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Published in A Philosopher’s Stone

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Carl Jung: What is his Red Book?

And an introduction to my journey into the unconscious with the mystery of the snow-covered lodge — I’ve separated this post into two parts: Explanation of the Red Book The Snow Covered Lodge Thank you for your support! Let’s enter the labyrinth… Introduction to The Red Book (The Labyrinth) I want to begin with a disclaimer: Everything I speak about in these posts about my personal Red Book is not me claiming I have…

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Carl Jung: What is his Red Book?
Carl Jung: What is his Red Book?
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Published in A Philosopher’s Stone

·Mar 14

musings on laughter, pain, joy, desire, consciousness, and the abstract

it’s musings all the way down — “A young English lady used to laugh maliciously every time she received notice of the death of an acquaintance. This unusual behavior — in sheer contrast with her overall good manners and courtesy — well highlights what we always give away when we laugh: that personal agreement made, deep within…

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musings on laughter, pain, joy, desire, consciousness, and the abstract
musings on laughter, pain, joy, desire, consciousness, and the abstract
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Published in A Philosopher’s Stone

·Jan 11

A Singularity of the Inevitable Past

with Carl Jung, Nietzsche, and Deleuze — “The persona is a complicated system of relations between individual consciousness and society, fittingly enough a kind of mask, designed on the one hand to make a definite impression upon others, and, on the other, to conceal the true nature of the individual.” — Carl Jung “With all that which…

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A Singularity of the Inevitable Past
A Singularity of the Inevitable Past
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Published in A Philosopher’s Stone

·Jan 7

The Ego and the War Machine

Does the New Age understand what it is to be a desiring machine? — “The body without organs is in fact produced as a whole, but a whole alongside the parts — a whole that does not unify or totalize them, but that is added to them like a new, really distinct part.” — Deleuze and Guattari, Anti-Oedipus “Prefer what is positive and multiple…

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The Ego and the War Machine
The Ego and the War Machine
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Published in A Philosopher’s Stone

·Nov 12, 2022

Society and the endless influence of self

Society is the sum of all our interactions, from the past, the present, and those to come in the future. Society is an ever-changing tapestry woven from the threads of each individual life. But how do we view this tapestry? …

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Society and the endless influence of self
Society and the endless influence of self
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Published in A Philosopher’s Stone

·Oct 25, 2022

Art, Death, and Creation

with Nietzsche, Vonnegut, Bradbury, and Jung — “You must have chaos within you….to give birth to a dancing star.” — Friedrich Nietzsche “No art is possible without a dance with death.” — Kurt Vonnegut What if all art is built from some existential awareness we hold within ourselves? Is it the things we see and feel in…

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Art, Death, and Creation
Art, Death, and Creation
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Published in A Philosopher’s Stone

·Sep 8, 2022

Staring into the abyss for something real

“Psychology transmits ideals: the psyche therein no longer represents anything but the sponsorship that makes it qualify as academic. Ideals are society’s slaves.” — Jacques Lacan “Psychology is the field of the “imaginary,” in the sense of the illusory.” — Jacques Lacan “The real is what resists symbolization absolutely.” …

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Staring into the abyss for something real
Staring into the abyss for something real
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Published in A Philosopher’s Stone

·Sep 6, 2022

3 Popular Quotes Often Shared That Are Actually Helpful

We are always looking for short and concise insights on how to live our life. And the internet shows this with the endless sharing of famous quotes both properly attributed and misattributed. So anyway…here are three popular and widely shared quotes that I’ve found helpful for my life! “Every man…

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3 Popular Quotes Often Shared That Are Actually Helpful
3 Popular Quotes Often Shared That Are Actually Helpful
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Published in A Philosopher’s Stone

·Aug 26, 2022

Finding Wonder in Psychedelics and Mysticism

“Certain theistic thinkers consider induced mysticism to be, as it were, fake mysticism, revealing no truth in comparison to the revelations of the ordained saints and established mystics. On the other side, the physicality, or materialist, also takes induced mysticism to be non-revelatory and thus merely subjective.”— …

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Finding Wonder in Psychedelics and Mysticism
Finding Wonder in Psychedelics and Mysticism
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Published in A Philosopher’s Stone

·Aug 18, 2022

Quotes that created a new understanding of dreams and fear

“Quite an experience, to live in fear, isn’t it? That’s what it is to be a slave.” — Blade Runner “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you; if you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring…

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Quotes that created a new understanding of dreams and fear
Quotes that created a new understanding of dreams and fear
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