How could it be anything else? So much symbology being transferred and shared via thousands of years. Such a great compilation of references. I especially loved the ties to alchemy, our most recent ancestors keeping it all alive. Looking forward to the rest!
This was a beautiful dissection and connection between tree and woman! 👏🏽 It reminded me of how C G Jung held the image of the tree as a woman’s image of self — with the branches progressively getting more withered as it got older. I’d like to think the reverse though — as a woman grows older, her branches and leaves become more full. What a powerful reminder of women as sustainer. We really are the juice of life!! Can’t wait for part 2.
I like your reverse engineering of Carl Jung’s theory! I actually haven’t come across that in Jung’s work but I sort of stopped with the Jung after two of his books. I felt like what he was trying to express has got misconstrued a lot of the time and I don’t think it came easy to him expressing with words from what I’ve actually written that came directly from him as opposed to one of his students or associates
A compassionate and trustworthy observation. I am a student of Jung, and I find his writing complicated and often difficult. He frequently contradicts himself and speaks unclearly. I try to remember that he was the first to bring to Western science previously delegitimized ideas, like alchemy as symbolic text and the reality of the archetypes. As a man of science, he was often isolated. These ideas were considered foolish in his time. For me, he was a genius, yet caught between modern science and the depths of soul. Therefore, he vacillated. Those that followed have, indeed, clarified and opened new pathways. Your mythological work is reconnecting humankind with anima mundi, without which the culture will not survive. I'm so happy that you're here.
Aww thank you! We all just have to keep learning I guess, as it often feels like a complex web to detangle with so many layers piled on over millennia.
I think you’d enjoy the writings and work of Rene Guenon as well, I’ve only just gotten into him after another symbolist I follow on YouTube, recommends his work all the time as it also relates to alchemy and he was around the time of Jung and has a few things to say about his psychoanalytical interpretation of symbols.
What a wonderful essay! I read every word and I’m looking forward to reading more of your work (I just subscribed). I’ve always related to trees and as a child I was obsessed with the myth of the Dryad, and they used to knock on trees to see if one might come out one day. They never did, of course, but I remain deeply connected to trees in particular. Thank you! 💜🌳
Aww that’s beautiful your connection to trees! It’s amazing to consider what aspect of a myth we latch onto, maybe it’s a subconscious memory of past relationships humanity had.
Thank you for reading! I appreciate your time! And thank you for the sub! 💗🙏
Your particular evocation of women as the tree of life blows me away. As you demonstrate, the idea may not be new, but your eloquent deep dive is extraordinarily fresh and intelligent. I need to go back and study this. It is essential to my own interest in understanding war. Thank you for the great resources.
Aww my pleasure! I still feel like such a newbie in researching these topics but have found so many great researchers online like Mario Garza of Symbolic Studies on YouTube and Max Dashu of the Suppressed Histories Archives
Thank you for sharing
Great article! Looking forward to the rest of the series. The divine mirroring near the birth portal is very revealing and symbolic. 🌸🌱✨
So true! The holy of (w)hole
How could it be anything else? So much symbology being transferred and shared via thousands of years. Such a great compilation of references. I especially loved the ties to alchemy, our most recent ancestors keeping it all alive. Looking forward to the rest!
Yes! Sometimes it’s in plain sight but for whatever reason we don’t see it. Or rather believe it!
Thank you lovely for your time in reading ! Next one contains a very special bird, your bird, the vulture
Oooh, I was hoping it would be the vulture. Can’t wait!
This was a beautiful dissection and connection between tree and woman! 👏🏽 It reminded me of how C G Jung held the image of the tree as a woman’s image of self — with the branches progressively getting more withered as it got older. I’d like to think the reverse though — as a woman grows older, her branches and leaves become more full. What a powerful reminder of women as sustainer. We really are the juice of life!! Can’t wait for part 2.
I like your reverse engineering of Carl Jung’s theory! I actually haven’t come across that in Jung’s work but I sort of stopped with the Jung after two of his books. I felt like what he was trying to express has got misconstrued a lot of the time and I don’t think it came easy to him expressing with words from what I’ve actually written that came directly from him as opposed to one of his students or associates
A compassionate and trustworthy observation. I am a student of Jung, and I find his writing complicated and often difficult. He frequently contradicts himself and speaks unclearly. I try to remember that he was the first to bring to Western science previously delegitimized ideas, like alchemy as symbolic text and the reality of the archetypes. As a man of science, he was often isolated. These ideas were considered foolish in his time. For me, he was a genius, yet caught between modern science and the depths of soul. Therefore, he vacillated. Those that followed have, indeed, clarified and opened new pathways. Your mythological work is reconnecting humankind with anima mundi, without which the culture will not survive. I'm so happy that you're here.
Aww thank you! We all just have to keep learning I guess, as it often feels like a complex web to detangle with so many layers piled on over millennia.
I think you’d enjoy the writings and work of Rene Guenon as well, I’ve only just gotten into him after another symbolist I follow on YouTube, recommends his work all the time as it also relates to alchemy and he was around the time of Jung and has a few things to say about his psychoanalytical interpretation of symbols.
I’d agree with you that his female colleagues had a much better way of describing his concepts and theories that related to the feminine lol
Haha only makes sense, there is only so much one can empathise but can’t totally experience unless you’re a biological woman
Beautifull🌳🤗...thank U🌬️💞
Thank you for sharing 💗
What a wonderful essay! I read every word and I’m looking forward to reading more of your work (I just subscribed). I’ve always related to trees and as a child I was obsessed with the myth of the Dryad, and they used to knock on trees to see if one might come out one day. They never did, of course, but I remain deeply connected to trees in particular. Thank you! 💜🌳
Aww that’s beautiful your connection to trees! It’s amazing to consider what aspect of a myth we latch onto, maybe it’s a subconscious memory of past relationships humanity had.
Thank you for reading! I appreciate your time! And thank you for the sub! 💗🙏
Your particular evocation of women as the tree of life blows me away. As you demonstrate, the idea may not be new, but your eloquent deep dive is extraordinarily fresh and intelligent. I need to go back and study this. It is essential to my own interest in understanding war. Thank you for the great resources.
Aww my pleasure! I still feel like such a newbie in researching these topics but have found so many great researchers online like Mario Garza of Symbolic Studies on YouTube and Max Dashu of the Suppressed Histories Archives
These resources sound great.
You mentioned your dissertation. Wondering if you're going to
Pacifica Graduate Institute.
Oh no, haha I’m not in University. I meant dissertation in the context of it being a long form essay discussing a topic or theme extensively
I see! In that case, keep going!! You are talented.
Thank you!