Hi NW.... I will raise my hand for more discussion if it is useful for you to continue. I am gaining from the information and the knowledge people have shared. I can balance the views expressed without feeling any need to challenge any of it or cut it off.

I hear what 1oxbowgirl is saying and I am reminded of how dark the dark side can get if left unchecked. I am reminded to always put on the armour of God to protect me from energies that seek to do harm. I need those reminders because I tend to be naive about evil. It doesn't suit me to consider evil and that leaves me vulnerable sometimes.

I hear what you have shared and I have felt how intensely the freedom of searching enriches your relationship with God. I am reminded that God's truth and wisdom is evident in all things and he knows the hearts and cravings of all people.

I think any journey into the unknown, any study of thoughts and approaches that stretch the boundaries of God's Word can be risky business. I think one needs to always tread softly in places where God is not the centre. I think one needs to know their own limits and be willing to keep God at the centre of their searchings. One needs to take special care to protecting themselves at all times. To put on the cloke of prayer and the garments of praise, to walk in purity.

There are things I've read in this discussion about Jung and his approaches to mental welness that cause my spirit to go 'eek' and turn away. There are other ideas that cause me to go 'ahhh' that fits. There are times when I can't read anything that challenges my current understandings and there are times when I can discern with confidence.

So I guess, NW so long as you don't need people to 'give their hearts to Jung' and become 'disciples of Jungian psychology' then the discussion can still have value. I know that isn't your intention because you've expressed many discrepencies with Jung yourself.

I feel as though I walk the same ground with you on this. I hear you proclaiming God as your centre of devine authority.

Perhaps we need reminded of your intentions with this discussion. I've gained from witnessing again how God's truth shines in every space in our universe. Those seeds of truth can be used for good or for bad. One can influence the power of the good even in the 'badest' of circumstances. Clarity can be found in darkness by believers of the true God. I've seen ceremonies in my own culture realign for good because of the work of believers. I've seen medicine people whose gifts had been used to do harm turn their darkness into light.

I'd encourage you to feel free to keep shining new light on things that may or may not be caught in the darkness. Let us gleen the truth or discover the lies that we might not be caught in dillussion but rather brought further into the light with our explorations.

I'm with you NW for as long as you are gaining benefit from the journey. Let's just heed the caution for what it is. Honest, real, grounded in truth and lovely shared to edify and lift us up to be in the light of God's glory.

I'm kind of 'flighty' today and its showing..... peace....