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Catching the Thread ii Introduction Catching the Thread = iii Catching the Thread iv Introduction Catching the Thread Sufism, Dreamwork, & Jungian Psychology = LLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE THE GOLDEN SUFI CENTER v Catching the Thread First published in the United States in 1998 by The Golden Sufi Center P.O. Box 428, Inverness, California 94937. Second Printing 2003. ©1998 The Golden Sufi Center. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from the Publisher. Cover illustration by Tennessee Dixon. Printed and bound by McNaughton & Gunn, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Vaughan-Lee, Llewellyn. [Call and the echo] Catching the thread : Sufism, dreamwork & Jungian psychology / by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Originally published: Putney, Vt. : Threshold Books, 1992. ISBN 1-890350-00-1 (pbk.) 1. Spiritual life. 2. Dreams—Religious aspects. 3. Sufism. I. Title. BL624.V38 1998 297.4' 01' 9—dc21 97-38191 CIP ISBN 1-890350-00-1 vi Introduction CONTENTS IX FOREWORD XI INTRODUCTION 1 THE FOOLS OF GOD 31 THE FEMININE SIDE OF LOVE 50 THE ALCHEMICAL OPUS I: THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SHADOW 77 THE PAIN OF THE COLLECTIVE SHADOW 105 THE ALCHEMICAL OPUS II: THE INNER PARTNER 121 THE INNER FEMININE AND HER DUAL NATURE 146 THE UNATTAINABLE BRIDE 180 THE ALCHEMICAL OPUS III: SYMBOLS OF THE SELF 204 THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TEACHER 239 THE POVERTY OF THE HEART 261 NOTES 273 BIBLIOGRAPHY 278 INDEX 285 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii Catching the Thread viii Introduction FOREWORD Mysticism cannot be explained or comprehended by the mind. It belongs to another dimension, the dimen- sion of the soul. Yet in Catching the Thread Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee has been able to describe many of the psychological and spiritual processes experienced by the seeker, the vicissitudes, the ups and downs, the slow progress on the path to the Real. He shows deep comprehension of the relationship with the teacher. In particular he has described one important event that is hardly mentioned in the great spiritual literature of the world: the union of the soul of the trainee with the soul of the teacher when the former has reached the required level of spiritual evolution. This event is a great mystery; perhaps the analogy of salt when it is dissolved in a glass of water comes nearest to describ- ing it. Using dreams to illustrate the inner happenings of the soul, Catching the Thread describes the myster- ies of the path in clear, contemporary language that must be specially helpful to the modern seeker. Irina Tweedie ix Catching the Thread x
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