07-10-2009, 04:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-10-2009, 05:53 PM by David Guyatt.)
Overflowing with subtle (and not so subtle) occult and esoteric symbols, Albrecht Durer's "Melencolia I" is said by many to be the first of 4 (the four temperaments).
However, I wonder if the numeral 1 isn't actually a capital "I" meaning that Durer had undergone the Alchemical Nigredo - often referred to as "Melancholia"?
Of which more HERE (not exactly my preferred choice of title in these dark days but viewed from the brighter side of things it is meaningful.
However, I wonder if the numeral 1 isn't actually a capital "I" meaning that Durer had undergone the Alchemical Nigredo - often referred to as "Melancholia"?
Of which more HERE (not exactly my preferred choice of title in these dark days but viewed from the brighter side of things it is meaningful.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14