"The Seven Sermons to the Dead" by CG Jung written 12/16-2/17

by frankiespeakin 4 Replies latest jw friends

  • frankiespeakin
    frankiespeakin

    For the mystics or those who like to read some stuff about or from CG Jung this is might grab your interest. I think he wrote this while delving deep into the unconscious which is interesting in itself, and no telling what one might find.

    http://www.holysmoke.org/sdhok/sermon0.htm

    The Seven Sermons to the Dead

    Jung distributed this material to a few of his friends and seemed to publicly reject the label of "gnostic". It can be argued, though, that Jung's model of human psychology is but a 20th century gnosticism. As with everything else, interpret this material symbolically, not literally. Indeed, the very subject of the First Sermon warns us of the same.

    Jung creates some unique images, such as "mother heaven" and "father earth" along with his attempt to warn us against giving ourselves over to one archetype. They are there for us to use on our path of individuation, not to be worshipped as THE god / goddess as the non-gnostic Christians have done (the "dead").

  • GentlyFeral
    GentlyFeral

    Hey, I liked this when I read it about ten years ago. I actually understood as much as ten percent of it, for about five minutes at a time.

    GentlyFeral

  • quietlyleaving
    quietlyleaving

    thanks frankie

    added to favourites -gonna read later, looks complicated

  • frankiespeakin
    frankiespeakin

    I'm glad some enjoyed it. I came across this while researching the uses of Pleroma in Jung's writtings. I'm trying to find out more about different entities I meet while tripping on ayahuasca & shrooms and how to get the most out of these encounters.

    I post sometimes on an Ayahuasca forum and this thread sparked my research in the above mention Pleroma as used by Jung. For those that are interested here is the thread:

    Tranference :

    http://forums.ayahuasca.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=7282

  • frankiespeakin
    frankiespeakin

    GF,

    I actually understood as much as ten percent of it, for about five minutes at a time.

    Yeah I know what you mean it is highly symbolic. He does a good job though of telling the reader not to put all your eggs in one basket, in this case the worship of a single deity.

Share this

Google+
Pinterest
Reddit