A Journey into the Red Book

[Justme1635438]

the book looks nice, but it is readable at all unless you know german?

[TheOnlineMick]

picking up my copy tomorrow :)

[TheEyeOfStone]

I don't dispute that the quote @ 0:18 came from Jung. But if you haven't spent years of reading those very ideas in their scientific form in his subsequent works, the Red Book isn't going to mean much to you. Sure, there's a superficial layer of insights that anyone who can read could extract. But that's all they are, insights. Which is what Jung is known for. It is ashame, he offers so much more. I've been reading him since 2002 and I still have only gotten so far.

[S2Cents]

cool art book. nothing too much more for me than the aesthetics of it since I don't believe in bullshit

[perceptionsevrything]

perfect, song-truth all of it simply perfect

[RomanPeriphas]

Great Book

[dmanofalltime23]

Smoke some weed then watch this video. At first I thought the song was putting a spell on me.

[morsafeliz]

wow, I just bought this.

[samann95014]

dmt dmt @ 4:50 . i'm sure Dr Jung explored ayahuasca when he traveled to south america to meet the natives

[thepathlesspath]

@samann95014 To my knowledge, Jung never tried psychedelics. Not sure if he traveled to South America either!

[thepathlesspath]

@samann95014 Though that can be surprising. His work is quite psychedelic looking. Jung was a mystic and saw visions, able to put himself into a sort of trance state where he'd speak to entities and beings, which he may have considered part of his unconscious. He kept this all very quiet in order to maintain a scientific and rational public face.

[malkooth]

@thepathlesspath He called it active imagination.

[m4rtin0m1d1]

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

[AlexTronic777]

I never realized Jung was so,,, "illuminated"

[L00kng]

Wo-o-o-o-o-o-ow!

Thank you for putting this up and the music was freakin' perfect. Wo-o-o-ow!

[Aurelius27x]

He expressed his personal truth and experience. The critics can fuck themselves really.

[1980vince]

all this deception so sickning

[rudar11000]

..everything we are is here.. and everything we will be..

[myndae]

Powerful and confusing.

[DaveLeech1989]

Who wrote this music? It's trippy as hell

[Manwithcam]

@DaveLeech1989 Shpongle

[mikevern69]

nietzche is also very interesting.

[RiceballRox]

....time to save up....

this looks amazing

will you do a book review on it?

[iig0tem]

I respect Carl Jung so much because of this book. This is really a true work of art and intellect.

[cleanmrbroadway]

From this video one can see Jung was familiar with the mystery schools.It would appear he was high degree. The imagry is secrecy revealed. there is enough showing he had knowledge the shruggery of the world. The culling. Just at first viewing anyway.

[Brilligant]

Leafing through Jung's RED BOOK, one soon realizes that one is in the presence of Greatness. Freud is so 19th century. Jungian psychology is the gateway to the future.

D. Sharp, Toronto, Canada

Publisher of Inner City Books

[Redcaster916]

I just found out about this book today, picking one up tomorrow. :)

[BOGKILLAAA]

what the name of this song?? cool book man loving it!!!

[elvissweet]

My understanding of the ego changed my perception on reality having discovered Jung, my Blue Book was inspired as a consequence of Memories Dreams and Reflections - this art can be seen on my youtube page.

[SynerJetics]

Shpongle!

[starsjoe]

Okay so what does the guy killing the snake reptile with a sword represent archetypalialy

[thepathlesspath]

@starsjoe I'm not an expert on archetypes but I'll give this a try... The snake commonly represents the unconscious and evolutionary aspect of humanity. For example that previous image of the serpent rising up from the depths and exploding like a volcano (kundalini much?). The man and the sword--good question. I imagine this might mean a confronting of all that is unconscious with a sword of (awareness)? A difficult process, b/c our shadows can be overwhelming (many legged serpent).

[starsjoe]

@thepathlesspath I GREATLY Appreciate this for I have many dreams similar like this, I just needed confirmation :D thank you

[Silenus6]

@thepathlesspath The Sword, in Tarot, is linked to the element of Air, and to the process of conscious discrimination. So, this is perhaps the rational, waking consciousness, overcoming and subduing this primal, unconscious force (the serpent). Also, perhaps, the higher will overcoming the lower.

[mikevern69]

@Silenus6 very true. and a paradox also.

[mikevern69]

@thepathlesspath i like your thinking, the serpent represents the life force un seen. The sword made of steel represents the power of the physical. The two are in constant battle with each other. I think archetypically this represents mans ascending to the heavens and lifes force descending to hell. Of course this is where the paradigm begins.

[theoriginal72]

@starsjoe

Repressed homosexuality.

[zezt]

@starsjoe You can see in art images of knights, like St George and the Dragon, etc killing dragons and serpents--the is the 'hero killing the serpent' them found in patriarchal mythologies--one of the oldest is the Babylonian Marduk attacking Tiamat. And what this means is the male warrior elite attacking the Great Goddess so as to impose their control.

Example, in Goddess mythos the serpent is associated with the cyclic nature of nature. That you are already eternal. The serpent sheds old skin

[zezt]

@zezt 2---and underneath has new skin. So this symbolizes how nature renews itself. ALSO serpents were associated with entheogenic mushrooms and entheogens in general.

In south American shamanism the visions after taking the sacred brew Ayahuasca often involve serpents "The ayahuasqueros “told [Jeremy] Narby that the serpent spirit is the mother of ayahuasca.”"

As deep and important as Jung was/is he still had a tendency to be patriarchal in his interpretation and visions. pm me and I will

[zezt]

@zezt link you to this AMAZING feminist critique of Jung which although critical is also loving and respectful of Jung and a complete joy to read

[malkooth]

@zezt Jung came from a long lineage of patriarchal culture. He knew this very well, this book is his journey through that patriarchal culture and his basic rejection of it. Jung had a serious problem with Christianity one big reason is its devaluation of the feminine. Quit lying. The object of this book is to kill the hero not the serpents. Read it before spouting off.

[zezt]

@malkooth Oh puleeeze lol. YOU do some reading. Google Feminist Critique of the Separated Self study it and then get back to me?

[malkooth]

@zezt You obviously haven't read Jung. 

[zezt]

@malkooth yes i have. have YOU read what I recommended you read? what are your thoughts on it?

[malkooth]

@zezt Still reading it.

[VoxJoxx]

@malkooth Has Jung's book been interpreted into english yet?

[malkooth]

@VoxJoxx Yes it has by Sonu Shamdasani. 

[TheEyeOfStone]

@malkooth

"and his basic rejection of it [patriarchal culture]" I strongly disagree that Jung's relationship to patriarchal culture was a rejection and/or in any sense basic. Maybe I'm reading to much into it, but I seem to be sensing an attempt, however vague to conscript Jung into some kind of politics, through terms such as 'patriarchal culture'. I would say that Jung rebalanced the male and female, or is that too cool, to non-confrontational a way of putting it?

[malkooth]

@TheEyeOfStone What do you consider a church which only deifies the masculine? Can you answer that for me?

[TheEyeOfStone]

@malkooth

At least in the case of the Catholic church, Jung writes at length, throughout the Collected Works, about exactly how much weight Mary carries. No, she isn't Goddess as such and yes I would agree that Christianity is imbalanced in its conceptions of gender and the relations between them. So is Z Budapest, with her Dianic Wicca. Religion, Politics and Philosophy have largely failed us. Their rejection of Jung is a key symptom. Male and Female can't be reduced merely to culture.

[malkooth]

@starsjoe The snake or in this case Atmavictu was the sort of untempered masculine drive.

[marissagoettling]

Hmmm... I have this book on backorder. Thanks for sharing yours :)

[maxx11977]

Super gay audio

[suziesmoothie]

I LOVE these images-thanks for sharing this interesting red book(:

[kathmandau]

THank you, Jer.

Namaste,

CG

[hyperseauton]

awesome.

Jung was a great writer, calligrapher, painter, drawer and sketcher. Must have taken him years to all mold out all these pages.

Thanks, now I have a desire to own the book myself, I hope it is a good desire.

[HaleyMary]

Thanks for posting this! I have still yet to find a copy of the red book. It's got amazing artwork!

[ozjthomas]

Thanks so much for posting this, I was interested in seeing the book but never had the chance to see it.

[RaeofSunder]

I had such a great dance party to this video! Is it all in latin!? It's a spectacular book!!

[thepathlesspath]

@RaeofSunder it's in german and latin... but the latter half of the book is the english translation.

[rwcbanzai]

My first uTube view about Books!

[PressureX311]

i just learned about this a couple days ago. are there any english translations of the red book?

[thepathlesspath]

@PressureX311 yes... the latter half of the book is an introduction by the editor, and the whole translation. :)

[Cashify]

Awesome job with this video, Jer.  It is a beautiful book.

[Sanitarium89165]

i just heard this song on St. Patty's day with mein friend but I couldn't remember what it was or who it was by. Maybe there's something to all this "no coincidences" stuff. those are pretty awesome pictures

[EmergingEmergency]

Never really explored Jung much, except for the times Wilber mentions his work. He comes off as much more open-minded and mystical than I had though!

Wiki says: "Jung emphasized the importance of balance and harmony. He cautioned that modern people rely too heavily on natural science and logical positivism and would benefit from integrating spirituality and appreciation of unconscious realms. He considered the process of individuation necessary for a person to become whole."

Interesting!

[Cashify]

Jung should have let it break "ME"

It is not teh person who becomes whole.

It is teh whole that ceases to pretend there is individuation.

[thepathlesspath]

@EmergingEmergency Always check Wilber's sources... They are usually pleasant surprises! Jung was a fascinating thinker, incorporated the soul, the spirit, and imagination into his theory. Really brings it to life.

[alchemistra]

What a treasure, thank you for giving us a sneak peek at the book destined for greatness, like the man himself. This book was only published last year, right? It's more beautiful than I could ever imagine.

[Taors]

Just saw the price tag on Amazon. :x

[Taors]

I just looked at the price tag on Amazon. :x

[mrkurt13]

love how Shpongle makes everything better

[PaintedRavensong]

Wow, that is really incredible. An amazing mind indeed...those images are fantastic.

[thepathlesspath]

@PaintedRavensong They really are. I think Carl Jung will be remembered for this book as the years go by. His soul is present in it... Reminds me a bit of William Blake's work.

[L1NK666XL1NK666]

i saw spongle live last friday at the o2 arena just by the thames river, it was an insanlely commercial event but around 4am all the egocentric idiots had gone home and only the real dudes were left (and I mean real dudes), it get inense after that. The were moments where i forgot that i was even in the room, that i was human even. I felt like a peice of information bouncing around the room at points. Mind shattering stuff. Anyway back to the vid lol.

[egoistorms]

phenom vid!

[keytoothed]

This is the translator, speaking backwards, right? I recognize his voice. Pretty interesting. And the rest is Tuvan throat singing, with a didgeridoo, American Indians, marimbas, great, love it. Did you mix the native sounds yourself? I'd like to know how I can buy the music. Stuff like that is great to write by. Some of the line work in these illustrations is amazing! Jung even made his own pigments.

[thepathlesspath]

@keytoothed Yep! This music is by Shpongle, the song is Divine Moments of Truth. I definitely recommend it... Really gets inspiration going...

[keytoothed]

Thanks!

[thepathlesspath]

@cammyjee he did! it's all his work...

[grosenberg45]

Wow Beautiful-- Really Great stuff- So want a copy Thanks

Great music too

Between this video and some of MathFails, I'm getting tempted to listen to more of Shpongle's stuff

[9macrina9]

fantastic!

[Professoranton]

Good stuff. Nice vid!

[acternasoul]

I like the song. Who is it?

[thepathlesspath]

@acternasoul Shpongle, "Divine Moments of Truth"

[SingleEyeMovement]

You have revealed this for the beautiful mythic tome that it is. Thank you very much for posting this and wetting my appetite! _SEM_