Comments on: The Red Book!

By: leonelly

leonelly — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:56:53 +0000

well i just googled that atlas SM, its wiiild !!!

By: Sweetpea

Sweetpea — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:40:24 +0000

Not to be a kill joyin’ bitch but what was new 100-150 yrs ago is not new today. Consciousness has changed and much with our pychology today that was not known then is common knowledge.

If the folks scanning Jung’s pix had experiences opening up something for them, then there is legit energy in the book creating an activation.

Perhaps that is the gift.

By: Sweetpea

Sweetpea — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:20:17 +0000

“So is better if only those who can afford having a Jungian analyst on hand should get it?”

Elitism perhaps? A pillow and meditation are free and yet the Tinsel Towners will be the first in line as of course they are used to the freebies or let me clarify, are used to things coming for free.

Do you think they have assistants to process for them?

By: Sweetpea

Sweetpea — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:31:13 +0000

Read pages 1-4 of the link. Sounds like Jung took a trapse through his subconscious…….

And?

Sounds like at 38 years old he may have had an intense nearing Uranus opposition (would have to look at his chart to see when that transpired but usually late thirties early fourties) and in a nano sec his skull/consciousness split wide open and Pallas (from Zeus’ head) and a whole slew came tumbling through.

Interesting and wonderful that he did offer the psyche world so much as perhaps that was fulfilling his purpose but was he illuminated beyond what he found in the subconscious? I have not heard that mentioned anywhere about Jung, and so for all that he offered which I do respect, I feel he might be able to take one only so far.

But all roads eventually have a fork, do they not?

By: Über Virgo

Über Virgo — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:33:42 +0000

I love Jung, but lord he could waffle on. So I don’t care to read the Red Book but I’d love a look at the pictures. I didn’t realize what an amazing artist he was. Part of the expense of the book is undoubtedly reproducing the artwork.

By: Hitarth

Hitarth — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:12:10 +0000

Hi Medusa,

Is this book – similar to “LAL KITAB” – meaning the RED BOOK in Hindi ???

It was originally written in URDU language some 100-150 years ago approximately.

Some of its Astrological remedies are just amazing. You can download the translated version form here –

http://hitarthjani.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_details&gid=78&Itemid=42

regards,
Hitarth

By: not-so-virginal

not-so-virginal — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:16:48 +0000

that’s okay, i was thinking not so much book critics as nay-sayers… but you probably have a point… maybe it’s just an expensive book to make, or they are crazy, or they figure people will pay…

if i make up an imaginary bookshop that i am a ‘buyer’ for would they send me the publisher’s proof for this book?? :p

By: squeakmaster

squeakmaster — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:26:49 +0000

I read in the New York Times piece on its’ making that the crew working on the initial scanning of all the art kept having strange dreams during the course of the project. Buyer beware?

This is near the top of the list of books I will have someday in my fantasy huge, beautiful, personal library, along with the Atlas Maior from Taschen.

By: funickity

funickity — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:33:37 +0000

What a kooky story, it’s like something out of ‘The name of the rose’ and yes the actual 100 yr old book does look somewhat like a medieval tome, I’d sure like to get my hands on THAT!

By: fallen angel

fallen angel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:32:42 +0000

I reckon this book is THAT expensive so as to deter folk who cannot afford healthcare from buying it. My theory is, you buy it, bring it home, read it and possibly never recover. Did Jung not express his own reservations about not quite being sure if he would have made it out of his altered states during inward journeys of discovery himself?

Perhaps is like a rabbit hole a la Wonderland? One may never come out again, or return quite the same again. Does it induce levitation?? So is better if only those who can afford having a Jungian analyst on hand should get it?

I would love to have this…but something tells me I will also need a week’s holiday to read it and majorly process….