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Jung, Kabbalah& Tarot:an integrativeapproachTPIG presentation22 Feb 2013
10 sefiroth (emanations of light)22 pathways32 expressions of creationThe aim of Kabbalah(to receive) To awaken, manifest andachieve your destiny via theordered stations of initiation(life stage challenges). To become in the image of thecreator also with a will ofbestowal (to give).
Tree of Life Inventory
Enneagram (Sufism)& the Tree (Etz Chayim)have a lot in commonChesedGeburah
Contrasting the Enneagram with Kabbalah
The Complete Life Cycle
Contrasting the Enneagram, Kabbalah, Tarot and Integral Psychology
The complexitiesof being humanLiving uphere andnot downhere isSpiritualBypassingWhich therapy is required forwhich state or stage ofconsciousness?
Spiritual bypassing includes Exaggerated detachmentEmotional numbing and repressionoverdone niceness V’s emotional depth and authenticityOveremphasis on the positiveAnger-phobia (confusing anger with aggression and ill will)Blind or overtly tolerant compassionWeak or too porous boundariesLopsided development e.g. Cognitive intelligence too farahead of emotional and moral intelligence Debilitating judgement about ones shadow side Devaluing of the personal relative to the spiritual Delusions of having arrived at a higher level of being
The complexitiesof being humanBeing stuckon eitherside of thetree keepsus avoidingintimacyWhich therapy is required forwhich state or stage ofconsciousness?
Pathological versions of Gender typeStuck on the left or Right side of the treeStuck in the left brain/column(Binah, Gevurah & Hod)Needs to be a ‘part of’, to connect, to touch,be impacted and influenced by othersANIMUSthe female unconsciously seekingmore agency – in left hemisphereStuck in the right brain/column(Chochmah, Chesed & Netzach)Needs to learn to speak own mind, buildautonomy, stand up for self and viewsANIMAthe male unconsciously seeking morecommunion – in right hemisphere
Avoiding the middle columnAvoiding intimacy- the invisible divorce
Jung’s personality TypesPerceiving10.Wheel of fortuneJudging7.The HangmanIntuiting13. Death15.The DevilFeeling (endomorph)17.The Star19.The SunThinking (ectomorph)20 Judgement21.The WorldSensing (mesomorph)18.The Moon21.The WorldRed ExtroversionBlue Introversion
Jung's four functions can help enrich our understandingof the Minor Arcana, and conversely the cards canassist in psychological exploration:
Similarities between Maslow’s hierarchy and KabbalahA galacticentric approach to therapy
The aim of Kabbalah (to receive) To awaken, manifest and achieve your destiny via the ordered stations of initiation (life stage challenges). To become in the image of the creator also with a will of bestowal (to give). Tree of Life
