We are living in what the Greeks called the kairos - the right moment - for a 'metamorphosis of the gods', of the fundamental principles and symbols. This peculiarity of our time, which is certainly not of our conscious choosing, is the expression of the unconscious man within us who is changing.
Carl JungWhile personal problems are not overlooked, the analyst keeps an eye on their symbolic aspects, for healing comes only from what leads the patient beyond himself and beyond his entanglement in the ego.
Carl JungOur intellect has created a new world that dominates nature, and has populated it with monstrous machines.
Carl JungBut what if I should discover that the least amongst them all, the poorest of all beggars, the most impudent of all offenders, yea the very fiend himselfโ that these are within me, and that I myself stand in need of the alms of my own kindness, that I myself am the enemy who must be lovedโ what then?
Carl JungAt present we educate people only up to the point where they can earn a living and marry; then education ceases altogether, as though a complete mental outfit had been acquired. ... Vast numbers of men and women thus spend their entire lives in complete ignorance of the most important things.
Carl Jung