'While the term dark night of the soul is used broadly, its general meaning — in the field of higher consciousness — is a lengthy and profound absence of light and hope. In the dark night you feel profoundly alone...' (http://www.themystic.org/dark-night/)
"This water is no figure of speech," Jung observed, "but a living symbol of the dark psyche... earthly and tangible, it is also the fluid of the instinct-driven body, blood and the flowing of blood, the odor of the beast, carnality heavy with passion..." (Jung's Collected Works; cited in On Record.)
'The four [Tennysonian] lines on the jacket refer to the night of Uther's death, but the quotation ends before the reader can learn that the infant Arthur, swathed in flame, is borne on the ninth wave... When the wave recedes, calm ensues...' (On Record, Frith & Goodwin, 1990; pg 461.)
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'While the term dark night of the soul is used broadly, its general meaning — in the field of higher consciousness — is a lengthy and profound absence of light and hope. In the dark night you feel profoundly alone...' (http://www.themystic.org/dark-night/)
"This water is no figure of speech," Jung observed, "but a living symbol of the dark psyche... earthly and tangible, it is also the fluid of the instinct-driven body, blood and the flowing of blood, the odor of the beast, carnality heavy with passion..." (Jung's Collected Works; cited in On Record.)
'The four [Tennysonian] lines on the jacket refer to the night of Uther's death, but the quotation ends before the reader can learn that the infant Arthur, swathed in flame, is borne on the ninth wave... When the wave recedes, calm ensues...' (On Record, Frith & Goodwin, 1990; pg 461.)