentecostal ? A Jungian view
This article will try to summarise the narrative of Jesus’ Passion (the period between Easter and Ascension) based on Abraxas some Gnostic writings . We will particularly view the 1500 year old scripts of the Nag Hammadi library discovered in Egypt in 1945 and show strange repeating…
The Templars – Gods militia or Gnostic warlords?
Were the Templars – Gods militia or Gnostic warlords? Well, whings are never as they appear but also not otherwise. The Templars were the first trans-national financial and military organisation, comparable to a blend of Goldman & Sachs, Benedictine Monks and a Blackwater mercenaries elite force…