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 Ep 14. Initiation and Gnosis - a personal experience
S2 Ep 13. Jung and Gnosticism Part B
S2 Ep 12 Jung and Gnosticism Part A
S2 Ep 11. Jung and Alchemy Part B
S2 Ep 10. Jung and Alchemy Part A.
S2 Ep 9. Jung's Contributions to the Psychotherapy of our Time
S2.Ep 8. Jung: Visions, Journey of the Soul
S2.Ep 7. Jung: Introverted Mystic
S2.Ep 6. Jung: The Wounded Visionary
S2. Ep 5. Richard Dawkins:The God Delusion
S2.Ep 4. James Locklock: Ecological visionary of our time. Part 2
S2.Ep 3. James Lovelock: Visionary of the Ecological Crisis. Part 1
S2.Ep 2. The Quest: Mysticism and Evolution
S2.Ep 1. The Quest Series: The Search for Vision in the Evolving Crises of our Times
S1.Ep 23. The Secret of the Golden Flower 2
S1.Ep 22. The Secret of the Golden Flower 1
S1.Ep 21. Questions and Responses on healing - 2
S1.Ep 20. Questions and Responses on Healing - 1
S1.Ep 19. Integration of the Spirit in Psychotherapy
S1.Ep 18. Empathic resonance in the field of therapist and client
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