2013 Year of Snake – Black Water Snake with sneaky energy.
The 2013 Year of Snake begins shortly after the New moon in Aquarius, the humanitarian of the zodiac. The Snake is the sixth sign of the Chinese Zodiac, which consists of 12 Animal Signs. That means all twelve years begins a…
The footprints of Aquarius and New World Order – a Jungian view
The Aquarius Age (aka New Age or New World Order) is a period defined by the passage of the spring equinox (literally “Equal Night”) into the Aquarius zodiac sign. What does the Aquarius age promise? What are its footprints? Is it…
Queen, Mother, Wise Woman and Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Feminine
This article complements the concepts explored in my article “Archetypes of the Mature Masculine” and applies them to the other half of humanity—women. In doing so I apply the same principles, not in a mechanistic way, but in the spirit…
Jungian Models applied to global corporations: Kings, warriors, magicians and lover archetypes
Recently I attended yet another team building “Engagement workshop”. It occurred to me that Jungian Models are well performing in multinational corporation has rather particular objectives by its mission, why it has such multiple and interesting cultural contexts. Culture is something we all…
The dangerous serpent – a Jungian view
Soon there will the year of the (water) serpent. Whether a “water serpent” a The dangerous serpent depends heavily on the specific type, but true marine sea snakes possess incredibly potent venom and can be dangerous to humans. My sign in…
C.G. Jungs Self in Quaternio Series of Aion – Jesus or Abraxas?
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…
Mayan calenders and archetypes of apocalypse – a collective unconscious “death wish”?
The world might come down tomorrow according to Mayan calendar. Actually the Mayan never predicted an apocalypse, but a reset sure would be nice, at least in politics. There are many of unlikely astronomic mishaps which could happen, but I…
From language games to mysticism – Allan Watts and Wittgenstein’s Tractatus
This article explores Wittgenstein’s Tractatus as a mystical, metaphysical insight in the light of Eastern philosophy, Catholic mysticism and C. G Jung. Please be gentle and read this as an (intuitive) essay not as a scholarly article. There are methodological implications of Wittgenstein’s doctrine of silence for…
PTSD and Moral Injury seen from C.G. Jung – Achilles in modern wars
The Newsweek article “A New Theory of PTSD and Veterans: Moral Injury” was probably the best article I ever read about PTSD – besides Shay’s Achilles in Vietnam. Yes most important factors may very well be moral injury, traumatic events and…