In today’s episode I have decided to do something rather different. I have chosen a mythic individual at the start of Chinese history, the Yellow Emperor, and have constructed a poem using the story of his retreat to the Mountains of the West in search of enlightenment at the feet of the sage Guangchengzi. This is one of the earliest stories we have of the search for spiritual illumination and its impact not just on an individual but on the collective which was in deep discord. I believe such a story, myth, or archetype is right for our time.
The literary sources for Taoist philosophy are taken from The Secret of the Golden Flower, a book of great importance to Jung. There are also references in the poem to the I Ching, the Book of Changes.
S2 Ep82. Jung and the Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation
S2 Ep81. The Turning of the Year
S2 Ep80. Answer to Job. Part 8. Appraisal.
S3 Ep32. Respuesta a Job Parte 9. Relevancia al mundo moderno. Spanish language series
S2 Ep79. Answer to Job. Part 7. Questions and Responses.
S3 Ep31. Respuesta a Job. Parte 8. Valoración crítica. Spanish language series
S2 Ep78 Answer to Job. Part 6. God wants to create humanity ... but not quite
S3 Ep30. Respuesta a Job Parte 7. ¿Hay una explicación en la historia judaica y cristiana para la literatura apocalíptica? Spanish language series.
S2 Ep77. Jung’s Answer to Job. Part 5. The Contemporary Apocalypse.
S2 Ep76. Answer to Job. Part 4. The Dark Side of the Creator
S3 Ep29. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 6. ¿Un Verdadero Apocalipsis? Spanish language series
S2 Ep75. Jung’s Answer to Job. Part 3. The Drama between Mankind and God.
S3 Ep28. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 5. Dios quiere entrar la humanidad. Spanish language series.
S2 Ep74. Jung’s Answer to Job. Part 2. Jung’s Different Voices.
S2 Ep73. Exploration of Jung’s Answer to Job. Part 1. The Background.
S3 Ep27. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 4. El lado oscuro de Dios. Spanish language series.
S2 Ep72. Banishment from Eden and Emergence of Consciousness. The Spiritual Crisis of our Time. Part 15
S3 Ep26. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 3. El drama entre Dios y la humanidad. Spanish language series
S2 Ep71. The Fall from the Garden of Eden. Spiritual Crisis of our Time Part 14
S2 Ep70. The Transition from the Great Mother to the Patriarchy. The Spiritual Crisis of our Time. Part 13.
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