A Religious Experience

I have been thinking about what a “religious experience” means to me for some time now. When I first started this class I have to admit that I thought that I could only have a religious experience if I followed my religion (Catholicism). My views have now changed. I am not really sure if I now what a religous experience is but what I do know is that it contains a sacrifice of the ego, …

…of noon the descent begins. And the descent means the reversal of all the ideals and values that were cherished in the morning. The syn falls into conteadiction with irself. It is as though it should draw in its rays instead of emitting them. Light and warmth decline and ar eat last extinguished.(Carl G. Jung, in The portable Jung Joseth Campbell, ed. , R.F.C. Hull, tr. New York: The Viking Press, 1971, pp.3-22.