31 search results for "Robert A. Johnson"

1. tempering of one by the other May 2020
   … the only redemption for either of a pair of opposites is the tempering of one by the other. Faust is redeemed by the love of Gretchen;
   #opposition #shadow #archetypes #manly
2. hamlet as prototype of a modern man Sep 2019
   A few moments before his death, Hamlet comes to an awareness of a consciousness beyond his neurotic split and indecision (that which is greater than
   #seriousness #indecision #meaning
3. the faustian transformation Sep 2019
   Faust and Mephistopheles, a pair as opposite as black and white. The tension between them alerts us to the most important lesson in Faust: that all
   #opposition #shadow
4. charioteer who gallops off at full speed Sep 2019
   The efforts of planning, reasoning, discipline, and heroic ventures would only further the emotional confusion , it is only in the realm of symbol
   #symbols #ceremony #heroic #archetypes
5. harmonic structure and color blue May 2020
   … the ability to perceive the color blue is a recent acquisition for the human race — it probably developed fewer than two thousand years ago. The
   #colors #music
6. homunculus and euphorion Sep 2019
   Made by Wagner — a man the size of a thumb (the second appearance of the puer aeternis). In Faust’s second, less personal and brief marriage with
   #aging #archetypes
7. two-dimensional man don quixote Sep 2019
   Don Quixote (Cervantes) a man so enamored of the simple ways of two-dimensional man — medieval man — that he took on the finery of knighthood and
   #medieval #opposition #reality #simpleman
8. Ego and shadow portrait of Quixote and Sancho Sep 2019
   everyman, Sancho Panza, a squire, can be regarded as a sidekick
   #simpleman #loyalty
9. symbol, ceremony, art, and imagination Sep 2019
   The problems of meaninglessness and loneliness, the results of our unlived lives, can be made conscious. We can find an alternate interior
   #play #symbols #ceremony #imagination #simpleman
10. How Sci-Fi Can Help Us Create a Better Future  Jun 2017
    Consuming dystopian science fiction has quickly become a popular coping mechanism for Americans trying to adapt to (or resist) the sometimes-dark
    #null
11. going to the place of the Mothers Sep 2019
    Any man embarking on this symbolic quest must understand that he will be swept into one enthusiasm after another. Such enthusiasms soon wane and are
    #symbols #mother #triplicity #solitude #introspective
12. three levels of masculine consciousness Sep 2019
    One story, for instance, relates that the simple man comes home in the evening wondering what’s for dinner, the complex man comes home pondering the
    #triplicity #egocentric
13. Garden of Eden Sep 2019
    
    #subject
14. holding onto helen’s garment May 2020
    It is the universal experience of one on the path to grasp at the tools of genius when he encounters these sublime realms. Pain often compels us to
    #artist #seriousness #egocentric #archetypes
15. Cervantes and Shakespeare Sep 2019
    occupied almost the same lifespan. they both died on the same day, April 23, 1616, Don Quixote was published in 1605, and the first edition of
    #medieval
16. How Sci-Fi Can Help Us Create a Better Future  Jun 2017
    Consuming dystopian science fiction has quickly become a popular coping mechanism for Americans trying to adapt to (or resist) the sometimes-dark
    #null
17. linger, thou art fair Sep 2019
    In Christopher Marlowe’s play “The Tragedy of Dr. Faustus” (late sixteenth century) Faust was to pay for twenty-four years of restored youth by
    #aging #shadow #suffering
18. tilting with windmills, phantoms & illusions Sep 2019
    … symbol of the folly of fighting with phantoms or illusions. Outwardly, this is quite true; but inwardly it is the imaginative heroic battle of the
    #simpleman #heroic
19. materialism - not a solution for the unlived youthfulness Sep 2019
    The American ideal of perpetual youthfulness dies very hard in us. We are so materialistic and so enamored of the power of will that we refuse to
    #reality #aging #materialism
20. tripod and the evolution of three to four Sep 2019
    Meizumi Roshi, a Zen master in Los Angeles, once said, “Why don’t you die now and enjoy the rest of your life?” The use of tripod and key is a
    #triplicity #fourfold #christian #shadow #society
21. comments from tolstoy and blyth Sep 2019
    Tolstoy wrote about suffering: “He was suffering the anguish men suffer when they persist in undertaking a task impossible for them–not from its
    #suffering #seriousness
22. east west concepts of evil Sep 2019
    India has a trinity of gods, with a fourth quite outside that trinity, a structure similar to our own Trinity and devil. Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva
    #hindu #triplicity #greek #christian #society
23. poison in the desk drawer Sep 2019
    Faust kept a vial of poison in the back of his desk drawer, anticipating the moment of hopelessness, feeling of loneliness and meaningless reach an
    #reality #suffering #heroic #shadow
24. hamlet’s failure to incorporate shadow Sep 2019
    Hamlet’s basic error was his failure to incorporate his shadow or dark side into his working life … to acknowledge as an ally the “red blood” of his
    #seriousness #shadow
25. hamlet’s isolation, uncertain man Sep 2019
    Hamlet, the very epitome of the uncertain man, cannot make up his mind whether to live or die! He cannot live; he dares not die. He tortures
    #seriousness #indecision
26. anima and animus in hamlet Sep 2019
    “He who understands the masculine and keeps to the feminine shall become the whole world’s channel. Eternal virtue shall not depart from him and he
    #anima #seriousness #womanly
27. inflation or egocentricity Sep 2019
    When you have earned your enlightenment at the cost of the deep inner journey, your first reaction is often to personalize this experience, to own
    #egocentric #journey #archetypes
28. complex man in hamlet Sep 2019
    Shakespeare defined complex man with unerring accuracy in Hamlet. a stage higher on the evolutionary scale represented by H., the worried, anxious,
    #seriousness #suffering #existential #opposition #triplicity #fourfold
29. dethroning the ego Sep 2019
    … men are tempted to adopt a new kind of egocentricity in which they use their powers of dominating the world for “spiritual” purposes. This is no
    #egocentric #spirituality
30. Faust, an encounter with the shadow Sep 2019
    Goethe’s Faust, picks up where Hamlet lost the battle and takes us on to that higher consciousness often called redemption. … guide to lead us out
    #shadow #archetypes #individuality #spirituality
31. new faculty of four-dimensional consciousness May 2020
    Every man of consciousness is somewhere on this journey, and it is of immeasurable help to know where you are on the scale of evolution. Almost all
    #journey #seriousness #suffering #simpleman #aging