Sylvia Rose
Animal Archetype: Mysteries of the Unconscious
The Animal is an archetype described by Carl Jung as sublime. It's a clue to one's connection with primordial nature, based on instinct...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 123 min read
Psychology: Understanding Archetypes
An archetype is a fundamental concept deeply embedded in human culture and psychology. Archetypes appear in literature, art and...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 123 min read
Archetypes, Stereotypes & Prototypes
An archetype in psychology is a pattern. It contains definition of specific characteristics integral to its being. Embodying the essence...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 115 min read
Sacred Marriage: Hieros Gamos in Alchemy
The hieros gamos, a sacred or spiritual marriage, involves the union of archetypal figures in ancient rebirth cycle mysteries and in...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 113 min read
Quintessence: Elemental Life Force
Quintessence relates to the cosmic life force or pure essence of an element, and is common to all living things. It's also compared to...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 116 min read
Numinous: Beholding the Divine
The numinous or numinosity is a powerful inner emotion of terror or dread and fantastic awe, as in the presence of divinity. The...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 94 min read
Active Imagination: Creative Therapy
Active imagination is a therapeutic process of communication between the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind. Often invoked in...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 26 min read
Chinese Alchemy: Mind Body Spirit
Chinese alchemy is already in practice in the early centuries BCE. Ancient texts like the Cantong qi explain the body is central to...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 26 min read
Synchronicity: Psychology of Coincidence
Synchronicity describes thoughts and occurrences with apparent relations in meaning, yet without an obvious causal connection....
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 13 min read
Anima & Animus: Gender Archetypes
The anima and animus have dual aspects. They can bring life-giving development and creativeness to the personality, or they can cause...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 13 min read
Unity of Opposites: Spiritual Alchemy
The unity of opposites (Latin: unio oppositorum) relates to the concept of non-duality. Existence or identity of one thing depends on...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 304 min read
Alchemy & Psychology: Hidden Meanings
The essence of alchemy transcends chemical experiments. Alchemists seek to experience psychological processes, conveyed through mystical...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 303 min read
Unus Mundus One World: Psychology
Unus mundus is a concept rooted in Western philosophy, theology, and alchemy. It addresses the idea of a singular, unified reality as the...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 304 min read
Allegory of the Cave: Vision and Truth
Plato's allegory of the cave is a profound philosophical concept exploring the transformative power of knowledge and consequences of...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 293 min read
Psychoid: Secrets of the Unconscious
The psychoid is a metaphysical and enigmatic concept of the archetype, existing in a dimension beyond the reach of consciousness. This...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 296 min read
Depth Psychology: Search for Meaning
Depth psychology is the science of the unconscious, covering psychoanalysis and psychology. It's defined as the psychological theory...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 293 min read
Psychology: the Conscious Ego of Self
In psychology the ego is part of the Self, with a crucial role in personality. It helps balance conflicting desires and societal norms....
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 295 min read
Psychology: the Personal Unconscious
The personal unconscious is the part of an individual's psyche or personality storing all the aspects of experience hidden from conscious...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 282 min read
World of Alchemy: A Little History
World of Alchemy Series Book One - A Little History - is an entertaining journey through the history, philosophy, key players, evolution...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 282 min read
World of Alchemy: Spiritual Alchemy
Spiritual Alchemy is a set of methods and unique philosophy based on elements of nature, science and analytic psychology. Alchemy of the...
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