Robert Bosnak > Quotes

“Aristotle said29 that "the greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor. It is the one thing that cannot be learnt from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of similarity in dissimilars.”
― Robert Bosnak, Embodiment: Creative Imagination in Medicine, Art and Travel

“The difficult process of the successful rubedo is that of bringing together and keeping together the experiences of what we perceive as inner and outer worlds. It is a matter of action that gives the tendencies of the image world their due and at the same time perceives the images in the so-called outer world and reacts to them. One then lives in a world of inspiration in which the sharp distinction between inner and outer, contemplation and action, has been diminished. Active imagination and imaginative action fuse.”
― Robert Bosnak, A Little Course in Dreams