Mysterium

[Guest guest]

writes:

> Jung's " Mysterium Coniunctionis " has inhabited my coffee table with a

> bookmark in it for the longest time, soulful, solitary and admittedly

> quite intimidating. I would love to know if anyone has pioneered

> through that book (Mike?) cover to cover? Just out of pure

> curiosity, I wonder sometimes why Jung's work in alchemy is often not

> given the attention that his other contributions seem to receive.

> Maybe that is just my own perception?

I found Edinger's " Mysterium Lectures " to be invaluable to my own digestion

of MC, even though I read it afterwards. For those of us with limited

literary backgrounds, Edinger provides clarifications that would take years

to attain alone.

Why so little attention? My guesses:

- How many, like yourself, don't make it through the work?

- How many read but don't understand?

- How many understand, but don't want to be regarded as a quack?

- How many don't mind being thought of as a quack, but don't have the ability

to communicate what they have learned?

A formidable set of barriers, indeed.

Best regards,

--Kurt