Jungian Alchemy: The Secret of Inner Transformation

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@Liyah-encyclopedia333 Ай бұрын

Wow, really moved by the description of the person who has completed the alchemical transformation ❤

@endless2804 20 күн бұрын

The following dream sparked my interest in alchemy and jung... A great time to be alive - thank you team and KZbin. I had a dream where a wise woman was giving gardening advice to a attentive audience. To show their appreciation the crowd passed down gifts of plants. A large dark fungi wrapped in black visqueen landed in my lap. The surface of the fungi glittered with gold.

@JuniMcfadden Ай бұрын

Thank you Joseph, for your insights. I appreciate Deb and Lisa for giving him the floor. You all do respect and interplay sweetly with each other.

@aynua.amazonas Ай бұрын

Thank you for this beautiful and very inspiring conversation. Calm, respectful, and nourishing.

@carolorber6009 Ай бұрын

We'll let you know when we get there". From where I'm standing, you three are closer than anyone in my universe( virtual and personal ). You are the adults in the room. And, each time I'm in that room, I feel deeply touched.

@AmberExista Ай бұрын

You know, Jung and his work mean so much to me, you could say it means my life. I was restless and pondering questions about the meaning of existence and seeking spirituality since 13. And I dreamed recently that Jung is still alive, he reincarnated as himself to carry on his work. In the dream I felt he reincarnated in me, symbolically meaning that I should be one of the people that carry on his work. And you three are extraordinary and I am so glad you exist and are alive as my contemporaries. And I did search a bit other sources, other youtubers, the atmosphere at the Zurich center, and I was so disappointed. But.. you do the work, for real, I feel it, and I love you for it. I am in Europe and will likely never meet you in person and I dont have the money to ever go into therapy with you, but I am glad nevertheless that you exist and I get to see your work while you are alive and not from books. Thank you!

@AmberExista Ай бұрын

A little synchronicity: Just a few days after I wrote this comment, I started reading Barbara Hannah's book on Jung's life and I was surprised to see Jung was of the sentiment that the individuals reading the books in silence will be those carrying on his work: "I am sure there must have been a great many good spirits there that morning, and I think they mostly belonged to people we did not even know. But you know, those are the people who will carry on my psychology, people who read my books and let me silently change their lives. It will not be carried on by the people on top, for they mostly give up Jungian psychology and take to prestige psychology instead."

@tod7977 Ай бұрын

Been a while since I tuned in, but really enjoy your discussions. Nothing quite like them. And you all have matching Shure microphones, what a tidy operation you run.😃

@Khaos4order Ай бұрын

Through pain and suffering comes the knowledge of.

@joshuaschmude7187 Ай бұрын

Fantastic episode! Alchemical Studies and Psychology and Alchemy are by far Jungs most important when trying to understand his approach to psychotherapy using dreams. Where Jung stops, namely, the emergence of the image of the self, is the starting point of Iamblichus and the latter Neoplatonists. These images are more than mere images, they are carriers of very particular kinds of energy whose expression is felt and expierenced synchronistically. What the Neoplatonists, Egyptians and Chaldeans understood was that these geometric shapes were not just dream images, they were the manifestation of a god. Once one understood this, they could infer what God manifested according to its geometric shape, all of which are expressed in the Platonic solids. According to Iamblichus and Proclus, working with sunethemata in nature, we can create a receptical which can actually house the presence of this unconscious energy and act as an oracle.

@hanagloriaedelblum5693 Ай бұрын

Fantastic! Nonetheless, only the Creator created the achemists and allow the manifesting of dreams. We are all here to experience in love for our One G-d.

@F.W.Goodsell Ай бұрын

Alchemy was fundamentally the ancient origin of chemistry. Sir Isaac Newton, discoverer of the 3 laws of motion, Calculus, fundamentals of light, was also a devoted alchemist in secret. His notebooks on alchemy were kept secret by his family until relatively recently to protect his reputation.

@changepointkotzebue2831 8 күн бұрын

This was my favorite Jungian Life podcast. Please explore this topic further, thank you.

@mohamedalashker4720 Ай бұрын

Love the podcast.

@LostSoulAscension Ай бұрын

Congrats on 60k Subs!

@dumaramutsi Ай бұрын

One of the best episodes, although too short :(

@Anders01 Ай бұрын

I'm fascinated by the esoteric alchemy of transforming the individual. And I came to think of how the first blackening stage is similar to what Jesus said, that we need to deny ourselves. The ego in separation consciousness has to dissolve! Jesus even said that we must lose our life in order to find our life in Christ, and rather than it meaning physical death I think of it as the first stage in alchemy.

@jibranelbazi 24 күн бұрын

if you die before you die, you will not die when you die

@romeoduque7297 Ай бұрын

That one tool song just became more clearer after learning this

@SaintHoseaHermitage Ай бұрын

I always look forward to your uploads.

@christophertodd1980 Ай бұрын

Isn’t it true that the material descriptions used by Alchemists was merely to avoid accusations of heresy from religious doctrines and the fatal consequences? They were metaphorically referring to the psychological and spiritual development (preferred by mystical Christianity and Sufism within Islam for example) that wasn’t congruent with prevailing doctrines. That it was a way to maintain secrecy and protection from persecution?

@DR-vf9tr Ай бұрын

I agree

@Dawid2235h Ай бұрын

Yes the philosopher stone with us showed in Harry Potter has a hidden meaning but I can’t disclose that in public, the practice they had where they try to “change different substances into gold has roots in Christianity is very hidden but very simple if you manage to see it for yourself. (“SR”)

@Holala1970 Ай бұрын

Brilliant! You confirmed what i felt 🎉

@scottystef Ай бұрын

38:53 the body of the King is just lifeless.. This section is the best description of mid life crisis I've yet heard. I'm 54 and have been working through my own MLC for 5 years, which accompanied a series of external catastrophes as a family we had no control over. Last night after hearing this section I sat with my IFS parts and connected to a deep 'alter ego', my shadow self, that was so gentle and powerful, as I now have this framework to help me understand and support this work. Is there a place online for us MLC's ers to connect around Jungian Alchemy as you have described? I am so grateful for this description and would love to hear more of this process from a MLC POV. Thank you so much!

@AshleyWilliams-d2q 15 күн бұрын

You can study your natal chart if you haven't already.

@digitaltango Ай бұрын

This is so fascinating. I love you guys and this podcast. I watched your video on Negredo back in 2020 🙏

@AgnetaHallgren Ай бұрын

Thanks, I can't even describe how extremely helpful this was & is 🙏🏻🧡💛❤

@jgarciajr82 Ай бұрын

It's interesting hearing this in a rational way. I wonder if being rational leads to aspiration which leads to deep change. This is an insight and I feel insights are God speaking.

@zacharyh6361 Ай бұрын

I actually think I read that alchemy was one of the main catalysts for developing scientific thought and rational thinking in the first place! Edward Edinger's Anatomy of the Psyche is a great book on alchemy.

@somethingother9828 Ай бұрын

Episode on Gnosticism please!

@bryanalltogether Ай бұрын

Dream projection: she needs to feel the new personality in her body and right now she is only holding onto the new personality as a memory of a decision.

@CatladyActionFigure Ай бұрын

Admire your deep perceptive comment.

@Karlien68 Ай бұрын

This was splendid and elevating! I can also see the correspondance with buddhist study and practice. And other genuine spiritual/esoteric traditions/knowledge. Mr. Lee....I totally loved your insights (and voice if I might add) 😊 Have been going through nigredo ad albedo for almost 5 years. The exhaustion is enormous. And sometimes I get despondant if I will ever 'get there' 😊 Where can I find more about how to do this proces as put in the description? Will there be more profound presentations on this?

@mar2406tube Ай бұрын

Wow, Thanks! 🙏😇✨

@ejenkins4711 Ай бұрын

I had an exsperince in 2004, some how coming in contact with CGJUNG took me somewhere i don't have anybody to talk too indetail and unemployed i live in ulster

@ejenkins4711 Ай бұрын

The thought that the ressurection is connected to the female period

@don-eb3fj Ай бұрын

@@ejenkins4711Interesting idea, and if a stranger's opinion counts for anything, I think you should allow your imagination to explore that concept, it instinctively feels important in a profound Feminine archetypal way that I am becoming familiar with of late. I know that "Alice through the looking glass" feeling of having "an experience" - 2 years ago was when mine began, after a long stint of straws on the camel's back and a trigger event that touched a critical nerve I'd been numbing since early childhood. Under the clear blue sky of the totally rational world I had learned to accept as all there is, I heard the wings of a dragonfly in my mind's ear whispering a poem, spoken as a greeting (or a summons?) from an old friend: "...or how many times have our lives lines been crossed in thick or in thin..." The REAL world owl in the pine tree 30 yards away asked "Who?" incessantly as archetypal characters began to act out a "play" in the theater of my mind : a figure in battered eclectic armor kneeling before a fallen buttress of a crumbling cathedral; a deep Feminine voice whispered "Watch. Listen." as the rose window in the last-standing gable wall of the cathedral blazed to life and shifted like a kaliedoscope, a mandala, the iris of the third eye of a goddess opening to show me my own mind. A birth, long and difficult, attended by the Fates as they diced and made wagers while weaving a square of dull fabric - a blanket, or a shroud?, the oldest checking the positions of the stars in the sky outside the room's single (circular) segmented window ...a young mother sitting in a rocking chair, a bundle swaddled in dull fabric on her lap as she sings in a low soothing voice..."Don't talk to strangers, 'cause they're only there, to do you harm..."(Dio) Her dark eyes are clouded with dark shadows and haunting visions - past, present, or future? - while a needle and thread flash in her deft fingers, stitching the blanket around the infant, her needle working as she absent-mindedly places her final stitches in the sleeping infant's silent lips. ...the deep Feminine voice again - "Build for me a Temple, a bridge between worlds, and you will have the power to walk between them at will..." I do not know what that means, how I should go about it, or why I should be asked to do this - I don't "believe in" ANY of this woo woo stuff. Maybe I've finally lost my mind? My attention returned to the real world and the owl in the pine tree, still being nosey with its one question; but I had lost interest and energy for anything and spent the next 2 days binge-watching Netflix, trying to focus on something besides my spinning mind. On the third day the owl was still there, still questioning. I tried doing some work outside, and while I was sitting on the deck for a break, I was joined by a visitor - a cobalt blue and black damselfly, a living one, but it didn't look real; it was too bright, almost metallic, like a jewel that had fallen from the breast of some goddess' gown. We sat surveying each other for several minutes, and the thought went through my mind as if my visitor had asked it - "So, what's it gonna be?" I didn't have an answer. Soon another damselfly arrived, pale chartreuse, and the two joined in midair, forming an open heart with eight diaphanous wings, then flew away back to whatever world they had come from, apparently along with the owl. That afternoon as I walked my dog I had a profound sense of presence in and awareness and aliveness of the natural world I don't recall ever having experienced before. Small flowers in the patchy lawn spoke to my mind in the language of visual symbolism in colors the rainbow might envy. A tall reedy stalk growing from the rip-rap at the water's edge beckoned to me, the petals of it's tulip-like blooms just parting, like the lips of a maiden expectant of a first kiss... words fail utterly. Thus began my study of the esoteric, and the more I study the more examples I find of synchronicity, of the same images and words used to describe others' experiences, all different but too alike to dismiss as coincidence. The narrative continues to unfold in its own timing. New "character"istics of myself continue to emerge that I had forgotten or never knew. Words continue to fail as my unconscious tries to teach its dim-witted student its mysteries - but I am getting better with my newly adopted quill, the voice I never had, and I try to use it every day to reach out and share comfort and support with others who are walking a similar path. Sometimes it's very dark and it seems to be leading nowhere but in circles among the same cold stones. The stars shine down from the Night sky, seemingly indifferent, but there's a story written there in the starlight, we're just young and haven't developed our reading skills yet. The same stars shine over Ulster that shine over me here across the pond, and I sense that they've told you a few very interesting tales that I'd love to hear if you're willing to share. Hang in there my friend, and listen carefully to the whisper in your mind's ear, you've been sent a message, orders from headquarters or a greeting from an old friend. What's it gonna be? Nihil ausus, nihil mutatum. Carpè Noctum. (Nothing ventured, nothing changed. Seize the Night)🙏🕊

@Nalu-c8f Ай бұрын

Same

@Thatsbannanas-d8c Ай бұрын

I’m listening. Thank you, kindly.

@Nigussie-t1m Ай бұрын

Yes this is who I am and BUT I know the real identity of mine. And, also I know that I was not that I was created by myself or my nature.

@mica7153 Ай бұрын

Still working on the "non reactive" in every scenario 😅

@mica7153 Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@thisjungianlife Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your contribution!!

@Brecon723 Ай бұрын

Can anybody share how long they spent in the nigredo? I've been here 4 years now..

@debramulcahy9979 Ай бұрын

The alchemical marriage …

@cinereus3601 Ай бұрын

42:00

@Killane10 Ай бұрын

I am really loving❤listening to all 3 of you and wish to express my appreciation. I have a question . Everything in your videos really resonates with me but in particular resonates with the current conflicts, Gaza, Israel, Ukraine etc. Your perspective would be invaluable here because there clearly is a resonates with the behaviours of the leaders and others associated with these conflicts? I know this could be sensitive but how about an episode relating jungian philosophy to say the conflict in Israel??.