Chrysalis: The Psychology of Transformation
Jungianthology Radio
00:00
Is There a Container in Life?
Without rituals to make a firm demarcation between the sacred and profane, we tend to identify with archetypes. By identifying with an archetype, instead of remaining detached from it, they turn life into theater - thus falling prey to demonic as well as angelic inflation. If a person is blindly living out an archetype, he is not containing his own life. He is possessed. It can become a dangerous world where illusion and reality are fatally confused. Most people come into analysis because they are floundering. Life has lost its meaning. They are experiencing themselves as caterpillars crawling along,. But some deep intuitive voice is whispering. There is something I am missing. I need a coc
Transcript
Play full episode
