The search for meaning in cultural, artistic and dream imagery
If your curiosity has been peaked by my recent entries concerning synchronicity, then I recommend At the Heart of Matter Synchronicity and Jung’s Spiritual Testament.
The book, by Zurich-trained Jungian analyst J. Gary Sparks, is an illuminating examination of the meaningful relationship that exists between our spiritual and physical realities.
“At the Heart of Matter” has been out for two [...]
In my last entry, I wrote that “Jung and Tarot” author Sallie Nichols stresses the importance of trying to discover the meaning, not the magic, behind the synchronistic events we experience. Nichols suggests we ask ourselves a couple basic questions: “What in me needed this happening?” and “What lack (or potential) in me does this represent?”
That seems like sound [...]
On July 3 I had this dream: I have come into an office during off hours to help out. There are six roses. I was supposed to take photos of each or all of them for the not-for-profit I was working at or volunteering for (this part is unclear). The roses are a deep, blood red, [...]
I’m reading Jung’s work, Synchronicity An Acausal Connecting Principal. In it, Jung defines the concept of synchronicity, provides examples of the phenomenon and gives some possible explanations as to how and why synchronicity occurs.
I’m not through with the book yet, but I already feel I’m going to need a second reading if I hope to even begin to grasp [...]
This past weekend I attended my high school reunion. It felt really good to see so many old friends and acquaintances. Sometimes I think my life is nothing more than a continuous series of transitions without a discernable purpose, but reconnecting with so many people from my past has given me a sense of continuity that I [...]
Earlier this summer I had the following dream: I am leaving a government assembly that was open to the public. I am outside on the sidewalk. It’s nighttime. A bus is parked right out in front on the curb. Another woman, in her early 20s, is with me now. She is blonde too, but her [...]
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