This episode explores Death Potential which is not a psychological trait but a mythological and metaphysical category. Moreover, it is archetypal and universal and therefore is not unique to capitalism but exists within our consciousness across its whole history. The immense technological powers of capitalism constellate this Death Potential in the most intense form yet experienced by our species. This distinguishes it from Freud’s notion of the death instinct. I do not believe such an instinct exists in the human psyche but I do believe that mankind has a tremendous fear of death which is repressed, becomes intolerable and is then projected outwards. I also believe that the whole perinatal period, (that is the period around birth: in the womb, actual birth, and immediate post-birth) can be an intimate, dramatic, sometimes traumatic, encounter with the forces of death that can deeply shape human character. In other words our entrance into consciousness is through the gates of potential death. This is projected onto nature,other human beings, and the world. This is our greatest danger.
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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