Concerning the weight in the water region, see Cary F. Baynes' English translation of the book titled THE SECRET OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER: A CHINESE BOOK OF LIFE (1931), from Richard Wilhelm's German translation with his explication and with a commentary by C. G. Jung.
Concerning archetypes, see Anthony Stevens' book ARCHETYPE REVISITED: AN UPDATED NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SELF (2003; 1st ed. 1982).
CONCLUSION
Not by antidepressants alone will adults in the second half of their lives decisively overcome depression. They will also have to undertake serious work on the individuation process.
But if men and women in Western culture today do not like the prospect of suffering through the inner Inferno and the inner Purgatory and the inner Paradise, then perhaps they can work on Buddhist initiations instead -- or perhaps find another way.
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