“A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.”
“Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.”
“You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.”
“We cannot change anything unless we accept it.”
“Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.”
“Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the un-lived life of the parent.”
“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.”
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
I am a Licensed Clinical Social worker, a Jungian Analyst, having graduated from the Analyst Training Program at the C.G. Jung Institute, Boston https://cgjungboston.com/ and currently, I am working on a Doctorate in Psychoanalysis at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis (https://bgsp.edu/)
A rich mixture of dream interpretation, mythology, fairy tales, anthropology, spirituality/religion, literature and the arts together weave the tapestry of an individual’s work with the Jungian analyst.
The analyst’s knowledge in each of these areas, combined with their personal experience and imagination, facilitates the analysand’s efforts to find meaning in their symptoms and personal journey.
If the analyst and analysand’s efforts are to succeed, a deep understanding of the symbolic language and imagery of the unconscious is essential.
For those interested in a deeper, longer-term exploration of the unconscious, psyche and soul, Jungian analysis is available.
An ongoing, closed Jungian-informed dream group is also available to those called to group dream work (hyperlink to the dream book/scroll)
For more information about entering analysis, please contact Rick (hyperlink to Contact Rick)