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His “individuality” turns out to be an evasion, a circular path back into the woods. If this man had stayed in his relationship or his marriage and taken responsibility for developing his individuality there, then he could have faced the issue squarely.
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Our soul is that part of the unconscious that is outside the ego, out of sight, yet mediates the unconscious to the ego. Dr. Jung said that the soul is “both receiver and transmitter,”
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What we seek constantly in romantic
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Symbols do not flow from the unconscious to tell us what we already know but to show us what we have yet to learn.
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Our task is to find the truth in romantic love and the level on which this truth can live.
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For all humankind and through all the ages, the sea has been the great symbol of the unconscious. The islands across the sea, the exotic kingdoms and distant lands, have always represented the Great Unknown. Our longing for these places of mystery, magic, flying carpets, and genies has a deep inner meaning. It is our nostalgia for the mysterious, u
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are they not all the seas of God?
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Monotheism encourages exploration!
No aspect of the human psyche can live in a healthy state unless it is balanced by its complementary opposite. If the masculine mind tries to live without its “other half,” the
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They still had hope, for hope in the heart of men lives on lean pasture.