One who looks outside, dreams. One who looks inside, awakens. - Carl Jung Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you
Jordan Peterson made a profound point on Chris Williamson’s podcast.
When God dies, a lot of unexpected things die with Him, including science.
Science isn’t some purely neutral, secular tool. It rests on deeply religious assumptions: that truth exists, that it’s knowable, that pursuing it is good, and that the universe makes sense.
These aren’t scientific claims, they’re metaphysical, rooted in a religious worldview. The universities themselves grew out of monasteries.
Without that deeper foundation, science eventually stops being about truth and becomes just another tool for power, ideology, or convenience. You lose the reason to be honest when the data gets inconvenient.
Do you think science can survive long-term without any belief in objective truth or a higher moral order?
It’s really hard to pin it down because he is the complexio oppositorum. He’s the Anima Mundi, the spirit of the Self, the Chthonic side of the Holy Spirit (or the whole Holy Spirit). I saw him in my dream as a dual natured deity which was numinous. Jung discusses him here:
"The Spirit Mercurius" in Alchemical Studies (Collected Works, Vol. 13).
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@jimmy_dore@TuckerCarlson When Tucker mentions the subtle “awakening” before Covid, it reminds me of the patterns of dreams Jung saw in people leading up to World War 1.
Few understand the profound influence Jung has had on our culture. Jungian archetypes are the explicit foundation of many Hollywood blockbusters such as Star Wars and the Matrix (Volger). The 12 steps of AA are also based on Jungian individuation as stated by its founder (Wilson).
2/7: THE CALL TO ADVENTURE — "Mine."
-Ordinary World: Sesame Street. Safe. Known. Elmo clutches his blanket — the object that defines his sense of self.
-The Call shatters it: blanket lost to Grouchland.
-The Hero never chooses the journey. The journey chooses them.
-Elmo doesn't want growth. He wants his blanket back. That's exactly how transformation starts.
1/7 For adult students of Jung raising toddlers: Elmo in Grouchland is a perfect Hero's Journey hiding in plain sight. Your 3-year-old is watching a monomyth.
Elmo = Hero (Ego in formation)
Blanket = Soul Object (attachment)
Huxley = Shadow (hoarding self)
Queen of Trash = Mentor/Threshold
Guardian Bug = Trickster
Grouchland = The Unconscious.
One small red monster. One complete mythic arc.
I genuinely did not expect so much backlash for denouncing usury.
That anyone would defend the practice, especially self-professing Christians, blows my mind.
vladimir lenin had this painting framed above his bed, hitIer bought one of the originals, freud had a print hanging in his study, rachmaninoff composed a musical piece inspired by it, & it influenced salvador dalí. nabokov wrote the painting “could be found in every berlin home”
“From quiet homes and first beginning,
Out of the undiscovered ends, There’s nothing worth the wear of winning,
But laughter and the love of friends.”
-Hilaire Belloc