Sublime

Tuttavia c’è una profonda differenza fra l’atto di prendere consapevolmente la decisione di espungere e sopprimere temporaneamente una parte della nostra psiche e la condizione in cui ciò avviene spontaneamente, senza la partecipazione della nostra conoscenza e della nostra volontà e magari contro le nostre stesse intenzioni. Il primo è un prodotto

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“Anima” and “animus” originate in the Latin words for “soul” and “spirit”; so your heart may fall for a composite childhood image but always an unknown configuration is structuring your map, and permeating it with experiences of miracle and mystery.27 That’s why, Jungians would say, love is so overwhelming. It knocks your socks off as it lifts you

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The daimon’s “reminders” work in many ways. The daimon motivates. It protects. It invents and persists with stubborn fidelity. It resists compromising reasonableness and often forces deviance and oddity upon its keeper, especially when it is neglected or opposed. It offers comfort and can pull you into its shell, but cannot abide innocence. It can

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