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youngelephantI haven’t posted in awhile but I was just hit with a stroke of inspiration. I literally just finished reading the intro to the second edition of Psychology and Alchemy by C.G. Jung. This quote struck me as particularly meaningful in current times:
“It [Gnosticism] was founded on the perception of symbols thrown up by the unconscious individuation process which always sets in when the collective dominants of human life fall into decay. At such a time there is bound to be a considerable number of individuals who are possessed by archetypes of a numinous nature that force their way to the surface in order to form new dominants (Jung, C.G. 1953. Psychology and Alchemy. Oxfordshire, England: Routledge)”.
From this quote, I’m getting the take away that the loss of efficacy in religions leads to the triggering of the individuation process in those whose tempestuous unconsciouses the dying religion can not temper. In other words, religions aren’t working, so the ripe among us seek alternatives.
Christianity stopped working long ago. The problem is most people who reject Christianity turn to the religion of Progess to fill that void. To truly wake up, one must reject the myth of Progress and allow the unconscious to produce new urgings, callings, and images which then must be integrated if one is to individuate.
“It [Gnosticism] was founded on the perception of symbols thrown up by the unconscious individuation process which always sets in when the collective dominants of human life fall into decay. At such a time there is bound to be a considerable number of individuals who are possessed by archetypes of a numinous nature that force their way to the surface in order to form new dominants (Jung, C.G. 1953. Psychology and Alchemy. Oxfordshire, England: Routledge)”.
From this quote, I’m getting the take away that the loss of efficacy in religions leads to the triggering of the individuation process in those whose tempestuous unconsciouses the dying religion can not temper. In other words, religions aren’t working, so the ripe among us seek alternatives.
Christianity stopped working long ago. The problem is most people who reject Christianity turn to the religion of Progess to fill that void. To truly wake up, one must reject the myth of Progress and allow the unconscious to produce new urgings, callings, and images which then must be integrated if one is to individuate.
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Date: 2022-01-02 11:09 pm (UTC)I think part of the problem is that most of modern Christianity has embraced the religion of Progress. I think this is, in part, why modern Christianity stopped working. A person finds that their modernist church, with its Gospel of Progress, isn't working and so they leave. But they take the implicit assumptions of the religion of Progress with them. The more aware that I've become of the religion of Progress, the more I've realized how it has permeated almost everything in society.
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Date: 2022-01-04 07:26 pm (UTC)