Carl Jung: My Tower Grew

Carl Jung: My Tower Grew: The Red Book I set foot on new land. Nothing brought up should flow back. No one shall tear down what I have built. My tower is of iron and has no seams. The devil is forged into the foundations. T…

Carl Jung on why he didn’t protest against the injustice done to Tibet by the Chinese

Carl Jung on why he didn’t protest against the injustice done to Tibet by the Chinese: Letters Volume II To Jean Vontobel-Ruosch Dear Herr Vontobel-Ruosch, 28 April 1959 You are quite right: I also ask myself why I do not use the means that appear to be at my disposal to do my…

Carl Jung: How far a man can become conscious nobody knows.

Carl Jung: How far a man can become conscious nobody knows.: Letters Volume II Anonymous Dear Herr N., 9 May 1959 While thanking you for your interesting offprints I would also like to try to answer your questions to the best of my ability in writing.…

Restoring Nature’s Divinity…

Restoring Nature’s Divinity…: Earth has a Soul The Earth has a Soul: C.G. Jung on Nature, Technology & Modern Life Restoring Nature’s Divinity: “Matter in the wrong place is dirt. People get dirty through too much civ…

Carl Jung: .. I was the figure, himself deep in meditation, who is produced by a meditating yogi.

Carl Jung: .. I was the figure, himself deep in meditation, who is produced by a meditating yogi.: Letters Volume II To H.A.F. Dear Dr. F., 16 January 1959 Many thanks for kindly sending me your very interesting dream. I found it especially worthy of note that you obviously felt this drea…

Carl Jung Dream Analysis Seminar 11 June 1930

Carl Jung Dream Analysis Seminar 11 June 1930: Dream Analysis Seminar LECTURE VI 11 June 1930 Dr. Jung: Mrs. Crowley asks a question concerning the autonomous figures we spoke of last time. She would like to know how to distinguish such autonom…

Darkness in The Red Book – Anthology

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One Creates Inner Freedom only through the Symbol…

One Creates Inner Freedom only through the Symbol…: The Red Book The mouth utters the word, the sign, and the symbol. If the word is a sign, it means nothing. But if the word is a symbol, it means everything. When the way enters death and we are sur…

Carl Jung: Foreword to Harding: “The Way of All Women”

Carl Jung:  Foreword to Harding: “The Way of All Women”: Symbolic Life It is a pleasure to comply with the author’s wish that I should write an introduction to her book. I have read her work with the greatest interest, and am gratified to find that…

Carl Jung: Foreword “Depth Psychology and Self-Knowledge”

Carl Jung: Foreword “Depth Psychology and Self-Knowledge”: Symbolic Life Is depth psychology a new way to self-knowledge?   Yes, depth psychology must be termed a new way, because in all the methods practised up to now no account was taken of the exis…

Carl Jung on “Tigers” – Anthology

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Carl Jung: that I cannot possibly tell you what a man who has enjoyed complete self-realization looks like

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Carl Jung: The unconscious as a "multiple consciousness."

Carl Jung: The unconscious as a "multiple consciousness.": Letters Volume I To Helene Kiener Dear Fraulein Kiener, 13 August 1949 In my paper “Der Geist der Psychologie” (Eranos Jahrbuch 1946) I have shown, with the help of historical material,…

Man and his Environment

Man and his Environment: C.G. Jung Speaking “Man and his Environment by Carl Jung [1950]’ Question: I would be grateful if you, as a leading psychologist, would comment on the subject of man and his environment…

We all need nourishment for our psyche.

We all need nourishment for our psyche.: Earth has a Soul “We all need nourishment for our psyche. It is impossible to find such nourishment in urban tenements without a patch of green or a blossoming tree. We need a relationship wi…

Sonu Shamdasani eviscerates the scholarship of Frank McLynn’s “Carl Gustav Jung: A Biography”

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Sonu Shamdasani eviscerates the scholarship of Frank McLynn’s “Carl Gustav Jung: A Biography”

Sonu Shamdasani eviscerates the scholarship of Frank McLynn’s “Carl Gustav Jung: A Biography”: Jung Stripped Bare: By His Biographers Even In 1996, Frank McLynn, another professional biographer, published his biography of Jung. At the outset, he stated that his book “does not purport to be a…

Carl Jung on “Cognition of the Whole.”

Carl Jung on “Cognition of the Whole.”: Letters Volume II Best thanks for your friendly letter. Unfortunately I can answer only one central question, that concerning consciousness and self. By definition, the self is a combination of con…

Barbara Hannah: The Mysterium Coniunctionis 1952–1955

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Carl Jung: Foreword to Jacobi: “Paracelsus: Selected Writings”

Carl Jung: Foreword to Jacobi: “Paracelsus: Selected Writings”: Symbolic Life The author has asked me for some introductory words to the     English edition of her book on Paracelsus. I am more than willing to comply with this request, for Paracelsus, an almost…

Carl Jung: Foreword to Fierz-David: “The Dream of Poliphilo”

Carl Jung: Foreword to Fierz-David: “The Dream of Poliphilo”: Symbolic Life It must be twenty-five years since Francesco Colonna’s Hypnerotomachia Poliphili first came my way in the French translation published by Beroalde de Verville in 1600. Later, in…

Carl Jung: Foreword to Crottet: “Moon-Forest,” subtitled “Lappish Stories.”

Carl Jung: Foreword to Crottet:  “Moon-Forest,” subtitled “Lappish Stories.”: Symbolic Life The author of this book is no ordinary explorer, of whom there is no lack nowadays, but one who still understands the almost forgotten art of travelling with all his senses open. This…

Carl Jung: Foreword to Crottet: “Moon-Forest,” subtitled “Lappish Stories.”

Carl Jung: Foreword to Crottet:  “Moon-Forest,” subtitled “Lappish Stories.”: Symbolic Life The author of this book is no ordinary explorer, of whom there is no lack nowadays, but one who still understands the almost forgotten art of travelling with all his senses open. This…

Carl Jung: Foreword to Gilli: “The Dark Brother”

Carl Jung: Foreword to Gilli: “The Dark Brother”: Symbolic Life By writing a foreword to Gertrud Gilli’s drama in verse, I do not wish to evoke the impression that it needs a psychological explanation in order to heighten its effect. Works o…

Carl Jung Foreword to Mehlich: “Fichte’s Psychology and Its Relation to the Present.”

Carl Jung Foreword to Mehlich: “Fichte’s Psychology and Its Relation to the Present.”: Symbolic Life Although I owe not a little to philosophy, and have benefited by the rigorous discipline of its methods of thought, I nevertheless feel in its presence that holy dread which is inborn…

Carl Jung: Address at the Presentation of the Jung Codex

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Barbara Hannah: The Mysterium Coniunctionis 1952–1955

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Barbara Hannah: The Mysterium Coniunctionis 1952–1955

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Man and his Environment

Man and his Environment: C.G. Jung Speaking “Man and his Environment by Carl Jung [1950]’ Question: I would be grateful if you, as a leading psychologist, would comment on the subject of man and his environment…

Barbara Hannah “Reaping the Harvest 1945–1952”

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Carl Jung and Dreams as premonitions of a Death.

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Carl Jung on a Referendum to give women the right to Vote.

Carl Jung on a Referendum to give women the right to Vote.: Letters Volume II To Claire Scheuter Dear Fraulein Scheuter, 10 January 1959 Your question regarding the unconscious reactions which might influence the referendum on February 1st is complic…

Learning to cherish and emphasize feminine values…

Learning to cherish and emphasize feminine values…: Animus and Anima by Emma Jung From Emma Jung’s “Animus and Anima, Two Essays” (p. 42): For women working with the animus…. “Learning to cherish and emphasize feminine …

Carl Jung: It is a putting together of my thoughts on the concept of synchronicity.

Carl Jung: It is a putting together of my thoughts on the concept of synchronicity.: Letters Volume I To Markus Fierz Dear Professor Fierz, 22 June 1949 I have read your great paper in the Eranos-Jahrbuch with avid interest. 1 I find it extraordinarily stimulating. However, I am tu…

Carl Jung on “Wine” – Anthology

Carl Jung on “Wine” – Anthology: Just as Christ left behind his redeeming blood, a true pharmakon athanasias  in the wine, so Agni is the soma, the holy drink of inspiration, the mead of immortality CW5 ¶ 246 We cannot slay death,…

Carl Jung: I have no relation whatever to modern art unless I understand a picture.

Carl Jung: I have no relation whatever to modern art unless I understand a picture.: Letters Volume II To Ceri Richards Dear Sir, 21 May 1958 Mrs. F. has kindly brought me your picture, for which I owe you many thanks. It came as a great surprise to me. I must confess, however, tha…

Carl Jung on the “Gifted Child.”

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Carl Jung on “this unscrupulous chatterer.”

Carl Jung on “this unscrupulous chatterer.”: Letters Volume II To Gerhard Adler Dear Dr. Adler, 3 June 1958 It was very kind and equally responsible of you to have reached for your pen and given the proper answer to this unscrupulous c…

Carl Jung: It is good therefore, as a rule, to keep at least one foot upon terra firma.

Carl Jung: It is good therefore, as a rule, to keep at least one foot upon terra firma.: Letters Volume II To Edward Thornton Dear Thornton, 20 July 1958 The question you ask me is-I am afraid-beyond my competence. It is a question of fate in which you should not be influenced by any a…

Carl Jung: … the psyche is up to a certain point not subject to corruptibility.

Carl Jung: … the psyche is up to a certain point not subject to corruptibility.: Letters Volume II Dear Mrs. Milbrand, 6 June 1958 I have often been asked the question you put to me: whether I have any reason to believe in a survival. As it means very little to me when s…

Carl Jung – Taking Inner Life Seriously

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Carl Jung: Meister Eckhart is about the first where the self begins to play a noticeable role.

Carl Jung: Meister Eckhart is about the first where the self begins to play a noticeable role.: Letters Volume II To Herbert E . Bowman Dear Dr. Bowman, 18 June 1958 Thank you ever so much for your kind and refreshing letter. Believe me: there are rather few of this kind in my mail-bag. As to…

Carl Jung Dream Analysis Seminar Lecture V 4 June 1930

Carl Jung Dream Analysis Seminar Lecture V 4 June 1930: Dream Analysis Seminar LECTURE V 4 June 1930 We got as far with our dream as the meaning of the names Michel and Jalaubout, and now we come to the next point, the arrangement of this new enterprise…

Carl Jung: “Of course you can dream of the sun!”

Carl Jung: “Of course you can dream of the sun!”: Letters Volume II To K. Neukirch Dear Frau Neukirch, 13 June 1958 Of course you can dream of the sun! Here is an example: a lady I was treating dreamt that she saw a sunrise. She saw the sun…

Carl Jung: For me life was something that had to be lived and not talked about.

Carl Jung: For me life was something that had to be lived and not talked about.: Letters Volume II To Kurt Wolff Dear Mr. Wolff, 17 June 1958 Best thanks for your letter of June 3rd. Your wish that I should expatiate at greater length on psychotherapy seems to me unfulfi…

Carl Jung on Zen Buddhism

Carl Jung on Zen Buddhism: Psychology and Religion [Carl Jung on Zen Buddhism] For these and many other reasons a direct transplantation of Zen to our Western conditions is neither commendable nor even possible. All the same…

Carl Jung on “Persona and Shadow” – Anthology

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Carl Jung: There is no psychology worthy of this name in East Asia

Carl Jung: There is no psychology worthy of this name in East Asia: Letters Volume II To Karl Kotschau Dear Colleague, 16 May 1958 There is no psychology worthy of this name in East Asia, but instead a philosophy consisting entirely of what we would call psy…

Web of Words ~Carl Jung

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Carl Jung: ..if only you will stand by yourself and endure things as they are without grumbling.

Carl Jung: ..if only you will stand by yourself and endure things as they are without grumbling.: To Frau V. Dear Frau V., 28 June 1958 When you say that an experience of wholeness is the same as a “dynamic irruption of the collective unconscious,” this is an indubitab…

Carl Jung: From what psychic stratum do the immensely impressive ideas found in schizophrenia originate?

Carl Jung: From what psychic stratum do the immensely impressive ideas found in schizophrenia originate?: Letters Volume II To Manfred Bleuler Dear Colleague, 19 August 1950 Your kind letter with wishes for my birthday came as a surprise and joy. I was very touched to receive such a cordial message fro…

Carl Jung: It is therefore a comfort to see that not a few seeds have fallen on fruitful soil.

Carl Jung: It is therefore a comfort to see that not a few seeds have fallen on fruitful soil.: Letters Volume II To Gustav Graber Dear Colleague, 14 July 1950 Your special issue for my birthday together with your kind foreword, was a great ·surprise and joy to me. I am particularly im…

Carl Jung: Address on the Occasion of the Founding of the C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich, 24 April 1948

Carl Jung: Address on the Occasion of the Founding of the C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich, 24 April 1948: Symbolic Life It is a particular pleasure and satisfaction for me to have the privilege of speaking to you on this memorable day of the founding of an Institute for Complex Psychology. I am honoure…

Carl Jung: Foreword to Adler: “Studies to Analytical Psychology”

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We are the instruments of Cosmogonic Love….

We are the instruments of Cosmogonic Love….: Jung Currents Carl Jung speaks of the Mystery of Love: If we possess a grain of wisdom, we will completely surrender to this unknowable who embraces in love all the opposites. Whatever the learned …

Does the World stand on the verge of Spiritual Rebirth? ~Carl Jung

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Foreword to Jung: “Phenomenes Occultes”

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Barbara Hannah Jung: His life and His Work “Back to the Rhizome 1960 – 1961

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Carl Jung “The Symbolic Life” CW 18 Quotations

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Carl Jung: “Configurations of the Unconscious”

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Carl Jung Foreword: “The Inner World of the Child”

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Carl Jung Foreword: “From the Roots of Consciousness”

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Carl Jung: Foreword to Van Heldingen: “Pictures of the unconscious”

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Carl Jung on “Manicheism” – Anthology

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Carl Jung: Foreword to Adler: “Entdeckung Der Seele”

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Carl Jung: Foreword to Harding: “Woman’s Mysteries”

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Carl Jung on old Mexican symbolism

Carl Jung on old Mexican symbolism: Letters Volume II To Cottie A . Burland Dear Mr. Burland, 7 April 1958 I am most obliged to you for sending me your interesting account of the Fejervary-Mayer time-mandala. As I am unfortuna…

Carl Jung: Indeed, I have devoted a book, Paracelsica to the most important of his [Paracelsus] ideas.

Carl Jung: Indeed, I have devoted a book, Paracelsica to the most important of his [Paracelsus] ideas.: Letters Volume II To Charles Lichtenthaeler Dear Colleague, 7 November 1950 Although the curious personality of Paracelsus is certainly not without interest for the psychologist, it is his ideas th…

Carl Jung on memories and his own subjectivity

Carl Jung on memories and his own subjectivity: Letters Volume II To Cary F. Baynes Dear Cary, 24 January 1958 Thank you very much for your kind and beautiful letter. As I am continuously in doubt about my subjective material it has given…

Carl Jung on Causality, Synchronicity and a Horoscope

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Carl Jung: synchronistic experiences were interpreted by schizophrenics as delusions.

Carl Jung: synchronistic experiences were interpreted by schizophrenics as delusions.: Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961 To L. Kling Dear Colleague, 14 January 1958 Your question concerning synchronicity and ideas of reference is very interesting indeed. I have often found t…

“Through the mind of the dog the world exists,” it says in the Vendidad…

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Carl Jung: It is generally overlooked that the psyche cannot of necessity be based only on the instinct of sexuality,

Carl Jung: It is generally overlooked that the psyche cannot of necessity be based only on the instinct of sexuality,: To Ernesto A. C. Volkening Dear Colleague, 19 August 1950 Many thanks for your kind wishes and also for your offprint. Unfortunately I am not on an intimate footing with Spanish, so I…

Carl Jung: The Trinitarian archetype seems to characterize all man’s conscious constructs,

Carl Jung: The Trinitarian archetype seems to characterize all man’s conscious constructs,: Letters Volume II To Max Imboden Dear Professor Imboden, 30 January 1958 First of all, I must thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to study your essay “Die Struktur des Staates a…

Carl Jung. Emma Jung and Toni Wolff

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My Apologies for recent WordPress Glitch and Spam postings

My Apologies for recent WordPress Glitch and Spam postings: In  the past few days subscribers to my humble blog have been receiving spam emails that appear to be coming from me. They are not from me.  I am getting the same wretched emails myself. Wor…

Are Psychological Types Inherited or Learned?

Are Psychological Types Inherited or Learned?: Psychological Types “There is, finally, a third group, and here it is hard to say whether the motivation comes chiefly from within or without. This group is the most numerous and includes the…

Are Psychological Types Inherited or Learned?

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The Redemption of God by Man….~Carl Jung

The Redemption of God by Man….~Carl Jung: Psychology and Alchemy “From this point of view, alchemy seems like a continuation of Christian mysticism carried on in the subt…

The Redemption of God by Man….~Carl Jung

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My soul you-are you there?

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The Afternoon of Life must have Significance ~Carl Jung

The Afternoon of Life must have Significance ~Carl Jung: The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life’s morning. The significance of the morning undoubtedly lies in the development …

Delightful tidings: Carl Jung

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Carl Jung Dream Analysis Seminar Lecture III 21 May 1930

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The Life of the Solitary

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Carl Jung and Psychology is concerned with living forces, living opinions which determine human behaviour.

Carl Jung and Psychology is concerned with living forces, living opinions which determine human behaviour.: Letters Volume II To Baroness Vera von der Heydt Dear Baroness, 13 February 1958 My remark about the Resurrection is simply an allusion to the kind of popular phraseology that goes: Christ has prov…

Carl Jung: the anima is an allurement to an intensification of life

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Carl Jung: I firmly believe however that psyche is an “substance; essence”.

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[Carl Jung: Our Christian theology is obviously not based "on the total religious experience."]

[Carl Jung: Our Christian theology is obviously not based "on the total religious experience."]: Letters Volume II To the Rev. H. L . Philp 10March1958 Dear Mr. Philp, I am bewildered by your questions. It is surely obvious to everybody why I am concerned with theology: I am asked a hun…

Carl Jung’s Mother and her Natural Mind

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Carl Jung: True to my nature-loving bias, I have followed the call of the wild…

Carl Jung: True to my nature-loving bias, I have followed the call of the wild…: Letters Volume II To Karl Schmid Dear Professor Schmid, 25 February 1958 Please excuse my long silence! Meanwhile I have submitted your two kind gifts to an attentive reading. You can scarce…

The Life of the Solitary

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Carl Jung: Psychology and National Problems

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Carl Jung: Thus on New Year’s Eve I had a great dream about my wife

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Faith, Hope, Love and Insight

Faith, Hope, Love and Insight: Modern Man in Search of a Soul “Faith, hope, love, and insight are the highest achievements of human effort. They are found-given by experience.” ― C.G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul

This is the Mother-Love…

This is the Mother-Love…: Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious “This is the mother-love which is one of the most moving and unforgettable memories of our lives, the mysterious root of all growth and change; the lo…

The incalculable paradoxes of Love…

The incalculable paradoxes of Love…: Memories Dreams Reflections From Memories, Dreams and Reflections: “At this point the fact forces itself on my attention that beside the field of reflection there is another equally broad if …

Carl Jung: You must bear with my peculiar mental state.

Carl Jung: You must bear with my peculiar mental state.: Letters Volume II Dear N., 9 January 1958 You must bear with my peculiar mental state. These days my thoughts were caught in a circumambulation of an entirely new proportion to me, namely an…

As a young boy, Carl Jung failed…….Drawing

As a young boy, Carl Jung failed…….Drawing: Memories Dreams Reflections [Many admire Dr. Jung’s Illuminations in The Red Book but did you know that as a young boy Dr. Jung failed……………Drawing.?!!!] Mathemat…

Orbis Pictus is the earliest book Dr. Jung had a memory of seeing as a child

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The Red Book Hours – Images

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Carl Jung: Only through objective cognition is the real coniunctio possible.

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Carl Jung and prayers to Helios, a Scarab and Mother Stone

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Carl Jung: “Only in this spiritual centre is there any possibility of salvation.”

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Carl Jung: "Blake’s picture is very interesting."

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Carl Jung: "If I were an Indian I would definitely be a Buddhist."

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Carl Jung: Thus the encounter of Christ with the devil is a classic example of the transcendent function.

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Carl Jung: “Instruction” – The Red Book

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Carl Jung: What Eros wants is to make man ask a question, because to questions Eros can answer.

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Carl Jung on the effect of Projection

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Carl Jung on “Crime and the Soul.”

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Carl Jung: …Freud previously accused me of anti-Semitism because I could not abide his soulless materialism.

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Carl Jung: It is really a question of recognizing God’s will and wanting to do it.

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Carl Jung: There are certain unconscious things that you can get at only in that way because thinking

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The shadow is a tight passage….

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Shadow is that hidden, repressed…

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Carl Jung: I am sorry you knocked at my door in vain…

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The God image is not in the corporeal man…

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Carl Jung: Therefore one always should ask whether a human being is with or without that flame,

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The Moon is Dead…

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Carl Jung on the formulation of what was said by Philemon…

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Murder of the Hero ~Carl Jung, Red Book

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He who breaks the wall of words overthrows Gods ~Carl Jung

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Carl Jung: I have finished painting the ceiling in Bollingen…

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Carl Jung: The Buddhist idea of liberation is that we should not be devoured by them, we should rather be their masters; therefore one has to empty the conscious, as it were, of those overpowering contents.

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Carl Jung: My reference to China seems to have given rise to all sorts of misunderstandings.

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Carl Jung: I have finished painting the ceiling in Bollingen…

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Carl Jung’s Dream Analysis Seminar Lecture III 5 February 1930

Carl Jung’s Dream Analysis Seminar Lecture III 5 February 1930: Dream Analysis Seminar LECTURE III 5 February 1930 [In answer to a question by Mrs. Sawyer concerning the interpretation of the figure of the mechanic in the dream of the exploded magneto, and in t…

Carl Jung: Philemon’s Seventh Sermon to the Dead

Carl Jung: Philemon’s Seventh Sermon to the Dead: Red Book And Philemon stepped before me, and began to speak (and this is the seventh sermon to the dead): “Man is a gateway, through which you pass from the outer world of Gods, daimons, and …

Shadow Carried by All says Jung [1937]

Shadow Carried by All says Jung [1937]: Shadow Carried by All October 22, 1937 ‘Shadow’ Carried by All, Says Jung’ Special to The New York Times New Haven, Oct. 22–Dr. Carl G. Jung, Professor of Analytic Psycholog…

Carl Jung: Internal politics are to blame.

Carl Jung: Internal politics are to blame.: Letters Volume II To J. H. van der Hoop Dear Colleague, 2 March 1934 As you will have seen, the last issue of Zentralblatt contains a political edict by Goring, president of the German Socie…

Carl Jung on God and a God-Image

Carl Jung on God and a God-Image: Letters Volume II Anonymous Dear Dr. N., 2 January 1957 Many thanks for your detailed letter, the contents of which interested me very much. I was impressed above all by the fact that in the…

Carl Jung on the significance of Death.

Carl Jung on the significance of Death.: Memories Dreams Reflections The maximum awareness which has been attained anywhere forms, so it seems to me, the upper limit of knowledge to which the dead can attain. That is probably why earthly …

To confront a person with his shadow…

To confront a person with his shadow…: Civilization in Transition “To confront a person with his shadow is to show him his own light. Once one has experienced a few times what it is like to stand judgingly between the oppos…

Carl Jung: Matter and Psyche are thus the terminal points of a polarity.

Carl Jung: Matter and Psyche are thus the terminal points of a polarity.: Letters Volume II To Werner Nowacki Dear Professor Nowacki, 22 March 1957 I don’t want to miss the chance of thanking you for your thoughtfulness in sending me your interesting article. Your …

Carl Jung on “Tao” Anthology

Carl Jung on “Tao” Anthology: Only in this spiritual centre is there any possibility of salvation. The concept of the centre was called by the Chinese Tao, which the Jesuits in their day translated as Deus. ~Carl Jung, L…

Carl Jung’s Dream Analysis Seminar Lecture X 11 December 1929

Carl Jung’s Dream Analysis Seminar Lecture X 11 December 1929: Dream Analysis Seminar LECTURE X 11 December 1929 I have here a question by Mrs. Sawyer which I rather expected and which shows that we are not yet finished with this exceedingly intricate problem …