In my previous posts on James Hillman's book, Alchemical Psychology, I wrote briefly about the relationship between the colors of the alchemy and their correlation through the stages of the soul's journey as one begins a work of a psychological nature. The links to those posts can be found on the Index page of this blog. After …
Tag: C.G. Jung
Ta’wil and the Ideas of Henry Corbin
"Ta’wil, the archetypal act of hermeneutics, that primary human activity overseen by Hermes who carries messages between the gods and mortals, is life lived at its highest pitch of intensity. It is the archaic and primordial experience of enacting meaning in the world. It is life lived in the full blaze of reality." Tom Cheetham …
Keeping the Change
While it's accurate for me to say that I write for sanity and to clarify for myself ideas and experiences while engaging others who may have similar desires and needs, I can't pretend to understand fully why particular ideas and perspectives fascinate me and repeatedly hold claim to my time and energy. I only know …
Alchemical Psychology – Part V, Yellow
We start off the chapter on yellow with a brief mention that many alchemists did not include the stage of yellow, especially in the later years of alchemy's heyday, but moved directly from white to red. Hillman, who was himself trained as a Jungian analyst, suggests that Jung included the yellow because he was fond …
Colour My World, Alchemical Psychology, Part I – Black
One of my favorite James Hillman books is his, "Alchemical Psychology," which I have just recently read. The book is a fascinating tour of the alchemical process and its correlative psychological journey as told to us by the Alchemists of old. Yes, they weren't only interested in literally transforming substances, but about experiencing the transformation …
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