Teaser for 'The Red Book by CG Jung' 07/10/2010

THE RED BOOK BY CG JUNG MAIN

Topics Discussed:

--The process in which the Red Book, after so many decades, was finally released to the public (as well as its amazing impact on both the public and the Jungian community).
--Understanding Active Imagination, the tool Jung used to enter the collective unconscious and bring forth what would later be recorded in The Red Book.
--Truly understanding Philemon, who many believe was his muse or Daemon, when in fact he was much more.
--Deciphering the symbols, mythological archetypes, and artwork in The Red Book, including never before divulged insights that Hoeller grants Aeon Byte.
--The prophecies contained in The Red Book, some which already came to pass.
--How Jung’s ‘Seven Sermons to the Dead’ is found in a different form in The Red Book, and the reality that is was never channeled by Basilides.

And much more!!!

Our rebroadcast is Aeon Byte #100-- The Sethian Monad & Angelish with Tom Saunders and John Sacelli, author of the Angelish Dictionary. It was a celebration of our 100th show where we discussed two powerful topics!  Part 1.The Sethian Monadology-- The reality is that the intricate cosmologies and cosmogonies of the Gnostic Sethians were not just myths but powerful tools, arcane mandalas that aided a person in unleashing the divine spark within. The Sethian system can also be used as a daily practical guide to human growth and happiness. Furthermore, the Sethian and the Taoist philosophies so eerily match one another there must have been communication between these pre-Christian Gnostics and their Eastern cousins. We explain the procedures of the Sethian Gnostics as well as bring new scholarship about their origins. Part 2. Angelish-- It's a growing esoteric practice that combines English Kabbalah, Tarot Reading, Astrology and Shamanistic Rituals. It can also be used as a vehicle for dream work, divination and drawing upon past lives. It culls from various ancient traditions into a new mystical Hybrid. Could it be another venue to helping your own spiritual liberations?




Next week we are joined by the brilliant Jeff Kripal, author of The Serpent's Gift: Gnostic Reflections on the Study of Religion, Roads of Excess, Palaces of Wisdom: Eroticism & Reflexivity in the Study of Mysticism, and Chair of Religious Studies at The University of Rice. We discuss Gnosticism in a postmodern world including how Gnosis might be the last hope to bridge atheism and theism; Gnostic themes in modern comic books; more CG Jung and Philip K. Dick along with other great mystics; the connection between mysticism and sexuality; understanding the gay, celibate and womanizer Jesus of history; and a whole bunch of topics that will give you the tools to truly modernize your Gnostic worldview.