25 / Culture and Cultural Typology / Research, Theory, and History
Tags: alchemy, Buddhism, cauda pavonis, color symbolism, individuation, Intuition, Kiley Laughlin, mandala, psychoid, quaternity, Secret of the Golden Flower, Wolfgang Pauli, yoga
October 7, 2015

Jung believed that colors symbolize dynamic psychic factors that evolve with consciousness. An analysis of his color studies suggests that the psyche uses color as a way to distinguish different kinds (i.e., functions) of consciousness. “The personality passes through many transformations which show it in different lights and are followed by ever-changing moods.“
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James Kennard
24 / Archetypes / Personal Development, Health, and Spirituality
Tags: alchemy, Demonic/ Daimonic, Dionysian, extraverted sensation (Se), Faust, individuation, inferior function, introverted intuition (Ni), introverted sensation (Si), James Kennard, Nietzsche, overman, personification, Puer Aeternus, Secret of the Golden Flower, Self, shadow, thinking, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Übermensch
July 1, 2015

Rather than truly being able to move down to embrace the inferior function, to achieve “integrity in depth,” Nietzsche tries to “overcome” the problem of the personality. His fantastic intuitions are not wholly thought through, and so he is not able to deal with the real task of individuation, which asks us to ground consciousness in the reality of body and mind.
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