Freeing the Soul From Fear

We will extend the understanding of fear developed in the lecture to an exploration of fear in the modern world. Following the approach of archetypal psychology we will first seek to take the rather unitary sense of fear and multiply it-fears, not fear. A soul-geography of fear will be developed which shows the prevalence of nine forms of fear, identifiable as palpable presences in the world seeking the destruction of soul. What we usually call fear is but the bodily reaction to these presences. How fear insinuates itself into the body as anxiety, constricting the soul so that only the most material aspects of life come to count as real, is described. Central to our exploration will be how countering the presence of fears requires a fully conscious development of soul life, and if this task of now having to bring soul consciousness does not take place, the archetypal fears can easily usurp the whole of soul life. Many examples from everyday life will be presented and specific suggestions given and demonstrated for developing imaginative consciousness.