Thank you for offering me the inspiration to read more of Jung and Hillman. I was also unfamiliar with Tom Cheetham’s “All The World’s an Icon”. I’m trying to get a greater understanding of the angelic realm as it doesn’t align with me in terms of religious background. But, I do, intuitively, sense how it might be related to me in an archetypal sense as I’ve had experiences.
This material is difficult to grasp.
You included:
“Becoming yourself is a task. We are born with the potential to become who we truly are—to engage and struggle for the Angel who is our celestial counterpart. Jung called this process individuation . . . But we are subject to the forces of humanity and of nature that limit our actions, and to the powers of the psyche that take the form of compulsions . . . We begin the battle for our most intimate lives.21
This is the alignment problem of the soul. — this resonated even though I don’t understand it.
Writing in (and drawing upon) comparatively dense language is, admittedly, a common symptom of spending extended periods of time in academia (though, not exclusively). I'm happy (and appreciative) to hear you followed the lure of resonance, even into initially perplexing territory.
If this material calls to you, I might recommend Cheetham's "Imaginal Love," perhaps even more than "All the World an Icon," as a good entry point.
Thank you for offering me the inspiration to read more of Jung and Hillman. I was also unfamiliar with Tom Cheetham’s “All The World’s an Icon”. I’m trying to get a greater understanding of the angelic realm as it doesn’t align with me in terms of religious background. But, I do, intuitively, sense how it might be related to me in an archetypal sense as I’ve had experiences.
This material is difficult to grasp.
You included:
“Becoming yourself is a task. We are born with the potential to become who we truly are—to engage and struggle for the Angel who is our celestial counterpart. Jung called this process individuation . . . But we are subject to the forces of humanity and of nature that limit our actions, and to the powers of the psyche that take the form of compulsions . . . We begin the battle for our most intimate lives.21
This is the alignment problem of the soul. — this resonated even though I don’t understand it.
Writing in (and drawing upon) comparatively dense language is, admittedly, a common symptom of spending extended periods of time in academia (though, not exclusively). I'm happy (and appreciative) to hear you followed the lure of resonance, even into initially perplexing territory.
If this material calls to you, I might recommend Cheetham's "Imaginal Love," perhaps even more than "All the World an Icon," as a good entry point.
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Thank you! 🙏