Philosophy & (Jungian) Psychology
About this Series In this series I attempt to make an in-depth analysis of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, written by Friedrich Nietzsche. I believe that Nietzsche is one of the most misinterpreted and misunderstood authors to have ever existed. This is a shame because, in my opinion, he was also one of the most original thinkers…
Although connecting with one’s soul is important, it is not an easy project. According to Carl Jung this is the case because there are a few temptations that might…
Resurrection was the last novel written by Leo Tolstoy. It is not as famous as War and Peace or Anna Karenina, however, in my opinion…
According to Ernest Becker modern man finds himself in a problematic situation. It can be argued that we have become too ‘smart’ or that our societies have become too…
The story of The Grand Inquisitor is set in Sevilla, in Spain, in the sixteenth century during the Spanish Inquisition. In the poem Christ appears on the stage suddenly…
A lot of the most interesting information out there is often hidden in some of the most difficult books to read. Somehow some of the…
Nietzsche believed that everyone is motivated by his ‘will to power’. According to Nietzsche humans want to expand their power as much as possible. The entity that can…
The Myth of Sisyphus is a book written in 1942 by the French author and philosopher Albert Camus. Despite its small size (only 134 pages), it is full of interesting ideas…
As you can see from this part it would not be a strange reaction to label The Red Book as the craziest book ever written. However, I mean this in a…
Reading is a great habit with many benefits. I believe that almost everyone is aware of the benefits that reading can have on your life,…
Throughout this book I discuss how the publication of Carl Jung’s Red Book and Black Books in recent years can shed a new light on Jung’s theories. I also explore how these new insights may help us deal with some of our current dilemmas, resulting from the fact that our external world continues to develop rapidly, while our internal world is often neglected and left in the dark.
