Up: [[Spiral]] Created: 2022-05-28 Updated: 2026-09-28 The spiral image is a great symbol of the [[Individuation]] journey. > [!Orbit] [[C. G. Jung]] in *CW12*, 325. > We can hardly escape the feeling that the [[Unconscious]] process moves spiral-wise round a centre, gradually getting closer, while the characteristics of the centre grow more and more distinct. A spiral is **always** about growth. > [!Orbit] [[C. G. Jung]] in *Dream Analysis, Parts II & III*, 1929 > The spiral in psychology means that when you make a spiral you always come over the same point where you have been before, but never really the same. It is above or below, inside, outside, so it means growth. A spiral flows. > [!Orbit] [[Anne Lamott]] in *Dusk Night Dawn: On revival and courage* > A spiral is the ultimate statement of the harmonious. It does not grow in fits, starts, and back steps, but rather, in a flow. (p. 86) A spiral lets you look at the same thing from different perspectives. In this, it would be a good symbol for [[12 - Hanged Man]] in Tarot. > [!orbit] Linda Leonard > I have discovered in the course of my journey that *life and psychic growth move in cycling spiral rings of descent and ascent.* Every new growth in myself has been preceded by a descent of the seed into the dark ground. And a spiral describes civilization, not just the individual > [!Orbit] Goethe > Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral with rhythms… of evolution and dissolution. Maybe there is hope for both civilization and individuals. > [!Orbit] [[Marion Woodman]] and Jill Mellick in *Coming Home to Myself* > We continue to learn the same things again and again at each spiral in the path, each time taking the understanding deeper, each time embodying it more, each time able to recall it more quickly in demanding times. (p. 22) Do you think in spirals? > [!Orbit] [[Marion Woodman]] and Jill Mellick in *Coming Home to Myself* > Linearity does not come naturally to me. It kills my imagination. Nothing happens. No bell rings. No moment of here and now. No moment that says yes, Without these, I am not alive. I prefer the pleasure of the journey through the spiral. Relax. Enjoy the spiral. If you miss something on the first round, don’t worry. You might pick it up on the second—or third—or ninth. It doesn’t matter. Relax. Timing is everything. If the bell does ring, it will resonate through all the rungs of your spiral. If it doesn’t ring, it is the wrong spiral—or the wrong time— or there is no bell.