Charles Baudelaire, From The Flowers Of Evil: Poems; "A Former Life,"

“To be eaten and to be married to the god might not be so different.” — Till We Have Faces, C.S. Lewis.

art: Norman Lindsay - The South Wind, 1928

City Cats,1938 by Brassaï. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print.

© Nona Limmen {via Instagram}

Émile-Antoine Bayard

Liberation from self-sabotage requires an understanding of how we co-create the life we experience. We are not innocent victims suffering at the cruel hands of fate. Rather, we participate in the circumstances of our lives by giving consent, consciously or unconsciously, to most of the pleasure or the pain we experience. Self-responsibility enables us to see that our reactions to the inevitable stresses and challenges of life are a result of choices that we are making. It requires the courage to acknowledge that we may have an emotional investment in maintaining our negative emotions and beliefs.

Freedom From Self-Sabotage

Peter Michaelson

The snake symbolizes something unconscious; it is the instinctive movement or tendency; it shows the way to the hidden treasure, or it guards the treasure. The snake has a fascinating appeal, a peculiar attraction through fear. Some people are fascinated by this fear. Things that are awe-inspiring and dangerous have an extraordinary attraction. The serpent shows the way to hidden things which leads man to go beyond the point of safety, and beyond the limits of consciousness.

1925 Seminar

Carl Jung

Some pretty pictures I found from my trip to Scotland. Castle Eileen Donan.