The Culmination (23 of 25) The Black Books Vol1
Channel: Audio Unabated
Date: 2023-10-19

Jung has dream of his inner situation, gave him purpose & strength 

The middle is the goal, nothing goes above it

The self is an archetype of orientation and meaning

The “I” is not the self, Jung realization that the self was the goal of the process of individuation, progress was not linear but involved the circumambulation of the self

Gave up painting and drawing mandalas, realizing there’s no straight no to development

Circumambulation (v) to circle on foot especially ritualistically 

Goal is now to consolidate insight into his life & science. The neglected aspects of his personality

The same way that it was important for a man to distinguish between what he was and how he appeared to others, it was essential to become conscious of his invisible relation to the unconscious, hence to differentiate himself from his anima

When the anima was unconscious it was projected

Separation from the mother imago is a delicate matter but of the upmost importance, forfeiting the autonomous complex because she is de-potentiated, and can’t achieve possession 

thru active imagination (form dialogue) enabling a functional relation between conscious & unconscious. The conflict between inner and outer  

Taking the content symbolically NOT literally. The ladder can cause misunderstanding

Critical to dis-indentify with thoughts that arise, has inclusionary and diminutive effects toward unconscious. Alters personality

Belief in an afterlife. Since our secular life views death as a cessation, the end