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
Embrace your grief. For there, your soul will grow.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Accepting and experiencing grief can lead to personal growth and deeper understanding of oneself.
In this quote, Carl Jung emphasizes the importance of confronting and embracing grief rather than avoiding it. He suggests that through the process of experiencing grief, individuals can gain profound insights into their own souls, leading to personal development and a more nuanced understanding of life and its complexities.
Themes
GriefGrowthSoulAcceptanceSelf-Discovery
In practice
Example use cases
During a eulogy, one might say, 'Embrace your grief. For there, your soul will grow,' to encourage those mourning to honor their feelings.
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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.
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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 have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life - that is to say, over 35 - there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life.
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