Divinity in Action

Beth Conklin, Song Birds

Catafalque; Die Before You Die: In Search of a Middle Path

One thing that Peter Kingsley brings up several times in Reality and in Catafalque: Carl Jung and the End of Humanity is the need to “die before you die”, for the ego to die before one’s physical death, whether in the context of Jung’s individuation or the path of traditional Sufism. In the case of individuation, it means descending into the underworld, being torn to…