The personal sacrifice: complementation

[MWin]

This new article of mine analyses the Book of Job in connection with the psychological notion of ‘integration’ and the related theological notion of ‘incarnation’. In the Christian era, we have focused too much on the boons of the divine that have befallen us thanks to God’s sacrifice. We have shown little interest in the notion of recompense, that is, our personal sacrifice for the benefit of the divine, which was important in pagan theology.

The Psychology of Complementation

Abstract: Complementation is put forward as an enhancement of the ruling paradigm in psychology. It is defined as the flow of libido (psychic energy) back to the unconscious. The one-sided focus on the integration of the unconscious has deleterious consequences, as it implies that libido must flow only in the conscious direction. It becomes an impediment to individuation. Also, notions of ‘integration’ and ‘wholeness’ may have destructive consequences for the social situation in society. Carl Jung’s book “Answer to Job” is criticized. The theological concept of ‘incarnation’ corresponds to the psychological concept of ‘integration’. But incarnation is counterbalanced by the glorification of God, which is equally essential. The ‘sacrifice’, in comparative history of religion, is analyzed in terms of providing for the divine sphere. In psychology, there ought to be a corresponding focus on providing for the unconscious.

Keywords: Gnosticism, alchemy, scintilla, sacrifice, disidentification, Neo-paganism, Man of Sorrows, sexual cult, Answer to Job, Cultural Marxism.

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Mats Winther

 

[tonyrey]

Your view of Christianity and Christian churches is definitely unbalanced:

I take the view that religion has taken an evil expression in the modern era, since it amounts to an identification with the God image. Modern Christians, for instance, think that they should imitate Jesus in his goodness, which is appalling. They actually say these things in their books, i.e. that one should endeavour to be good like Christ and do good deeds (despite the fact that Jesus wasn’t good but caused turmoil and brandished his whip in the temple area). They call it imitation of Jesus. This means, analogously with the above, that the Christ (the self) will not constellate in the unconscious, with the effect that the divine is shut out of personal life, and cannot be integrated. Christian churches and Muslim mosques are factories of evil.

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[Simca]

This new article of mine analyses the Book of Job in connection with the psychological notion of ‘integration’ and the related theological notion of ‘incarnation’. In the Christian era, we have focused too much on the boons of the divine that have befallen us thanks to God’s sacrifice. We have shown little interest in the notion of recompense, that is, our personal sacrifice for the benefit of the divine, which was important in pagan theology.

The Psychology of Complementation

Abstract: Complementation is put forward as an enhancement of the ruling paradigm in psychology. It is defined as the flow of libido (psychic energy) back to the unconscious. The one-sided focus on the integration of the unconscious has deleterious consequences, as it implies that libido must flow only in the conscious direction. It becomes an impediment to individuation. Also, notions of ‘integration’ and ‘wholeness’ may have destructive consequences for the social situation in society. Carl Jung’s book “Answer to Job” is criticized. The theological concept of ‘incarnation’ corresponds to the psychological concept of ‘integration’. But incarnation is counterbalanced by the glorification of God, which is equally essential. The ‘sacrifice’, in comparative history of religion, is analyzed in terms of providing for the divine sphere. In psychology, there ought to be a corresponding focus on providing for the unconscious.

Keywords: Gnosticism, alchemy, scintilla, sacrifice, disidentification, Neo-paganism, Man of Sorrows, sexual cult, Answer to Job, Cultural Marxism.

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Mats Winther

This was the 2nd part of the second reading of last Sunday’s reading:

'‘For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the Good News, and not to preach that in terms of philosophy in which the crucifixion of Christ cannot be explained’.

The human mind can never come to an understanding of God and His ways. We must come to Him personally, believe in Him and accept Him through faith.

 

[MWin]

Your view of Christianity and Christian churches is definitely unbalanced:

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Another person who also took exception to the religious ways of his time was Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus was absolutely adamant in his attack on hypocrisy, yet the average Christian is today equally hypocritical as the Pharisees. They pretended to be almost godlike and free of sin, which corresponds to the modern form of the “imitation of Jesus”. Christians pretend to be good and are devoted to removing sin from the world, giving money to the poor, etc. (despite the fact that Jesus never gave money to the poor). Nor was Jesus good. He was a troublemaker and had an irate temperament.

The modern sanctimonious form of ‘imitatio Christi’ is very different from the original form. I say in my article that the former “amounts to an identification with God, since it imitates God’s work in removing the sinfulness of the world, by way of his incarnation. But traditional asceticism means to transfer one’s own merit to God, that is, to perform a sacrifice of one’s own life for the boon of God. Thus, the ascetic takes on the role of Jesus as a carrier of divine sin. He helps to carry the cross of Christ.”

However, I also argue that good religion functions as a bulwark against bad religion. For instance, Orthodoxy and Catholicism played a big role in the overcoming of Communism, since many people retained their faith. I take the view that religion is a “necessary evil” of human life, in the same sense as hurricanes are a necessary evil of the weather system. Yet, I reject atheism, because it is not an option. It always mutates into bad religion.

My standpoint towards religion in the modern era is essentially the same as Jesus’s original standpoint. Thus, my view is traditionally Christian. Christianity originally centered around the emancipation of the human spirit. St Paul was the only disciple who took the view that the movement must be intitutionalized as a new religion. Soon, many of the other followers adhered. But it meant that the Christian movement was doomed to suffer the faith of routinization and with time turn into its very opposite. The hypocritical imitation of goodness is now central to the Christian message. Christians want to turn earthly existence into a worldly material paradise, much like the Communists. They are reluctant to pick up their cross and follow in the footsteps of the Man of Sorrows.

Of course, St Paul was right in his decision to inaugurate a new religion, since it was exactly what was needed at the time. Moreover, a religious institution serves to carry the Christian message into the future, where it can be revived. It is time to revive the original sense of the message, which is devoted to God and not to mankind only. Why are Christians so fixated on the material welfare of humanity, when Jesus didn’t care for material welfare? Why are they so devoted to missionary work for the purpose of making people imitate goodness, when this is, in fact, contrary to Christ’s message?

M. Winther

 

[MWin]

This new article of mine analyses the Book of Job in connection with the psychological notion of ‘integration’ and the related theological notion of ‘incarnation’. In the Christian era, we have focused too much on the boons of the divine that have befallen us thanks to God’s sacrifice. We have shown little interest in the notion of recompense, that is, our personal sacrifice for the benefit of the divine, which was important in pagan theology.

The Psychology of Complementation

Abstract: Complementation is put forward as an enhancement of the ruling paradigm in psychology. It is defined as the flow of libido (psychic energy) back to the unconscious. The one-sided focus on the integration of the unconscious has deleterious consequences, as it implies that libido must flow only in the conscious direction. It becomes an impediment to individuation. Also, notions of ‘integration’ and ‘wholeness’ may have destructive consequences for the social situation in society. Carl Jung’s book “Answer to Job” is criticized. The theological concept of ‘incarnation’ corresponds to the psychological concept of ‘integration’. But incarnation is counterbalanced by the glorification of God, which is equally essential. The ‘sacrifice’, in comparative history of religion, is analyzed in terms of providing for the divine sphere. In psychology, there ought to be a corresponding focus on providing for the unconscious.

Keywords: Gnosticism, alchemy, scintilla, sacrifice, disidentification, Neo-paganism, Man of Sorrows, sexual cult, Answer to Job, Cultural Marxism.

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