<pre> In a message dated 06/25/2000 10:55:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << I love his childish apprehension of trees being "the thoughts of god", >> If memory serves I believe this actually comes from Plato, or at the very least Greek philosophy. In fact all things are the thought of god and as such are the only reality; the earthly manifestation is but an imperfect copy. mark </pre> You are correct; Jung is very Platonic in his thought. I think that's why I find him in sync, so to speak, with medieval symbol systems. Kathryn %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%