"The art of life is the most distinguished and rarest of all the
arts." -C.G. Jung, CW 8, par. 789. The Cycle of Life explores the
patterns that unfold over the course of our lives, as we set out to
find our place in the world, in our efforts to live authentically,
and in our search for home-that place within ourselves that can so
easily be neglected or disregarded in this fast-paced modern world.
In the first half of life, the task of the young traveler is to
depart from home, to adventure out into the world to find his or
her own individual path. However, in the second half, we find
ourselves on what often amounts to a very long journey in search of
home. In many a tale, the hero, for instance Gilgamesh, sets off on
his road to find life's elixir, while other stories, such as the
Odyssey, revolve around the hero's long and arduous journey home.
Many are also familiar with the journey of Dante, who at the very
beginning of his Divine Comedy finds himself "Midway along the
journey of our life." The archetypal journey of life is constantly
reenacted in the never-ending process of individuation. We find
ourselves returning to this venture repeatedly, every night, as we
set out on our voyage into the landscape of our unconscious. Many
dreams begin by being on the way, for instance: I am on my way to
... I am driving on a road that leads into the desert ... I am
walking through one room after the other in a long corridor-like
building ... I am walking towards my office, but it looks different
than in reality ... I walk on the pavement and on the opposite side
of the street someone seems to be following me ... I go down into
an underground parking ... I am in my car, but someone I don't know
is driving ... I have to go to the place from where I came ... Erel
Shalit is a Jungian psychoanalyst in Ra'anana, Israel. He is the
author of several publications, including Enemy, Cripple, Beggar:
Shadows in the Hero's Path, The Hero and His Shadow:
Psychopolitical Aspects of Myth and Reality in Israel, The Complex:
Path of Transformation from Archetype to Ego, and Requiem: A Tale
of Exile and Return. Dr. Shalit lectures at professional
institutes, universities, and cultural forums in Israel, Europe,
and the United States.
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