Red Book, Middle Way - How Jung Parallels the Buddha's Method for Human Integration - Robert M. Ellis
God as Integrative Archetype
Red Book, Middle Way - How Jung Parallels the Buddha's Method for Human Integration - Robert M. Ellis
Robert M. Ellis [+]
Middle Way Society
Robert M. Ellis is author of a range of interdisciplinary books on Middle Way Philosophy, both within and beyond Buddhism. These have included The Buddha’s Middle Way: Experiential Judgement in His Life and Teaching (Equinox Publishing, 2019) and Archetypes in Religion and Beyond: A Practical Theory of Human Integration and Inspiration (Equinox Publishing, 2022). He is also founder of the Middle Way Society and of Tirylan House Retreat Centre in Wales.
Description
Explores Jung’s archetypal view of God as a Middle Way between Nietzsche’s ‘God is Dead’ and traditional Christianity representing our forward glimpse of potential integration. The Buddha had a similar archetypal encounter with Brahma Sahampati.