Wu Wei (Inaction), by Stacey Shelby, Ph.D.

By Stacey Shelby, Ph.D. The Secret of the Golden Flower, translated and explained by Richard Wilhelm, commentary by C.G. Jung(1931), explores the esoteric Chinese text, which was first printed in the eighteenth century, but is thousands of years old originating in an oral tradition. Wilhelm invited Jung to write a commentary on this text as

2019-12-20T09:07:59+00:00November 23rd, 2014|

Perfection vs. Wholeness, by Stacey Shelby, Ph.D.

What is this wholeness that Jungians talk about of which the Self is the ordering principle?  How is it different from perfection?  We cannot talk about wholeness without also talking about individuation, “Jung called the journey toward wholeness the ‘process of individuation’” (Storr, 1983, p. 19).  Jung wrote (CW 9i, paras. 489-524): “I use the

2019-12-20T09:08:13+00:00November 22nd, 2014|

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