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Jung\u2019s active imagination of\u00a0Black Books<\/em>\u00a0began as a search for the soul.\u00a0 Most of the material was written during the WWI and bears the imprint of its horrific context.\u00a0 Jung entered\u00a0mundus imaginalis<\/em>\u00a0and traversed landscapes of his inner world.\u00a0 Initially he travelled alone, and later in the company of his soul and a gnostic magus Philemon.\u00a0 In his exploration Jung\u2019s I encountered various figures, interactions with whom affected him deeply.\u00a0 In this presentation we will focus on his encounters with the Dead.\u00a0 After the death of a poor, migrant Swiss worker, Jung\u2019s I encountered Death itself. He was visited by the procession of dead anabaptists on the pilgrimage to and from Jerusalem.\u00a0 Their visitation crossed over from the world of the dead to the world of the living causing disturbances in Jung\u2019s household. To appease them he delivered\u00a0Seven Sermons to the Dead<\/em>.\u00a0 In other imaginal adventure, he was confronted by the three dead\u2014souls from Ancient Egyptian and Greek underworld\u2014who demanded that he builds the temple for the community of the living and the dead, as both life and death are aspects of the soul.<\/p>\n

In his extensive scientific work and psychiatric analytic practice Jung dealt with human suffering and probed the mysteries of the psyche, that inevitably led to reflections of death and beyond that he framed in symbolic language.\u00a0 In the recent publication of\u00a0Jung\u2019s Life and Work<\/em>, the protocols of the complete interviews with Aniela Jaff\u00e9, whose edited version forms the well-known\u00a0Memories, Dreams, Reflections<\/em>, Jung recounts personal experiences with the dead, reincarnation, afterlife, and does so concretely without symbolic interpretation.<\/p>\n

In our uncertain times, engaging Jung\u2019s reflections on this dark subject can offer some orientation in our own wrestling with the angel death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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