Tribute to a Messenger Who looks outside, Dreams Who looks inside, Awakens - Carl Jung Lecture X 5th July, 1935 Carl Jung on the symbol of Baptism and Symbols of Rebirth A sect called the Mandaeans still exist in the neighborhood of Basra, Gnostic followers of John the Baptist; everything they eat must be drowned, for they hold that to be the only pure form of death. John the Baptist was one of those who had been cleansed through drowning and he always immersed his initiates. We find this symbol on every step of consciousness. At later stages such things are psychological, they are looked upon as symbols, but earlier they are quite concrete, things are. No one thinks of asking what they mean so there is no question of symbolism. John baptized Christ, which shows that Christ went through his initiation as John the Baptist did. The people of this sect practiced dream interpretation and had a real psycho-therapy. If the Kings advisers did not dare to tell the sovereign what his dreams meant, or if they could not find the right interpretation, they sent for one of these Mandaeans who were, apparently, exceedingly independent and did not mind what they said to anybody. Some of their interpretations were astonishingly good; I would not be able to improve upon them. This note in the rhythm of life has a much older origin and can be found in many other places and times. Psychotherapy is of primordial origin; it was a generally accepted fact that all illnesses could be approached from the psychic side. The soul and the body are indeed one, so, at any rate theoretically, any illness can be approached from either side; for even if an illness has not a psychic cause it still has a psychic side. عامر نشمي Tribute to a Messenger https://youtube/watch?v=3x2S1Kxpeno
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