Why Humanity Needed and Needs Religion - The Red Book by C.G. Jung, Part 22

Reference is to Liber Secundus of _The Red Book_ by Dr. C.G. Jung, published by W.W. Norton and Edited and Introduced by Dr. Sonu Shamdasani. Today I read Pp. 250-252 of "The Reader's Edition." You can find Liber Primus & Scrutinies in the playlist entitled "The Red Book."


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Playlist for The Red Book:
Liber Primus
Part 1 - “The Way of What Is to Come”

Part 2 - The WWI Visions - “The Way of What Is to Come”

Part 3 – “Refinding the Soul”

Part 4 – “Soul and God”

Part 5 – “Soul and God” – We Still Need Mercy

Part 6 – “On the Service of the Soul”

Part 7 – “The Desert”

Part 8 - "Experiences in the Desert"

Part 9 – “Descent into Hell in the Future” - Part 1

Part 10 – “Descent into Hell in the Future” - Part 2

Part 11 – “Descent into Hell in the Future” - Part 3

Part 12 – “Splitting of the Spirit”

Part 13 - “Murder of the Hero”

Part 14 - “The Conception of the God”



Liber Secundus
Part 15 - "The Red One"

Part 16 - “Joy? Was He Joy?

Part 17 - “The Castle in the Forest”

Part 18 - “Know Your Limits”

Part 19 - “One of the Lowly”

Part 20 - “The Anchorite” - Part 1

Part 21 - “The Anchorite” - Part 2

Part 22 - “Why Humanity Needed and Needs Religion” - “The Anchorite” Part 3



Scrutinies -
1st Sermon - “The Pleroma” - Seven Sermons to the Dead

2nd “Sermon - “We Want to Know about God. Where is God? Is God Dead?" Seven Sermons to the Dead

3rd Sermon - "ABRAXAS is the God Who Is Difficult to Grasp." Seven Sermons to the Dead

4th Sermon - "Speaking of Gods and Devils." - Seven Sermons to the Dead

5th & 6th Sermons - "About the Church and Holy Communion." - Seven Sermons to the Dead

7th Sermon - "Man Is a Gateway" - Seven Sermons to the Dead

The Beauty of Suffering - Conclusion of "Scrutinies" from The Red Book by Dr. C.G. Jung

The Self - The Greater Personality - The God-Image - The Deepest Archetype in the Unconscious



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The Red Book by C.G. Jung


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Murder of the Hero


Conception of God


Descent into Hell in the Future


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