Philemon explained how Jung treated thoughts as though they were generated by himself, while for Philemon thoughts were like animals in the forest, or people in a room, or birds in the air. Jung concluded that Philemon taught him psychic objectivity, the reality of the psyche. This helped Jung to understand that there is something in me which can say things that I do not know and do not intend.

The beliefs concerning reincarnation have great ethical impact on human life and our relationship to the world.

The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy. This requires a most radical revision of Western psychology.

An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type.

Consciousness does not just passively reflect the objective material world; it plays an active role in creating reality itself.

For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must be central, for an understanding of death is the key to liberation in life.

I believe it is essential for our planetary future to develop tools that can change the consciousness which has created the crisis that we are in.