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Wisdom Unfiltered

Wisdom Unfiltered

By: National Media Archive
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 Sharp insights and timeless truths from history and today.Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Philosophy Science Social Sciences
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  • Peter Birkhäuser: Art, Dreams, and Jungian Transformation

    Peter Birkhäuser: Art, Dreams, and Jungian Transformation
    Sep 12 2025
    Peter Birkhäuser, a Swiss painter, underwent a profound transformation after a midlife crisis led him to Jungian psychology. Influenced by his dreams and the unconscious, his vivid paintings explored personal and collective struggles for meaning, individuation, and spiritual growth. Despite initial rejection, his work powerfully illustrates the journey from darkness to light, reflecting both individual and universal psychological themes.

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    12 mins
  • Jung’s Anima and Animus: Inner Archetypes and Self-Discovery

    Jung’s Anima and Animus: Inner Archetypes and Self-Discovery
    Sep 5 2025
    Carl Jung’s psychology describes the anima and animus as inner archetypes representing the opposite gender in the unconscious—anima in men, animus in women. Originating in parental influence and the collective unconscious, they shape moods, fantasies, and relationships. Integrating these figures enables individuation, self-knowledge, and wholeness, while ignoring them leads to projection, stagnation, and neurosis. Shadow work and active imagination are key to this lifelong process.

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    13 mins
  • Arthur Schopenhauer: The Philosopher of Pessimism

    Arthur Schopenhauer: The Philosopher of Pessimism
    Aug 29 2025
    Arthur Schopenhauer, a German philosopher, pioneered Western pessimism and integrated Eastern thought. His key idea is that reality is shaped by the 'will,' an irrational, unconscious force driving endless desire and suffering. His major work, 'The World as Will and Representation,' explores metaphysics, aesthetics, and ethics. Schopenhauer saw art, compassion, and asceticism as ways to escape suffering, influencing later thinkers like Freud and Nietzsche.

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    14 mins
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