David Bohm's book, "Wholeness and the Implicate Order," explores the problem of fragmentation in human thought and consciousness. Along with a very thorough analysis of why the problem of fragmentation exists, he also provides suggestions for undoing what he calls "habits of thought" which limit our ability to perceive wholes, or to even be aware …
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Anima, Soul, Psyche
Being that has soul is living being. Soul is the living thing in man, that which lives of itself and causes life.... With her cunning play of illusions the soul lures into life the inertness of matter that does not want to live. She makes us believe incredible things, that life may be lived. She …
Alchemy Class Notes – Session Twelve
"Enter alchemy – thing-words, image-words, craft-words. The five supposed sources of alchemy are each a technology. Each is a handwork physically grappling with sensate materials: (1) Metallurgy and Jewelry: mining, heating, smelting, forging, annealing; (2) Cloth and Fiber Dyeing: dipping, coloring, drying; (3) Embalming the Dead: dismembering, evacuating, infusing, preserving; (4) Perfumery and Cosmetics: grinding, mixing, distilling, diluting, evaporating; …
Alchemy Class Notes – Session Eleven
"The Suffering of Salt, Toward a Substantial Psychology," is the title of chapter three of James Hillman's book, Alchemical Psychology, and the starting point for the first class of year two of the Jung Platform's online course. Hosts Patricia Berry and Robert Bosnak focus the discussion on the notions of salt, commonality and substance. I am beginning to see an increased …
Revolution
Once upon a time, some men believed that the sun revolved around them. Then one day, here and there, some very brave men decided they wanted to know how true we could be. Why would the sun, so precious to life, participating in the very gift of our life, revolve around us? Our big Lion King, …
Theoria 