Grounded in the natural philosophy of the Middle Ages, alchemy formed a bridge: on the one hand into the past, to Gnosticism, and on the other into the future, to the modern psychology of the unconscious.
Carl JungRead
A creative person has little power over his own life. He is not free. He is captive and driven by his daimon.
Interpretation
A creative individual often feels compelled by an inner drive that limits their autonomy.
Carl Jung suggests that creativity is not solely a choice but rather a descent into a powerful drive or instinct, referred to as 'daimon.' This indicates that a creative person's life is heavily influenced by their creative urges and inspirations, which can make them feel less in control of their own destiny.
In practice
In a speech about artistic challenges, one might say, 'As Carl Jung noted, a creative person has little power over his own life.'
Grounded in the natural philosophy of the Middle Ages, alchemy formed a bridge: on the one hand into the past, to Gnosticism, and on the other into the future, to the modern psychology of the unconscious.
The majority of my patients consisted not of believers but of those who had lost their faith.
Complexes are psychic contents which are outside the control of the conscious mind. They have been split off from consciousness and lead a separate existence in the unconscious, being at all times ready to hinder or to reinforce the conscious intentions.
We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.
From the viewpoint of analytic psychology, the theatre, aside from any aesthetic value, may be considered as an institution for the treatment of the mass complex.
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I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless.
Knowledge that does not generate achievement is a pale and bloodless thing, unworthy of mankind.
In both writing and sleeping, we learn to be physically still at the same time we are encouraging our minds to unlock from the humdrum rational thinking of our daytime lives.
It could be that one of the greatest hindrances to evangelism is the poverty of our own experience.
One acts decisively only in the conviction that all the angels are on one side and all the devils on the other.
The source of anxiety lies in the future. If you can keep the future out of mind, you can forget your worries.
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