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What is Immanence?
Immanence is a concept that can only be understood in dialectical tension with transcendence. Immanence is “the state of being within.” The word is derived from the Latin root en … Continue reading →
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Immanence: the divine body of god
Spinoza speaks of the immanence of God. He says “Whatever is, is in God, and nothing can either be or be conceived without God.” His demonstration states, “Besides God there … Continue reading →
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The Flow of the Now
According to the phenomenological meditations of Husserl, time involves a continuous synthesis of the past, present, and future into the now. “The present is always born of the past”, so … Continue...
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Reflection on the deepest strata of the mind
An encounter with the deepest strata of the mind, such as might occur in meditation or even imagination, can lead to a direct encounter with God as the creative ground … Continue reading →
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A Revolution of Some is a Revelation for All
Hegel tells us that human beings are woven together into a spiritual body: the Zeitgeist. History is the movement of this social body through time. The aim of the zeitgeist … Continue reading →
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Carl Jung: on the transpersonal
Most of us are caught up in aspects of our daily life, and with it the stream of our thoughts. But beyond this stream of thoughts lies another more subtle … Continue reading →
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Immanence as divine play
Immanence is an insight of philosophers, mystics, and sadhus alike: a realization that all of our efforts at transcendence are mere preparations for immanence. Transcendence prepares us for an immanent...
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Jung and Immanence
Life has always seemed to me like a plant that lives on its rhizome. Its true life is invisible, hidden in the rhizome. The part that appears above the ground … Continue reading →
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Paradox: ‘reality’ and the sacred real
Our psychic world is made up of a myriad of ways that we attempt to symbolize our reality. Our symbolization provides meaning and context, giving shape to our emotions and … Continue reading →
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A true story of an imaginative experience
I was an only child. The single born of a young couple, madly in love. And thus, much of my childhood encompassed reflecting upon the frolicking playfulness of love. The … Continue reading →
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Dreaming with God
“Dreams are the voice of the unknown.” “The dream is the divine voice and messenger.” “A divine influx could take place in dreams” –Carl Jung Each night when we fall … Continue reading →
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