Karl Popper and the fireplace poker
The two great philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper – who both had a rap of abusive discussion style met only once: on the 25th October 1946. The meeting in a crowded classroom in Cambridge went bad. Legends formed rapidly to…
C.G Jung Wittgenstein and Plato – Introvert and iNtuition
Based on Carl G. Jung’s typology , Wittgenstein and Plato can be classified using four mental functions sensing, intuition, thinking and feeling together with the attitude (extraversion-introversion). Jung was fond of saying that personality types often change throughout ones life. So an answer to your question…
Metaphysics and C.G. Jung in a post-metaphysic world
In Europe we live in a post-metaphysic world. »There is no alternative to post-metaphysical thinking.« This statement, made by Jürgen Habermas in his 1988 collection of essays, Post-Metaphysical Thinking, sounds very much like “There is no alternative to the Euro-Zone”…
Neuschwanstein and Wagner – Every dream needs a renovation
Heading for the mountains Last Sunday we headed west of Munich for the Alps – that is, the more moderate mountains of the Allgaeu. I picked an easy mountain hike – The Great Tegelberg Circle – for the family, including…
Make friend with our “Warrior”
Recently I read very good article and discussing a valid question, particularly for Germans. Yes, we do need also make friend with our “Warrior”. A year ago I went to a spiritual retreat in a catholic monastery led by a…
Demian and Abraxas – Hermann Hesse and C.G. Jung revisited
In Hermann Hesse’s Demian, protagonist Emil Sinclair receives a note about the Gnostic deity Abraxas after sending a drawing, highlighting a union of divine and devilish aspects. This figure symbolizes a journey toward individuation and the synthesis of all things…
Richard Wagner from Scene to Scene utilizing C.G. Jung
“Wagner’s Ring and Its Symbols” originally published 1984. (English and German article). Applied in my article C.G Jung and Wagner – Rainy Götterdämmerung in Munich. I wanted to learn more about Wagner and bought therfore recently a used copy of the English musicologist…
C.G Jung and Wagner – Rainy Götterdämmerung in Munich.
This is a very personal take on Götterdämmerung the last one in the four of the opera cycle by Richard Wagner’s “Ring” from a Jungian perspective. However also if the themes of the Ring, though universal, specifically apply to our…
Wong Kar Wai’s 2o46 – Hongkong’s Age of Aquarius?
Wong Kar Wai’s 2046 while still a beautiful movie, at first sight it is a bit disappointing after all the others spellbinding subtle storylines. 2046 doesn’t come near to it for me – some part of the story is even repetitive. Visually still…