EPISODE · Dec 28, 2021 · 56 MIN
Rejected Religion Spotlight Ninian Nijhuis- Carl G. Jung: Fantasy, Madness, and the Exploration of Consciousness
from Rejected Religion Podcast · host Ninian Nijhuis
Interview Highlights: Ninian begins by talking about the recently published Black Books and Red Book by Jung, and how the Black Books acted as journals to explore Jung's own consciousness. She then discusses the fantasy Jung had about a 'madhouse', who Jung 'met' in the fantasy, and what Jung was trying to 'sort out' in all of this. This leads to a discussion about pathological madness and divine madness, what distinguishes the two, and how Jung perceived religious experience. Ninian also touches on Jung's struggle to balance his professional life and his spiritual/religious life, his emphasis on an "attitude of openness" and his ideas of how a person can have a "self-regulating consciousness." REFERENCES Ninian's Adademia.edu page: Ninian L Nijhuis | University of Amsterdam - Academia.eduSelected Articles: (PDF) Carl G. Jung and His (Not So) Fantastical Madhouse | Ninian L Nijhuis - Academia.edu(PDF) Psychological Healing as Religious Experience: In The Works of Carl Jung (1875-1961) | Ninian L Nijhuis - Academia.edu(PDF) Western Sidereal Astrology: From Ancient Babylonia to the Modern West | Ninian L Nijhuis - Academia.eduInstagram: NINIAN | Sidereal Astrologer (@niniannijhuis) • Instagram-foto's en -video'sHistory of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents website: HHP | History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents (amsterdamhermetica.nl)HHP YouTube Channel: History of Hermetic Philosophy Amsterdam - YouTubeHHP Instagram: Western Esotericism (@amsterdamhermetica) • Instagram-foto's en -video'sHHP Facebook: History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents | FacebookCarl Jung's The Black Books: Amazon.com: The Black Books: 9780393088649: Jung, C. G., Shamdasani, Sonu, Liebscher, Martin, Peck, John: Books-The Red Book: Amazon.com: The Red Book (Philemon): 8580001055930: C. G. Jung, Sonu Shamdasani, Mark Kyburz, John Peck, Sonu Shamdasani: Books- Answer to Job: Answer to Job: (From Vol. 11 of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung) (Jung Extracts, 27): Jung, C. G., Hull, R. F.C., Shamdasani, Sonu, Shamdasani, Sonu: 9780691150475: Amazon.com: BooksThomas A Kempis, The Imitation of Christ: The Imitation of Christ: Thomas A. Kempis : Kempis, Thomas A.: Amazon.nl: BoekenFrederich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and Nobody : Nietzsche, Friedrich: Amazon.nl: BoekenTheme Music: Stephanie Shea
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Ninian Nijhuis, MA (res) University of Amsterdam Interview Highlights: Ninian begins by talking about the recently published Black Books and Red Book by Jung, and how the Black Books acted as journals to explore Jung's own consciousness. She then discusses the fantasy Jung had about a 'madhouse', who Jung 'met' in the fantasy, and what Jung was trying to 'sort out' in all of this. This leads to a discussion about pathological madness and divine madness, what distinguishes the two, and how Jung perceived religious experience. Ninian also touches on Jung's struggle to balance his professional life and his spiritual/religious life, his emphasis on an "attitude of openness" and his ideas of how a person can have a "self-regulating consciousness."
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