Depth Psychology

This intricate scene depicts Christ crucified upon a living tree, merging the traditional symbol of the Cross with the cosmic Tree of Life. In Jungian analysis, such imagery represents the union of the divine and the natural, serving as a powerful archetype for the process of psychic transformation and the reconciliation of opposites.

This relief depicts the Tauroctony, the ritual sacrifice of a bull by the god Mithras, a central mystery of the Mithraic cult. In Jungian psychology, this image represents the ego's necessary sacrifice of instinctual drives to achieve spiritual transformation and individuation.