Revising The Divine

Man´s relation to God probably has to undergo a certain important change: instead of propitiating praise to an unpredictable king or the child's prayer to a loving father, the responsible living and fulfilling of the divine will in us, will be our form of worship and commerce with God.

His goodness means grace and light and His dark side, the terrible temptation of power. Man has already received so much power that he can destroy his own planet.

Let us hope that God´s good spirit will guide him in his decisions, because it will depend upon man´s decision whether God´s creation will continue.

Nothing shows more drastically than this possibility how much of divine power has come within the reach of man.

C.G.Jung, 1956

Fragmented Heart Mirrored Outside

Today humanity, as never before, is split into two apparently irreconcilable halves. The psychological rule says that when an inner situation is not made conscious it happens outside, as fate. This is to say, when the individual remains individed and does not become conscious of his inner contradictions, the world must perforce act out and be torn out into opposing halves.

C.C.Jung, 1959.