Kabbalah in Jungian Thought
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- In this second vid in the series on Carl Jung’s relationship to Jewish Mysticism, we explore Kabbalistic ideas that made their way into Jungian thought, and those that didn’t.
The Jung and Jewish Mysticism Series:
Decoding Jung’s Mystical Experience: • Carl Jung's Jewish Mys...
Jung on Kabbalah: • Carl Jung on Kabbalah
Is God in your Mind? Jung and Hasidism:
• God in your Mind? Jung...
Is God in your Mind? Jung and Hasidism: • God in your Mind? Jung...
00:00 Jung and Jewish Mysticism
01:23 Kabbalah in Mysterium Coniunctionis
05:13 Lurianic Ideas in Answer to Job
05:43 Kabbalistic ideas Jung didn't address
10:28 Concluding thought
“No one who is a Jew can become a human being without knowing that they are a Jew, since this is the basis from which they can reach out towards a higher humanity." - C.G. Jung
Sources and Further Reading:
Jung and Kabbalah, Steven Joseph, 2007
Jung and the Kabbalah, Sanford Drob, 1999
Jung, Kabbalah, and Gnosis, Stephan Hoeller, 2012
Jung’s Kabbalistic Visions, Sanford Drob, 2005
Kabbalistic Visions, Sanford Drob, 2010
The Parting of the Ways, Richard Kradin, 2015
Aion, Jung, 1951
Answer to Job, Jung, 1952
Mysterium Coniunctionis, Jung, 1955
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Thank you all for your super thoughtful and engaging comments and feedback. Y'all are epic and it's a pleasure creating content and conversation with you girls and guys. #Seekers fam is lit. Love you all.
"We must each explore the depths of our own [spiritual] traditions and only through exploring our own heritage, culture, our own source can we find that door to higher shared collective humanity. It is not about going beyond our own individual traditions, but about going through them."
Beautifully put my brother. We were each born into these unique perspectives that have divided humanity for millennia, but the path of unity leads back to the heart of all mankind, through which we find the Divine reflected within one another.
I agree, that was a beautiful way to end this video.
Thank you Thyme. Yes, I deeply believe in that sentiment, even on my darkest days. Thank you for putting it so beautifully as well.
Liar.
As Pannikar said, you cannot meet the other in integrity until you have gone deep within yourself, your own values, commitments and visions. or as Yossi Klein Halevi recently said, Universalism that is not grounded in Particularism is either sentimental or abstract
Short, but sweet… There is genius in brevity 3:26
I love this channel! This is the second time I’ve had a pretty obscure thought and plunged it into UA-cam only to find my way here. This morning it was, has somebody compared Jung’s archons to the sefirot. They seem to be the same thing. Great video!
Thank you so much Yahwings, we love you. Glad we’ve been able to help unobscure some things.
If you want more great material comparing the Sefirot with Jung’s Archons/Architypes, check out these two fantastic essays from Dr. Drob:
The Lurianic Kabbalah: An Archetypal Interpretation www.newkabbalah.com/Jung3.html
Table 1: The Lurianic System and its Archetypal Interpretation www.newkabbalah.com/Jung4.html
We we’re going to made a few more videos addressing that question and some other fascinating points at the interplay between Kabbalah and Jung, but alas we haven’t… yet.
Much love, thank you for the epic feedback.
This is amazing content! Thank you!
You’re most welcome Dave. Thank You.
Beautiful perfect closing thoughts
Thank you Mindy 🙏🏼
Just discovered you, thanks for the connection. As an observation, may l say that the median through which this is mostly conveyed to me, as a woman is through the masculine.
I long for the day women's voices are balanced with thoes of the masculine. I am aware that women are stating to speak but would like to hear from them more. None the less I do appreciate your insights and deep learning. Thank you so much.
Thank you Ruth. We long for that day along with you.
Thank you so much I'm transitioning from being a fan to becoming a groupie! Jung for his part did t'shuvah in 1948 for previous unkind and ungenerous comments about Jews, notably after the horse had bolted from the stable. The fact that he drew on this Kabbalistic symbolism without becoming a philo-semite does raise questions, although you can't throw the baby out with the bath water! Kol haKavod.
You're most welcome David.
Excellent
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I am not sure this is appropriate to say here. Forgive me if it isn't... but I see sparks of light -sometimes large, sometimes small. They vary in color but most of the time they are blue-white. Quite lovely. (like the star Vega) . Sometimes copper red. I've always believed they were spirits. Sometimes in a darkened room. . or when I am praying/meditating, even reading and trying to work out ideas I can't quite grasp. I will see them, also, in my little forest. When my husband was days away from dying I saw a spark enter his chest and leave it several times. I tried not to react but It broke my heart. I am going to have to listen to your videos from beginning to the end .. there is always more to learn. You are right about accepting our own heritage. I was born a Roman Catholic Italian. I realized that when my spiritual path became very, very serious, I had to deal with my Christianity even though, I didn't want to do so. I had to accept my roots in Roman Catholicism, even though, ultimately, I did not reenter the church. All the metaphors/images/myths/stories inside my soul were Catholic Christian. Still are - when I write, I am using Catholic Christian materials and images. My religious beliefs are rather a flexible Gnosticism.
Thank you Kathleen for sharing that intimate moment with us. Yes, the search must always begin at home and inside, even if we don’t, it always brings us back there.
@@SeekersofUnity yes, even kicking and screaming and running the other way as fast as I can. At first, the Christian experiences scared me, even terrified me. I had some very unpleasant experiences in my childhood and youth in Catholic school.. .but ultimately, I decided to go with the trends and see where it lead me, I pretty much told myself that the eastern religions would be waiting for me if I found out it was all a bit of stray unconscious matter- It was a very difficult path. I still don't have all my questions answered. I have a working 'theory' of my personal spiritual path - that is why I can't belong to a solidified religion. I want answers, not other men's theories. I let God be God and know I've probably only touched the very edge of the hem of his garment and only for moments.
Think there were several aspects of Kabbalah that were not mentioned in the writings of Jung. His main interest was western alchemy and he had a fascination with symbolism in general which included aspects of Kabbalah.
Right, exactly. Thank you.
Greatness
Thank you. You're great.
Could you show us around your book collection? It looks like you've got some interesting stuff!
Yes, we'll have to do a book tour one of these days. Thank you for the suggestion. Most of the books get given away once we're done reading them, but we can show you what remains. 😊
I so appreciated your conversation the other day on Jeffery Mishlove's interview btw. Thank you for elevating the use of youtube's comment section by like %1000.
@@SeekersofUnity Ah well that's a joy to read, you've made my day! I thought perhaps I was a little harsh on the good Mr. Mishlove, but it's all part of a wider dialogue of course, and sometimes it feels right to play a conservative role in it. It was your channel that made the synthesis possible at all so credit where it's due, and this just shows how much potential the tech has for elevation. Keep doing what you're doing, brother.
Bro, Adam, i just got an email notification that almost made me fall out my chair. I can't believe that someone out there in the world would find this project worthwhile supporting. This is absolutely blowing my mind. I hope you don't mind me sharing this with the Seekers family. Thank you so much brother, you made my week. I'm so deeply touched and honoured.
@@SeekersofUnity You're too humble my dude. It's a pleasure to support such good work.
I'd always used what I know about Kaballah to help myself understand Jung, but this makes everything really come together, thank you.
You're so welcome. Glad i could be of assistance.
Thanks for this! I'm not sure I understand though.. does Jung literally use the terminology "sefirot", "adam kadmon" etc? It would really help if there were some quotes.. Also, if the Pleroma is the same idea as the Ein Sof etc, why say he didn't address those ideas? (I read Jung's Sermons of the Dead and i think its super analogous to kabbalah)
You're so welcome. Yes, he does. have a search for these terms and you'll see the quotes: archive.org/details/collectedworksof14cgju That's a good question, and it's hard to know for sure, but either he wasn't familiar with the Kabbalistic concept, but in a case like this that seems unlikely. So the more likely explanation is that he probably felt that a parallel concept from a different tradition was a better symbol for what he was attempting to express.
Have you looked into “the matter with things” by mcgilchrist?
Is this Channel a promotion for Kaballah?
This channel is dedicated to the interdisciplinary exploration of global mysticism. Kabbalah is one of the mystical traditions within our scope, and perhaps one of the traditions closest to us. But we aim to discuss all mystical traditions and all aspects of mysticism as the project progresses.
Hello! Thanks for this awesome video.
How is the hebrew name of "The union of the Holy One and his Shekinah"? The only thing i listened was jsjwjsjdjjwbdh.. hahaha
Hi! Thanks so much. Hahah ya, it's pronounced "Yichud Kudsha Brich Hu, U'Shechintai" (in Hebracised Aramaic). Hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
@@SeekersofUnity Much thanks!
Many welcomes
Yes, legend has it the pronunciation of that book's title was once known but it has been lost to the sands of time. I spent decades seeking a hermit mystic, said to be the last living man in the esoteric tradition of pronouncing that book's title, but sadly he reposed the day before I found him 😉
Some say that the prophet Elijah will teach the people the correct pronunciation on the day before the coming of the Messiah.
That's a stretch of a definition of Adam Kadmon... Does he mention it by name?
Yes he does. The definition i provided was a psychological one, in line with how Jung understood it, different than the more common metaphysical, theogonic description which you're probably used to.
Not letting this go yet... Does Jung explicitly mention א"ק? And on what grounds does the א"ק as precursor to אבי"ע equate to the raging, tumultuous, conflicting spirits in man? Still a stretch to me unless he says it explicitly.
Haha, no worries. Yes, Jung talk about Adam Kadmon directly. Have a search for “Adam Kadmon” here:
archive.org/details/collectedworksof14cgju to see how he talks about it.
I believe equation is legitimate if we’re talking about the psychological interpretation of these terms. I understand that Seder Hishtalshelut can be read and interpreted in many ways. The point here simply being that Adam Kadmon contains within it all the conflicting polarities latter to unfold into the Sefirot of ABiYA. And the anthropomorphic language of “Adam” Kadmon, readily lends itself to be read in human, psychological terms.
I see Jung’s ‘Shadow’ not as, mankind’s baser inclinations existing in the Unconscious of the individual, but as All of mankind’s unbearable and forgotten abomination’s existing within the Collective Unconscious 8:42
What does that actually mean?🤔
Your house looks like it's in Israel.
Nice video, thank you :)
Thank you so much. Good eye 😉
And that is why he is a modernist heretic.