In 1950, on the occasion of his 75th birthday, Jung set up a stone cube on the lakeshore, just west of the tower, inscribing it on three sides. One side contains a quote of the Rosarium philosophorum, hic lapis exilis extat, pretio quoque vilis, spernitur a stultis, amatur plus ab edoctis ("this stone is poor, and cheap in price; it is disdained by fools, but it is loved all the more by the wise"), and the dedication IN MEMORIAM NAT[ivitati]S DIEI LXXV C G JUNG EX GRAT[itudine] FEC[it] ET POS[uit] A[nn]O MCML "in memory of his 75th birthday C.G. Jung out of gratitude made and set up [this stone], in the year 1950."
On the second side, Jung Telesphorus figure, a dwarf or homunculus bearing a lantern and wearing a hooded cape, surrounded by a Greek inscription. "Ὁ Αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεττεύων· παιδὸς ἡ βασιληίη» · Τελεσφόρος διελαύνων τοὺς σκοτεινοὺς τοῦ κόσμου τόπους, καὶ ὡς ἀστὴρ ἀναλάμπων ἐκ τοῦ βάθους, ὁδηγεῖ «παρ' Ἠελίοιο πύλας καὶ δῆμον ὀνείρων".
The central figure is Homunculus-Mercurius-Telesphorus, wearing a hooded cape and carrying a lantern. He is surrounded by a quaternary Mandala of alchemical significance, with the top quarter dedicated to Saturn, the bottom quarter to Mars, the left quarter to Sol-Jupiter ("male") and the right quarter to Luna-Venus ("female"). The Greek inscription translates to approximately:
"Aion (Time, Eternity, the Eon) is a child at play, gambling; a child's is the kingship. Telesphorus ("the Accomplisher") traverses the dark places of the world, like a star flashing from the deep, leading the way to the Gates of the Sun and the Land of Dreams"
Time is a child at play, gambling; a child's is the kingship is a fragment attributed to Heraclitus.
To the Gates of the Sun and the Land of Dreams is a quote of the Odyssey (24.11), referring to Hermes the psychopomp leading the spirits of the slain suitors away.
Hunting the Phoenix
Leaf through discolored manuscripts, make sure no words lie thirsting, bleeding waiting for rescue. No: old loves half- articulated, moments forced out of the stream of perception to play 'statue', and never released- they had no blood to shed. you must seek the ashy nest itself if you hope to find charred feather, smouldering flightbones, and a twist of singing flame rekindling. ~ Denise Levertov, Breathing the Water 1987 ~~~~ David C. Hamilton Jungian Analyst, IAAP Office Locations Tuesday, Thursday, Friday The Chace Mill I Mill Street, Suite 160 Burlington,Vermont 05401 & Wednesday 36 Main Street (above The Vermont Bookshop) Middlebury, Vermont 05753 802-431-0904 [email protected]
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