Friday evening I will argue for three fundamental propositions: Imagination is Reality; our experience is historically and culturally variable; Language is the means by which we both receive and create the world. We will explore the consequences of this view of reality with the help of the work of C.G. Jung, Henry Corbin, James Hillman, Gaston Bachelard and a variety of poets and artists. We will consider Jung's Red Book, why he refused to think of it as "art," and its place within the artistic tradition. This will lead us to ask about the relation between abstract thought and our archaic, primary human potential. Saturday we will extend this analysis by considering why alchemy was such an important component of the work of all four of our canonical guides to the Imagination. We will consider historically and culturally variable versions of the experience of the "saturated phenomenon." I will end by suggesting practical steps we can take to help us all be more alive, open and compassionate.
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