Newsgroups: soc.religion.gnosis
From: spowell@ivory.trentu.ca (Stefan Powell)
Subject: Re: Jung's Gnostic Ring
Organization: Trent University, Peterborough
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 01:52:56 GMT
Does any one have a picture of the Gnostic ring like
Jung used to wear? Does anybody have a decription of
the design and what it means?
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 1994 10:40:09 -0600
From: jtkon@isis.cgd.ucar.EDU (Jeff Kiehl)
Subject: Re: Jung's Gnostic Ring
To: spowell@TrentU.ca
Newsgroups: soc.religion.gnosis
There is a pictire of this ring on the cover of " C.G. Jung
His Myth in Our Time" , by Marie-Louise von Franz.
Jung himself describes the ring in C.G. Jung Speaking: Interviews
and Encounters. W.McGuire and R.F.C. Hull page 468.
When asked about the ring Jung responded:
"It is Egyptian. Here the serpent is carved, which symbolize
Christ. Above it, the face of a woman; below the number 8, which
is the symbol of the Infinite, of the Labyrinth, and the Road to
the Unconcious. I have changed one or two things on the ring
so that the symbol will be Christian. All these symbols are absolutely
alive within me, and each one of them creates a reaction within
my soul."
J.T. Kiehl
