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Divine Quote by Carl Jung

“The Self then functions as a union of opposites and thus constitutes the most immediate experience of the Divine which it is psychologically possible to imagine” quote by Carl Jung — Download Open image

“The Self then functions as a union of opposites and thus constitutes the most immediate experience of the Divine which it is psychologically possible to imagine”

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No man can change himself into anything from sheer reason; he can only change into what he potentially is.

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Whenever we touch nature we get clean. People who have got dirty through too much civilization take a walk in the woods, or a…

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The self is defined psychologically as the psychic totality of the individual. Anything that a [person] postulates as being a greater totality than [oneself]…

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Metaphysical assertions, however, are statements of the psyche, and are therefore psychological. Whenever the Westerner hears the word “psychological,” it always sounds to him…

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To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

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Like the sea itself, the unconscious yields an endless and self-replenishing abundance of creatures, a wealth beyond our fathoming.

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Astrology is knocking at the gates of our universities: A Tübingen professor has switched over to astrology and a course on astrology was given at Cardiff University last year. Astrology is not mere superstition but contains some psychological facts (like theosophy) which are of considerable importance. Astrology has actually nothing to do with the stars but is the 5000-year-old psychology…

Synchronicity reveals the meaningful connections between the subjective and objective world.

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Instinct is like Nature herself - prodigiously conservative, and yet transcending her own historical conditions in her acts of creation.

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Paul hardly ever allows the real Jesus of Nazareth to get a word in.

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“He would have lived countless times over the life of the individual, of the family, tribe and people, and he would possess the living…

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People learn from who we are, rather than what we say, and to believe otherwise is a disease of the mind.

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