Author: Christopher Chayban I thought I would take one of my dreams from my dream journal and Jungian methods in an attempt to interpret and analyze it. Here is a dream from June 11th, 2018. I am driving on a …
Author: Christopher Chayban Quotes- [“The dream is a little hidden door in the innermost and most secret recesses of the soul, opening into that cosmic night which was psyche long before there was any ego-consciousness, and which will remain psyche no matter …
Author: Christopher Chayban Anthony Stevens elucidates why sleep and dream scientists tend to dismiss Jung and the depth psychologists in relation to their approach to dreams. He refers to the term that Leon Daudet has coined as “Invidia,” which describes the …
Author: Christopher Chayban Jungians, especially Jung, claim that they are looking at content psychologically and do not pretend to make any metaphysical assertions. That being said, it does not mean that there cannot be some overlap. The difference is in …
Author: Christopher Chayban In this paper I will discuss the archetypal bias and typological imbalances operating in contemporary culture and how to restore balance using the fundamental principles of alchemy and Jungian psychology. These biases are the clue to how …
Author: Christopher Chayban In much of the same way that Alchemy was an undercurrent of Christianity, Science was the undercurrent of Alchemy, which has now become the new dominant in consciousness. Metals, chemicals, machinery and other methods of application to …
Author: Christopher Chayban Individuation, becoming psychologically an undivided whole, is rooted in the creation of consciousness. Consciousness is, having awareness or being aware of something. But the problem is, becoming aware of what? To put it shortly, the opposites. We …
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Author: Christopher Chayban I am going to take a dream that Jung amplifies in Psychology and Alchemy to illustrate alchemical symbolism in dreams, but first, how did Jung interpret dreams? To start, he attributed a principle to remind himself that …
Author: Christopher Chayban The prima materia could be understood alchemically and psychologically. Edinger says to understand the complex contents of the psyche, the network of images is the psyche’s “own water.” (Anatomy of the Psyche pg. 1). For the alchemist …
Author: Christopher Chayban Alchemy was a response to the dominant in consciousness of Christianity. A new dominant was set to emerge as the tension of the opposites between spirit and matter had split wide open. The feminine fell into the …
