“Like the Sun, like the Moon, like water, like gold, be clear and radiant and reflect what you carry in your heart.” (inscription on a Chinese mirror) The mirror, today just an everyday object, has always been a part of myths, legends, and children’s stories. It appears as a magical mirror that can show images … Read more
Assyrian Lamassu, a winged bull with a human head (421 BC) The Greek sphinx is a demon of destruction who poses certain questions to those who approach it and devours anyone in its path. Its name, according to one interpretation, comes from the Greek word sphingo (to squeeze, strangle), which indicates its demonic nature. According … Read more
Undoubtedly, it is Jung’s merit that in a crude materialistic age, like ours, he has once again pointed out the depths of the human being and the meaning of human existence and responded to the unquenchable longing of human beings for individual development and towards the Whole. Carl Gustav Jung: psychoanalyst, a man for whom … Read more
When we say “I am aware of that” in everyday speech, we usually mean the awareness of experiencing a certain situation, feeling, thought, or action. Approximately within these frames, the definitions of contemporary psychology interpret consciousness. However, in ancient traditions, consciousness was understood much more complexly: simultaneously as the origin, process, and goal of the … Read more
The term attention is often used in everyday speech: parents warn children to be attentive at school; teachers tell students: “Pay attention to …”; if we collide with a passerby on the street, we will hear: “Watch where you’re going!” What is attention and how important is it for our lives? Does the meaning and … Read more
In nature, nothing is static, there is always a change that is manifested in a rhythmic alternation of cycles of activity and passivity, light and darkness, good and bad. As Pharaoh’s dream of seven fat and seven skinny cows tells us, after a period of fertility comes a drought, after activity, growth, and development comes … Read more
All of us love cleanliness, a clean space in which we find ourselves or a city in which we live. We love to be clean, fresh, and surrounded by everything that is pure. We know that cleanliness needs to be maintained regularly because everything in this material world constantly gets dirty – as soon as … Read more
“We all want to be happy. Regardless of the form in which happiness comes (love, friendship, fame, power, or wealth), it is always accompanied by emotions – the state of happiness is a state of great emotional pleasure. However, associating happiness with emotions means placing it on unstable foundations, because emotions themselves are unstable. We … Read more
“Empathy is finding the echo of another person within oneself. Nelson Mandela” “Empathy signifies the process of directly experiencing the emotional state, opinions, and behavior of another person. The word empathy comes from the ancient Greek word πάθος, which translates to feeling and experiencing.” “This is a complex phenomenon that can be studied from various … Read more
Carl Gustav Jung (1875 – 1961) was a Swiss psychologist, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author of numerous works that are not easily categorized into existing categories. He spent his lifetime in self-examination, seeking connections between psychology, philosophy, religion, alchemy, dreams, archetypes, and symbols, deepening the path towards his own individuation – one of the key concepts … Read more
