The starry vault of heaven is in truth the open book of cosmic project…

Carl Jung
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The starry vault of heaven is in truth the open book of cosmic projection, in which are reflected the mythologems, i.e., the archetypes. In this vision astrology and alchemy, the two classical functionaries of the psychology of the collective unconscious, join hands. ✨ Carl Gustav Jung, Herbert Read, Michael Fordham, Gerhard Adler (1969). The structure and dynamics of the psyche
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