Occult Terms: J

James Hillman vs Carl Jung compares two psychologies: Jung's path to a unified Self and Hillman's polytheistic soul that refuses to crown any archetype king. Jung sought wholeness through integration; Hillman saw the psyche as a crowd of equal gods, each with its own claim.

Japanese mythology (Shinto) and Chinese mythology (folk Taoism, Buddhism, and local cults) diverge fundamentally in their cosmology, their treatment of death, and their relationship with the natural world.

Japanese symbolism is a system where natural objects, geometric forms, and ritual tools carry layered meanings that shift between Shinto, Buddhist, and folk contexts.

The Jelling stones are two massive runestones erected by King Gorm the Old and his son Harald Bluetooth in the 10th century, marking Denmark's official transition from Norse paganism to Christianity.

Jera (ᛃ) is the harvest rune, the twelfth stave of the Elder Futhark, representing the completed cycle of the year and the reward that comes only after the full turn of work, weather, and patience.

Jiddu Krishnamurti.

Jorogumo (絡新婦) is a Japanese yokai — a spider that transforms into a beautiful woman to lure men to their deaths.

A magic ritual and witchcraft journal is a personal record of magical practice where a practitioner documents spells, rituals, dreams, and divination results. Unlike a grimoire or Book of Shadows, it prioritizes lived experience over inherited tradition, functioning as a laboratory log for the working witch.

Judgement is a specific Major Arcana card (number 20) symbolizing a spiritual calling, resurrection, or a definitive reckoning. Discernment, by contrast, is not a card but a reader’s inner skill: the ability to separate personal bias from intuitive truth, to read the card’s message without condemning or acquitting.

Carl Jung kept a worn Tarot de Marseille on his desk in Küsnacht.

Juniper smoke is a traditional cleansing and protection agent used across Europe and the Mediterranean for centuries.

Numerology: The Romance in Names.