We imagine the unconscious as something inside us ... But the unconscious can equally well be imagined outside of our bodies, out in the world, like a dark, wild forest through which we roam. There are equal measures of mystery in dreams and wilderness.
— Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft
We imagine the unconscious as something inside us ... But the unconscious can equally well be imagined outside of our bodies, out in the world, like a dark, wild forest through which we roam. There are equal measures of mystery in dreams and wilderness. — Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft
The psyche might be that existence in which the hereafter or the land of the dead is located.
Sandra Easter • Jung and the Ancestors: Beyond Biography, Mending the Ancestral Web
GORDIAN KNOTS OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS
Shall we deny that Gordian knots of the subconscious exist as well? Those sudden unlooked-for eruptions of the subconscious mind, those unexpected shocking, jarring, or delightfully naughty associations: images of lopping off the feet of your boss, of hurling your kid into a pond, of tongue-to-tongue delight with y... See more
Shall we deny that Gordian knots of the subconscious exist as well? Those sudden unlooked-for eruptions of the subconscious mind, those unexpected shocking, jarring, or delightfully naughty associations: images of lopping off the feet of your boss, of hurling your kid into a pond, of tongue-to-tongue delight with y... See more
Catherine Shainberg • Dreams | Readwise
For a taste of this mystery, simply close your eyes, calm your breathing, and try to still your mind. This will be next to impossible; thoughts and feelings will come up regardless. The calmer your mind is, the more disconnected and arbitrary will be the thoughts that arise. Images will appear out of nowhere, things you had long ignored or forgotte
... See moreRichard Smoley • The Dice Game of Shiva
The collective unconscious is the great sea of information that contains the collected patterns of everything that has ever occurred in time and space. It contains archetypical forces and original patterns emanating from the beginning of time onwards.