"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 …
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After Life
"It’s almost as if you have to spend your whole life disengaging from your life, disengaging from the supposed reality of your living. I think that’s what Spinoza and Socrates meant about life is the study of dying, that you leave these convictions of certitude about the whole business. I certainly feel lots of that now, …
Character
"A man's character is his fate." Heraclitus (540 BC - 480 BC), On the Universe "If the final purpose of aging is character, then character finishes life, polishes it into a more lasting image." James Hillman If I have felt compelled towards living life closer to the margins, seeking out what is obscure, liminal, or for …
Alchemy Class Notes – Session Ten
The final class of the 2014 Winter semester of the Jung Platform's course, hosted by Patricia Berry and Robert Bosnak, takes us into the third chapter of James Hillman's book Alchemical Psychology, titled, The Suffering of Salt, and begins with the topic, "Toward a Substantial Psychology." Salt, although understood by Hillman as metaphorical, to the alchemists …
JANUARY CHALLENGE… My Awakening Experience And Moving Forward
Here is my contribution to Barbara Franken's January Challenge series. This is a story in which the right kind of trouble unexpectedly brings a gift. From an early age, I struggled to feel a sense of belonging and identity. As a child I loved play-acting and imagining what it might be like to be a bear, a dog, …
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