Hell is understood as the archetype of ultimate suffering. It is no imaginary place, but rather a state of consciousness that we all experience at some point in our lives. Hell is an unavoidable journey in life. In ancient mysteries or rituals of passages, the hero must descend into a dark place in order to give birth to a new consciousness and gain access to a new stage of life. It is the most profound psychological death and rebirth of the self.   

We will be exploring the journey into hell as the path to self-knowledge, self-transformation, and ultimately, self-transcendence. Only in the region of danger can one find the treasure hard to attain. As Carl Jung stated, “No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”

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⌛ Timestamps

(0:00) Introduction: Concept of Hell

(2:33) Hell is Other People

(3:56) The Therapist and The Journey into Hell

(5:15) Paradise Lost

(6:12) Divine Comedy: Introduction

(10:21) Divine Comedy: Hell

(14:05) Faculty of Knowing and Faculty of Choosing

(16:05) Divine Comedy: Purgatory

(18:30) Divine Comedy: Heaven

(19:58) Salvation as Individuation

(21:15) Marriage of Heaven and Hell

(25:32) The Red Book: Descent into Hell

(35:08) Conclusion