“I have landed the great whale; I mean Answer to Job. I can’t say I have fully digested this tour de force of the unconscious. It still goes on rumbling a bit, rather like an earthquake.” C.G. Jung Letters Vol. 2 (1951 – 1961) Introduction In 1952, at the age of seventy-six, Carl Jung wroteContinue reading “The Psychology of God’s Dark Side”
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The Psychology of Knowing Yourself
Carl Jung published his book Psychological Types in 1921, introducing four functions of consciousness: thinking, feeling, sensation and intuition, and the two attitudes through which these four functions are deployed: introversion and extraversion. If one of these functions habitually predominates, it is called our primary or dominant function, which is paired with a secondary orContinue reading “The Psychology of Knowing Yourself”
Carl Jung: A Journey into the Depths of the Soul
“My life is a story of the self-realisation of the unconscious. Everything in the unconscious seeks outward manifestation, and the personality too desires to evolve out of its unconscious conditions and to experience itself as a whole.” Carl Gustav Jung (1875 – 1961) The following passages are highlights taken from C.G. Jung’s Memories, Dreams, ReflectionsContinue reading “Carl Jung: A Journey into the Depths of the Soul”
Carl Jung on UFOs: Symbols of Collective Fear and Hope
Strange sightings have been reported in the sky throughout history. After the Second World War, however, the appearance of flying saucers, UFOs or UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena) – or whatever one wants to call them – became prominent in culture, and recently this phenomenon has gained more public exposure and sparked intense interest – constitutingContinue reading “Carl Jung on UFOs: Symbols of Collective Fear and Hope”
The Psychology of The Paranormal – Carl Jung
Since early childhood, Carl Jung experienced paranormal phenomena, that is, phenomena that are beyond the scope of scientific understanding. As a child, he continually heard stories of uncanny happenings such as “dreams which foresaw the death of a certain person, clocks which stopped at the moment of death, glasses which shattered at the critical moment.”Continue reading “The Psychology of The Paranormal – Carl Jung”
The Psychology of the Magician
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.” William Blake, Auguries of Innocence The Magician is the most mysterious and fascinating of all archetypes. That the Magician has fascinated human consciousness since ancient timesContinue reading “The Psychology of the Magician”
The Psychology of Numbers
We often take for granted the fundamental role that numbers play in our lives. In modern times we have been so busy in manipulating numbers for the sake of counting and calculating, that many of us are unaware that they also contain a symbolic meaning. Numbers do not merely have a quantitative nature, but alsoContinue reading “The Psychology of Numbers”
The Psychology of Astrology
“I can only gaze with wonder and awe at the depths and heights of our psychic nature. Its non-spatial universe conceals an untold abundance of images which have accumulated over millions of years of living development and become fixed in the organism… And these images are not pale shadows, but tremendously powerful psychic factors… BesideContinue reading “The Psychology of Astrology”
The Psychology of The Wise Old Man
The Wise Old Man or Sage is an archetype that is recognised by almost everyone, be it in stories, games, movies, or everyday life. In myth he is often shown as one living in isolation, meditating and living a simple life deep in a forest, in the mountains, or in other uninhabited places. Introduction TheContinue reading “The Psychology of The Wise Old Man”
The Psychology of Fairy Tales
Fairy tales occupy a special place in our lives as early as childhood. Bedtime stories is a tradition that goes back to an ancient way of life, where people would, after a hard day of work, light up the hearth, and gather around the fire as night was approaching, when everyone had eaten and wereContinue reading “The Psychology of Fairy Tales”