Tag: Individuation

Contained flame inside a dark crucible—an image of descent, pressure, and integration in a Jungian frame.

Through the Crucible: Jung’s Dark Night of the Soul

A Jungian guide to the “dark night of the soul” as a mental crucible where shadow returns, projections withdraw, and the Self presses for a larger life. We trace the alchemical arc (nigredo → albedo → rubedo) and offer practical vessels—active imagination, dreamwork, somatic anchors, boundaries, and when to seek clinical help.

Abstract study suggesting a mirror and a labyrinth—reason and psyche intertwined.

Descartes, Jung, and the Anatomy of the Inner World

A critical comparison of Descartes’ rational foundationalism and Jung’s depth psychology—with Anthony Gottlieb’s skepticism as counterpoint—arguing for an integrated practice of self-knowledge that reunites clarity and depth.

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