In his book The Divided Self, Ronald Laing argued that there is a tension within most individuals between two personas: the one that is our true authentic self…
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Friedrich Nietzsche; Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Part 2: the Importance of Chaos)
Nietzsche warned us against the abyss of the last man, a society in which creativity, originality and different opinions would be discouraged…
Carl Jung – The Red Book; the Craziest Book ever Written? (part 2: Overcoming the Temptation of the Devil, but also of God)
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…
leo Tolstoy- Resurrection – Four Important Life-Lessons
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…
Ernest Becker & Joseph Campbell -Man’s Tragic Destiny
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 Grand Inquisitor – Fyodor Dostoevsky
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…
Friedrich Nietzsche & The Tarantulas; Thus Spoke Zarathustra Part 1
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…
Analysis of the Myth of Sisyphus
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…
Carl Jung – The Red Book; the Craziest Book ever Written? (part 1: The Time and Depth Spirit and Finding your Soul)
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…
