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034 - The Quaternity Symbol & the Horse-Drawn Carriage Metaphor: Jung, Gurdjieff, and Hegel

034 - The Quaternity Symbol & the Horse-Drawn Carriage Metaphor: Jung, Gurdjieff, and Hegel

FromThe Cunning of Geist


034 - The Quaternity Symbol & the Horse-Drawn Carriage Metaphor: Jung, Gurdjieff, and Hegel

FromThe Cunning of Geist

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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Aug 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Psychologist Carl Jung identified the quaternity (union of four) as a symbol of wholeness.  He used it in portraying his four primary cognitive functions: intuition, sensation, thinking, and feeling (emotions).Similar to this is Russian esotericist George Gurdjieff’s system of harmonious development, called “The Fourth Way,”  His “Work” centered on simultaneously developing the body, the emotions, and the mind so one can develop a fourth function - the soul.  He used the quaternity metaphor of the horse-drawn carriage to visualize this, with a carriage,  horse,  driver, and a master inside the carriage.This podcast episode explores these topics in-depth as well Jung’s notion of the collective unconscious, and how it relates to Hegel’s historical development of the World-Spirit.  
Released:
Aug 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Gregory Novak explores philosophy, psychology, and science with an emphasis on Hegel. For seekers and scholars alike.