the fairy tale is the great mother of thenovel, andhas even more universal validity than the most-avidly read novel of your time. And you know that what has been on everyones lips for millennia, though repeated endlessly, still comes nearest to the u

And then comes the knowing that in me there is space for a second, large, and timeless life. Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilkes Book of Hours: Love Poems to God According to Carl Jung the second half of life cannot be lived in the same manner as the first. Wh

This is an exceedingly dangerous time and we are confronted with a problem which has never been known in the conscious history of man This is not a light but a darkness; the powers of darkness are coming up Carl Jung, Nietzsches Zarathustra Accordi

We can see nothing today that wants to grow greater, we suspect that things will continue to go down, down, to becomemore comfortable, more mediocre, more indifferent. Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morality In the late 19th century, the Germ

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper. T.S. Eliot, The Hollow Men Throughout Western history, the idea of civilizational collapse has been bound up with visions of apocalyptic catastrophe caused by invasions, plagues, war, o

We have technology, convenience, security, and a measure of prosperity, but where is the beauty? Where is the beauty that we know we cannot really live without? John-Mark Miravalle, Beauty: What it is and Why it Matters In 2009 the late English philo

Marie-Louise von Franz was a Swiss psychologist who closely collaborated with Carl Jung from 1933 until his death in 1961. One of von Franzs primary topics of interest was fairy tales. For like myths, fairy tales contains timeless wisdom that teaches us

Will men be able to give up toying with the idea of another war? It is now a question of existence or nonexistence. . .For the danger that threatens us now is of such dimensions as to make this last European catastrophe [i.e., World War II] seem like a c

And the word courage should be reserved to characterize the man or woman who leaves the infantile sanctuary of the mass mind. Sam Keen, Fire in the Belly In the privacy of our minds many of us disagree with the ideologies, political agendas, and gover

News is to the mind what sugar is to the body: appetising, easily digestible and extremely damaging. Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News Most people think that consuming the news makes one an informed citizen who is equipped to form intelligent opini