The Lion Will Become Man

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In this compelling psychological memoir Keiron Le Grice the 2023 Zurich Lecture Series' speaker details his experience of a profound transformative crisis between 2001 and 2004. He explains how by a sustained investigation of the root causes of his condition he was eventually able to overcome the crisis guided by instructive dreams and startling coincidences illuminated by a series of symbolic paintings and aided by his serendipitous discovery of the Gnostic text <em>The Gospel of Thomas</em>.</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Exploring the nature of the unconscious mind and the mysterious spiritual power behind his experience Le Grice turns to the mystical symbolism of alchemy and the psychology of Carl Gustav Jung to set out a deep understanding of psychological rebirth and its relationship to the ongoing evolution of the Western psyche. </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Lion Will Become Man </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>gives a striking example of alchemy at work and reveals its great value as a guide to the complex developmental process that Jung called individuation.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><span>���</span></span></p><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><p>Preface </p><p>Introduction </p><p>Chapter I: <em>Sublimatio </em>and Devil Possession </p><p>Chapter II: The Descent of the Western Ego </p><p>Chapter III: Dread the <em>Nigredo</em> and the Opposites </p><p>Chapter IV: <em>Mortificatio </em>and Ego-Death </p><p>Chapter V: <em>Solutio </em>and the <em>Prima Materia </em></p><p>Chapter VI: <em>Calcinatio </em>and Dionysian Dismemberment </p><p>Chapter VII: The Lion the Child and the Transformations of Mercurius </p><p>Chapter VIII: The <em>Cauda Pavonis </em></p><p>Chapter IX: God Sophia and the Dark Spirit in Nature </p><p>Chapter X: <em>Coniunctio </em>in California </p><p>Chapter XI: The <em>Unio Mystica </em>and the Transformation of the World </p><p>Afterword </p><p>Appendix: An Extract from Mircea Eliade's Interview with C.G. Jung for <em>Combat </em></p><p>Bibliography </p>