Imagination and Fantasy in Alchemy

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In this episode:
We look at the question of how to begin -- that is, what preparations are needed to begin the work of the symbolic life?

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. Individual Dream Symbolism in Relation to Alchemy from 'Collected Works, vol. 12' by C.G. Jung
2. 'The Gods of the Greeks' by Karl Kerényi
3. The Swan, poem by Mary Oliver from 'House of Light'
4. 'Biographia Literaria'  by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
5.  'Hymn to Delos' by Callimachus
6.  The Aims of Psychotherapy from 'Collected Works, vol. 16' by C.G. Jung

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For more on living a symbolic life:
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