Monday, 8 December 2008

A Way In

[...] I attribute a positive value to all religions. In their symbolism I recognize those figures which I have met with in the dreams and fantasies of my patients.

In their moral teaching I see efforts that are the same as or similar to those made by my patients, when, guided by their own insight or inspiration, they seek the right way of dealing with the forces of the inner life.

Ceremonial, ritual, initiation rites and ascetic practices, in all their forms and variations, interest me profoundly as so many techniques for bringing about a proper relation to these [inner] forces.

[C.G. Jung]
Modern Man In Search Of A Soul ('Freud and Jung'), p.121, 122

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  1. He had laid down even more harsh regulations for the pastors and the priests of all the churches and, in short, demanded strict observance of every duty on the part of all the ecclesiastics.

    Such a bishop is uncomfortable for all those who want to keep outside themselves their sense of God, building him a house outside, all the more beautiful as the need to be forgiven is greater.

    [Luigi_Pirandello]
    One, No One & One Hundred Thousand, p.141
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