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39: Carl Jung & Alchemy • Part I: Dreams, Art, & Synchronicity

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The Secret of the Golden Flower

Young scholars date this text to the 1600s which is again the 17th century time period as foretold by Jung's third alchemy dream. Make a note of the mention of the sun and moon at the end of the passage. These two symbols will become incredibly meaningful to us as we venture deeper into alchemy. Throughout his life Jung also made artworks as a way of further exploring and crystallising certain dreams, meditations or intuitions. In 1927 I obtained confirmation of my ideas about the center and the self by way of a dream. I represented its essence in a mandala which I called window on eternity. A year later I painted a second picture likewise a mandala with a

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