Temenos

Depth psychology and spiritual tradition

By Mats L. Winther.

Various articles on psychological, philosophical and religious topics, with an emphasis on myth and symbol. The pros and cons of Jungian psychology are considered.

The Boardgame Mandala ~ analysis of mandala patterns The Self in Historical Light ~ Iamblichus versus Porphyry Critique of Individuation ~ a critical look on the spiritual path The Upward and Downward Paths of the Spirit ~ archetypal projections and the soul’s ascent Ethical Complementarity ~ A Complementarian Moral Theory Spirit and Psyche ~ Complementary Paradigms The Spiritual Method ~ complementation as spiritual writing and painting Bergman themes ~ leitmotifs in the films of Ingmar Bergman Jung and Swedenborg: modern Neoplatonists ~ a discussion of pagan aspects in modern thought Complementation in Psychology ~ an argument against psychology’s focus on integration Critique of Synchronicity ~ the “shadow” of Jungian psychology Jungian concepts in the light of quantum physics The Puer Aeternus ~ underminer of civilization Complementation in fairytales ~ an alternative method of interpretation Colour is objective mind ~ critique of representationalism

The Dark Shadow Of The Quaternity ~ a critique of the Jungian unitarian Self The Complementarian Self ~ irreconcilable opposites cofunction in the self Symbolic Poverty ~ the missing symbolical relatedness and the inability to accept suffering The Blood Sacrifice ~ its symbolism and psychology Matriarchal consciousness ~ an intrusion of a lower consciousness in culture Dependency in the analytic relationship ~ A Blind Spot in Jungian Thinking? The animistic archetypal nature of the unconscious

Race and Racialism ~ the burning issue

Insights into the Race Issue ~ we are different, after all Understanding European psychology ~ its footing in medieval interiority Cognitive Science and the Archetypal Unconscious ~ about unconscious metaphors Thanatos ~ the death drive

Complementaris Mundus ~ a complementarian metaphysic Who is the Spirit Paraclete? ~ a new look on the Holy Spirit

The dying god ~ the real meaning of motifs such as Narcissus The Unconscious is Spirit ~ about the spiritual urge in mankind The Sphinxlike Unconscious ~ the unconscious is ultimately unknowable Creativity ~ two forms of creativity

Terrorism ~ the psychodynamic principles behind terrorism

Critique of Feminism ~ on women’s collective shadow Hero Worship ~ its destructive effects in our culture Mysterium Iniquitatis ~ the problem of evil and the shadow The penitential disease ~ neither psyche nor soma Two types of psychoanalysis ~ is a goal-oriented psychoanalysis possible? Phenomenology ~ a critique of a school of thought in modern psychology Paul Roubiczek ~ Roubiczek’s critique of romantic philosophy and its aftereffects James Hillman ~ a critique of Hillman’s “archetypal psychology” D. W. Winnicott ~ a critique of Winnicott’s psychology

Group narcissism ~ about the pathology of the social group Fairytales ~ The Golden Blackbird following von Franz’s method Sigmund Freud ~ a constructive critique of the structural model in psychoanalysis Intersubjectivity ~ about the philosophical and psychological notion of ‘intersubjectivity’ Psychoanalysis ~ the ongoing self-destruction of psychoanalysis Dora ~ reanalysis of Freud’s famous case of “Dora” Edward F. Edinger ~ a critique of Edinger’s psychological thinking Psychology at the crossroad ~ metapsychological concepts as common knowledge Conflict theory ~ a critique of Brenner’s “conflict theory” Science ~ about the overestimation of the scientific paradigm The Plastic Preachers ~ about degenerate psychology and religion The Morphic Deception ~ a critique of a typical New Age philosophy The Hill ~ analysis of rock lyrics

Critique of Neo-Hegelianism ~ misguided faith in modernity Jordan Peterson ~ about his Neo-Hegelian philosophy

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Artiklar på svenska:

Romantiken ~ Roubiczeks kritik av den romantiska rörelsen och dess nutida inflytande C.G. Jung ~ en sammanfattning av jungiansk psykologi Terrorn och kulturens neuros ~ om terrordådet i Norge Egots profet ~ en kritik av Edward F. Edingers psykologi En svensk konservatism ~ politisk konservatism Alkemi ~ alkemi som en mystisk tradition Bibelhistoria ~ en resumé av David Rohls teorier Gud 2000 ~ en recension av Koskinens bok

Henoks liknelser ~ om den märkliga apokryfiska boken Sofia ~ om gudomlighetens feminina aspekt Millennarism ~ om eskatologiska föreställningar

Sofism ~ om den förhärskande relativismens konsekvenser Narcissism ~ en recension av boken Övergivenhet och Främlingskap Beowulf ~ om Beowulfkvädet, ett medeltida engelskt epos om en svensk hjälte Homosexualitetens orsaksgrund ~ ej så oproblematiskt som det hävdas

Länkar (links):

Folklore – folkloristik (electronic journal)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – suveränt uppslagsverk

The Internet Sacred Text Archive – mytologi, religion

Philosophical texts – filosofi

Encyclopedia Mythica – mytologisk encyklopedi

The Gnosis Archive – library, bookshop, web lectures (gnosticism)

Theological journals – teologiska tidskrifter

Jung Circle – the boundlessness and sacredness of the psyche (jungiana)

Saint John of the Cross – texter av Johannes av Korset (texts)

Carl McColman – kristen mystik (Christian mysticism)

Quora – ask a question

Board games – historiska brädspel

Biblical studies – skrifterna från Nag Hammadi, m.m. (ancient texts)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy – (IEP) excellent resource

The Catholic Encyclopedia – katolsk encyklopedi

Esoterica – online journal back issues (esoterika)

The Greek Mythology Link – allt om grekisk mytologi

Carl Jung Resources – for home study and practice (jungiana)

Encyclopedia.com – 100 encyklopedier (collection of encyclopedic articles)

Quodlibet Journal – Christian Theology and Philosophy (kristen teologi och filosofi)

Jung Lexicon – A Primer of Terms & Concepts

Sue Mehrtens – djuppsykologiska artiklar (essays)

folkd.com – spara länkar (links) online

Ancient Origins – mänsklighetens kulturhistoria (history)

ScienceDaily – vetenskap (research news)

Top Documentary Films – dokumentärfilm (free documentaries)

Questia – digitalt bibliotek (online research library)