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C.G.JUNG - SEVEN SERMONS TO THE DEAD: Carl Jung’s Forbidden Esoteric Masterpiece on the Unconscious & Hidden Reality
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- Jul 31, 2023
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(00:00:00) 1. The Pleroma (00:09:07) 2. The Nature of God (00:12:53) 3. The Illusion of Opposites (00:16:28) 4. The Gods and the Human Soul (00:20:40) 5. The Soul as the Bridge Between Worlds (00:24:55) 6. The Path of Individuation (00:27:00) 7. The Star — Becoming Who You Are THE SEVEN SERMONS TO THE DEAD: Carl Jung’s Hidden Esoteric Masterpiece on Psyche, Gnosticism, Unconscious & Hidden Reality - Carl Jung (1916). What if the deepest truths about the human soul were never meant for the living—but revealed through the voices of the dead? In The Seven Sermons to the Dead, written in 1916 by the legendary Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung, we encounter one of the most mysterious and profound texts in the history of psychology and spiritual philosophy. Privately printed and never intended for wide publication during Jung’s lifetime, this enigmatic work stands at the crossroads of depth psychology, mysticism, and ancient Gnostic wisdom. Composed during a period of intense inner exploration following Jung’s break with Sigmund Freud, The Seven Sermons to the Dead emerges from what Jung later described as a confrontation with the unconscious. The text is presented as a series of sermons delivered by the Gnostic figure Basilides of Alexandria to restless spirits—the “dead”—who seek understanding but remain trapped in ignorance. Through symbolic language, paradox, and metaphysical insight, Jung unveils a radical vision of reality, one that transcends conventional morality and logic. This short but extraordinarily dense work is not a conventional philosophical treatise. Instead, it is a psychospiritual revelation, encoded in mythic imagery and archetypal forces. It introduces core ideas that would later define Jungian psychology: the collective unconscious, the union of…