FORTNIGHT OVERVIEW
The Self, Jung, Red Book
Summer - Fortnight 10 (Wind+Fire)
Jung's Self
Feast/Aug
8: Carl Jung and school. German back to nature
movement. Hildegard of Bingen insights. Philoman mandala. Active imagination
and dream work. Individuality. Luminous dreams.
First 5 Day Ko Day 1-5 of 10th Fortnight
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| Feast/Fast | Yule Festival | - | - | - | - |
| Practice | Pagan-Christian Midsummer Bonfire
Historical Practice: Syncretic communities lit bonfires on Midsummer’s Eve, offering herbs like St. John’s wort. Dancing and praying, they sought spiritual purification, blending pagan and Christian devotion. Self-Practice: Light a small outdoor fire or candle, offering a pinch of St. John’s wort (or another herb). Pray for purification, meditating for 10 minutes on divine light. |
Hildegard’s Fiery Chant Performance
Historical Practice: Hildegard sang fiery chants like O Ignee Spiritus in vibrant liturgies in her convent. The passionate delivery ignited divine connection, transforming participants’ hearts. Self-Practice: Sing or hum a passionate melody inspired by fire for 10 minutes. Visualize it igniting your spirit, then reflect on the transformative energy. |
Hildegard’s Visionary Ecstasy
Historical Practice: Hildegard experienced ecstatic visions of “burning light” in her cell, prepared through fasting and prayer. Described in Liber Divinorum Operum, this trance-like state transformed her understanding. Self-Practice: Fast lightly (if safe) and sit in a quiet space with a candle. Meditate on a “burning light” in your heart for 15 minutes, seeking divine connection. Journal your experience. |
Alchemical Furnace Meditation
Historical Practice: Alchemists like John Dee meditated before furnaces, burning herbs like frankincense, visualizing inner purification. Rooted in Paracelsus’ teachings, this symbolized the soul’s transformation. Self-Practice: Light a frankincense candle and visualize a furnace purifying your soul. Meditate for 15 minutes, focusing on inner transformation, and note any shifts in awareness. |
Florentine Mystic’s Divine Love Meditation
Historical Practice: Mystics like Ficino meditated on divine love as a burning fire, visualizing their hearts ablaze in quiet rooms, inspired by Neoplatonism. Self-Practice: Sit quietly, imagining your heart burning with divine love. Meditate for 15 minutes, focusing on passionate connection to the divine, and journal insights. |
| History | Hildegard of Bingen | Hildegard of Bingen | Hildegard of Bingen | Hildegard of Bingen | Hildegard of Bingen |
| Mythos of Yeshe Tzogyal | Melchizedec guides souls out of purgatory | Melchizedec guides souls out of purgatory | Melchizedec guides souls out of purgatory | Melchizedec guides souls out of purgatory | Melchizedec guides souls out of purgatory |
Second 5 Day Ko Day 6-10 of 10th Fortnight
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| Practice | Rosicrucian Alchemical Fire Ritual
Historical Practice: Proto-Rosicrucian mystics burned symbolic herbs (e.g., myrrh) in braziers, meditating on the flame’s purifying power, drawing from early alchemical symbolism. Self-Practice: Burn a small amount of myrrh or sage in a safe dish. Meditate on the flame’s purifying power for 10 minutes, visualizing spiritual renewal. |
Pagan-Christian Candle Vigil
Historical Practice: Syncretic groups held candlelit vigils, praying for divine illumination. Lighting beeswax candles, they chanted psalms, blending pagan and Christian themes. Self-Practice: Light a beeswax candle and pray or chant for illumination. Meditate for 10 minutes, focusing on divine light, and note any spiritual clarity. |
Sethite Gnostic Ecstatic Ascent
Historical Practice: Sethite Gnostics practiced ecstatic meditation, visualizing ascent through aeons, as in Allogenes (Nag Hammadi). Chanting with herbal offerings, they ignited divine passion. Self-Practice: Light a candle and chant a mantra, visualizing ascent through fiery realms. Meditate for 15 minutes, focusing on divine passion, and note insights. |
Jung’s Alchemical Coniunctio Meditation (Medieval Lens)
Historical Practice: A medieval mystic, following Jung’s alchemical insights, meditated on the coniunctio (union of opposites) as a fiery transformation, per Mysterium Coniunctionis. Self-Practice: Burn lavender and visualize opposites uniting in a fiery embrace. Meditate for 15 minutes, seeking illumination, and journal your thoughts. |
Sethite Gnostic Divine Fire Invocation
Historical Practice: Sethite Gnostics invoked the divine fire of Barbelo in rituals from Zostrianos (Nag Hammadi). Burning myrrh, they sought ecstatic illumination. Self-Practice: Burn myrrh and chant a personal prayer for divine fire. Meditate for 10 minutes, visualizing ecstatic illumination, and reflect on insights. |
| History | Carl Jung’s Seven Sermons | Carl Jung’s Seven Sermons | Carl Jung’s Seven Sermons | Carl Jung’s Seven Sermons | Carl Jung’s Seven Sermons |
| MytMythos of Yeshe Tzogyalhos | Sophia glorified and perfected | Sophia glorified and perfected | Sophia glorified and perfected | Sophia glorified and perfected | Sophia glorified and perfected |
Third 4/5 Day Ko Day 11-15 of 10th Fortnight
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| Feast/Fast | -Utisete Retreat | -Utisete Retreat | -Utisete Retreat | Utisete Retreat | Utisete Retreat |
| Practice | Rosicrucian Phoenix Meditation
Historical Practice: Proto-Rosicrucian mystics meditated on the phoenix, visualizing rebirth through fire, tied to alchemical symbolism of regeneration. Self-Practice: Visualize a phoenix rising from flames, symbolizing rebirth. Meditate for 15 minutes, focusing on transformation, and journal any insights. |
Thomas Merton’s Contemplative Fire (Medieval Lens)
Historical Practice: A medieval mystic in Merton’s style might meditate on a candle’s flame, seeking divine transformation, inspired by New Seeds of Contemplation. Self-Practice: Light a candle in a quiet space and meditate on its flame for 15 minutes, seeking transformation. Reflect on how the fire mirrors your spiritual passion. |
John Dee’s Scrying Fire Meditation
Historical Practice: Dee gazed into flames during scrying sessions, seeking angelic visions. Burning lavender in his study, he transformed his consciousness, blending alchemy and mysticism. Self-Practice: Gaze into a candle flame, burning lavender nearby. Seek insights for 10 minutes, imagining the fire as a bridge to divine wisdom, then journal your thoughts. |
Jung’s Shadow Confrontation (Medieval Lens)
Historical Practice: A medieval mystic, inspired by Jung, meditated on their “shadow” as a fiery purification, visualizing a flame burning impurities, per Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious. Self-Practice: Visualize a flame burning away inner flaws in a quiet space. Meditate for 15 minutes, dialoguing with your “shadow,” and journal the experience. |
Alchemical Sulfur Contemplation
Historical Practice: Alchemists meditated on sulfur, symbolizing the soul’s fiery essence. Visualizing its combustion, they sought inner purification, per Atalanta Fugiens. Self-Practice: Visualize sulfur burning within you, purifying your soul. Meditate for 15 minutes in a quiet space, focusing on fiery transformation, and journal insights. |
| History | Jung’s Red Book | Jung’s Red Book | Jung’s Red Book | Jung’s Red Book | Jung’s Red Book |
| Mythos of Yeshe Tzogyal | Sophia and Annointed unite eternally | Sophia and Annointed unite eternally | Sophia and Annointed unite eternally | Sophia and Annointed unite eternally | Sophia and Annointed unite eternally |
