The Symbolic Treasure Behind Holy Week (Part II)

Between 1916 and 1928, Jung published a number of works in which he attempted to translate some of the themes of Liber Novus into contemporary psychological language. In 1928, the sinologist Richard Wilhelm sent him a copy of the Taoist alchemical treatise The Secret of the Golden Flower, inviting him to write a commentary. Struck by the parallelis

begins to read christologically, with all stories, signs, and symbols pointing directly to Christ.

The chapters follow a particular format: they begin with the exposition of dramatic visual fantasies. In them Jung encounters a series of figures in various settings and enters into conversation with them. He is confronted with unexpected happenings and shocking statements. He then attempts to understand what had transpired, and to formulate the si

In summary: several developments needed to take place within Christianity if it were to survive: 1) evil and darkness needed to be incorporated in a new way; 2) the feminine needed to be given more credence by Christianity, which in its historical form is patriarchal and masculinist; 3) the scriptures needed to be delit-eralised and read as metapho