Jungs Alleged Madness From Mythopoeia to Mythologisation

Jungs Alleged Madness From Mythopoeia to Mythologisation: Phanes Volume 2 -2019 October 1913. Jung is thirty-eight years old and has acquired an international scientific reputation for his psychiatric work, which particularly focuses on psychosis. He has …

Be quiet,’ she replied, ‘or else you’ll disturb the work

Be quiet,’ she replied, ‘or else you’ll disturb the work: Black Books   Saturday. Jung saw five patients. This entry was replaced in LN by the following: “But I remained anxious and confused for many days. And my soul remained silent and was no…

Carl Jung: Stop provoking human frenzy, so that man rages against himself.

Carl Jung: Stop provoking human frenzy, so that man rages against himself.: Black Books   What are you saying now? It sounded different then. Canine wagging, canine snarling etc. And now you want me to do it again? How do you explain this contradiction? “You mus…

The Roman is Antonius Pius, the Caesar.

The Roman is Antonius Pius, the Caesar.: Black Books 2 II 1928 Jung. Speak to me, soul, is there something that I should know? S. Naturally there is something. Should I tell you? How can I? How should I know what you don’t kn…

We forget that the animal is the most pious thing that exists,

We forget that the animal is the most pious thing that exists,: Visions Seminar LECTURE V        12 November 1930 Dr. Jung: We stopped last time with the dream of the black veil. The next dream was in the same night: I found myself in a graveyard in the devasta…

Carl Jung: Emma dreamt tonight that she was operated on by me.

Carl Jung: Emma dreamt tonight that she was operated on by me.: Black Books V. 1927 Today an American patient Jerome Schloss suddenly died of heart paralysis (aneurysm?) V. Funeral. Must give the funeral oration. 3r. V. Since then an atmosphere of much disturba…

Jung’s Ka: If you are and remain inside God, you will be buried in his eternal effect.

Jung’s Ka: If you are and remain inside God, you will be buried in his eternal effect.: Black Books What are you wondering? One goes on the road to the inner and to arrive at the outer. The other goes toward the outer to reach the inner. Both roads are good and meet each other,…

…a medicine man is a product of nature; he depends upon nature.

…a medicine man is a product of nature; he depends upon nature.: 19 November 1930   Visions Seminars Lecture VI This morning we are concerned first with questions about the saint, what kind of figure he is, but we cannot go very deeply into that now. I wi…

The body’s carbon is simply carbon. Hence “at bottom” the psyche is simply “world.”

The body’s carbon is simply carbon. Hence “at bottom” the psyche is simply “world.”: Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious The symbols of the self arise in the depths of the body and they express its materiality every bit as much as the structure of the perceiving consciousness…

This is where the God is buried,/ this is where he arose.

This is where the God is buried,/ this is where he arose.: Black Books I. 1927 H. Sigg died.  Important dreams. In June 1926 I dreamt: I am with Hermann Sigg in a car journey on Lake Geneva. We drive from Lausanne, direction Vevey. But Vevey is Luxor and w…

Liliane Frey-Rohn

Liliane Frey-Rohn: Image: Liliane Frey-Rohn with Dr. Jung At another point, when Liliane Frey was telling people that Hillman had betrayed “his spiritual mother and father” (meaning herself and Meier), it was Kate wh…

Carl Jung: The child is a new God, actually born in many individuals, but they don’t know it.

Carl Jung: The child is a new God, actually born in many individuals, but they don’t know it.: Black Books The following was added here in LN: “But when Philemon had finished, the dead remained silent. Heaviness fell from them, and they ascended like smoke above the shepherd’s fi…

Bringing these opposites into union is one of the most important tasks of present day psychotherapy.

Bringing these opposites into union is one of the most important tasks of present day psychotherapy.: Animus and Anima by Emma Jung In attempting, as I have in this study, to present the anima as an elemental being, I have left out the higher forms of its manifestation as, for example, Sophia. This…

Carl Jung: But the soul became the steps of its ladder, closest, nearest, near, far, further, furthest.

Carl Jung: But the soul became the steps of its ladder, closest, nearest, near, far, further, furthest.: Black Books   After all, I told you that the world has acquired a new face, a new cover was thrown over it. How odd that you [Elijah & Salome] didn’t know! Old Gods have becom…

The psyche is unaware of the difference between an outer act and an interior one,

The psyche is unaware of the difference between an outer act and an interior one,: Owning Your Own Shadow by Robert A. Johnson The psyche is unaware of the difference between an outer act and an interior one. Our shadow qualities are lived out equally well from the viewpoint to S…

Jung’s Soul: Don’t you see that the parting is inevitable? For your sake and her [Toni Wolff] sake.

Jung’s Soul: Don’t you see that the parting is inevitable? For your sake and her [Toni Wolff] sake.: Black Books 17- I. 1922. [I]. I haven’t obeyed you as much as I wanted to. I’m not yet free enough for that. I’m lso oppressed by great weariness. S. Yes, it’s difficult. Bu…

Elijah: The image that I saw was crimson, fiery colored, a gleaming gold.

Elijah: The image that I saw was crimson, fiery colored, a gleaming gold.: Black Books I have already uttered the words. The image that I saw was crimson, fiery colored, a gleaming gold. The voice that I heard was like distant thunder, like the wind roaring in the forest,…

Truly, Oh my soul, he is here. His nearness is hideous.

Truly, Oh my soul, he is here. His nearness is hideous.: Black Books I. 1923. [I]. Verily, he came again in the middle of the night. I heard his shrill, terrible whistle, when he whistled to the great bloodhound, who hurried to fulfill his master’s…

In Psychological Types, Jung cited Barlach’s The Dead Day

In Psychological Types, Jung cited Barlach’s The Dead Day: Black Books Monday. Jung saw six patients. February 26 was the inaugural meeting of the Psychological Club. Jung appears also to have held a reading of the first act of Ernst Barlach’s (1870-…

This is why the magician makes images, for such things are energy – magic energy.

This is why the magician makes images, for such things are energy – magic energy.: When we suffer from lack of psychic energy, we say we have a depression or an inhibition, not realising that part of our mental hierarchy has one away beyond our control, that we have, in fa…

Thus the dream says that the soul of my mother was taken into that greater territory of the self

Thus the dream says that the soul of my mother was taken into that greater territory of the self: Black Books Tuesday. In Memories, Jung recalled concerning his mother’s death: “I was deeply shaken, for it had come with unexpected suddenness.  The night before her death I had a frig…

Thus the dream says that the soul of my mother was taken into that greater territory of the self

Thus the dream says that the soul of my mother was taken into that greater territory of the self: Black Books Tuesday. In Memories, Jung recalled concerning his mother’s death: “I was deeply shaken, for it had come with unexpected suddenness.  The night before her death I had a frig…

Carl Jung: That is the way death came into the world.

Carl Jung: That is the way death came into the world.: Zarathustra Seminars Prof Jung: That is the hero again. The snake always means resurrection on account of shedding its skin. According to an African myth, there was no death on earth originally; de…

Carl Jung: We could also speak of a retarded maturation of the personality.

Carl Jung: We could also speak of a retarded maturation of the personality.: Two Essays on Analytical Psychology Yet it would, in my view, be wrong to suppose that in such cases the unconscious is working to a deliberate and concerted plan and is striving to realize certain…

Carl Jung: But speak, suffering Elijah, and tell me how one might help you!

Carl Jung: But speak, suffering Elijah, and tell me how one might help you!: Black Books A dream told me that you were suffering, you Elijah, you Salome, you elders, and you, my maternal soul that cannot forget me. You, maternal soul, tell me why should I, who had been your…

Salome: Being and multiplicity appeal to me, even if it is not new and not eternally true.

Salome: Being and multiplicity appeal to me, even if it is not new and not eternally true.: Black Books In LN the dialogue continues in the following way: “But Salome turned to Elijah and said, ‘Father, it seems to me that men have outstripped us. He is right: the many …

The fame of these creators, if it ever arrives at all, is posthumous and often delayed for several centuries.

The fame of these creators, if it ever arrives at all, is posthumous and often delayed for several centuries.: Psychological Types We cannot, therefore, afford to be indifferent to the poets, since in their principal works and deepest inspirations they create from the very depths of the collective unconscio…

A Time to Stand Up and Fight for Women vs. The Taliban

A Time to Stand Up and Fight for Women vs. The Taliban: It is time for all supporters of Human Rights to stand up and become advocates of the Women of Afghanistan who now face the real possibility of being left to the not so tender mercies of the Taliba…

The wheel of reincarnation or of illusion-reincarnation being simply another stage of illusion.

The wheel of reincarnation or of illusion-reincarnation being simply another stage of illusion.: Visions Seminars Mrs. Fierz: Is it that Tibetan wheel with the monster outside and the people turning round? Dr. Jung: Well, the wheel is a central symbol in Buddhism, it is practically everywhere …

Carl Jung Quotations from Jung Society of Washington D.C.

Carl Jung Quotations from Jung Society of Washington D.C.: 002 What is particularly noteworthy here is the consistent development of the central symbol. We can hardly escape the feeling that the unconscious process moves spiral-wise round a centre, gradual…

Carl Jung: I recognize that the torment of the Gods reached me.

Carl Jung: I recognize that the torment of the Gods reached me.: Black Books Jung: I recognize that the torment of the Gods reached me. Therefore I also recognize that I must yield to the Gods. What is their desire? Jung’s Soul: “They want obedience.…

Carl Jung: A dream never says what one ought to do. Nature never suggests.

Carl Jung: A dream never says what one ought to do. Nature never suggests.: Dream Analysis Seminar The citation above is incorrect. The quotation appears on Page 208 of the “Dream Analysis Seminar” and not the Visions Seminar. A dream never says what one ought …

Moltzer, Jung told Lang, claimed that Jung had an unresolved transference to her.

Moltzer, Jung told Lang, claimed that Jung had an unresolved transference to her.: Maria Moltzer Black Books On July 30, 1917, Fanny Bowditch Katz, who had analysis both with Jung and Moltzer, wrote notes of her discussion with Moltzer in which she spoke candidly of how Moltzer s…

Cellular Resonance and the Sacred Feminine: Marion Woodman’s Story by Tina Stromsted

Cellular Resonance and the Sacred Feminine: Marion Woodman’s Story by Tina Stromsted: Cellular Resonance and the Sacred Feminine: Marion Woodman’s Story by Tina Stromsted Body work is soul work. Imagination is the bridge between body and soul. —Marion Woodman Background and Contribu…

We differ from the Buddhist yoga doctrines in that we even deny that these systems are experienceable.

We differ from the Buddhist yoga doctrines in that we even deny that these systems are experienceable.: Alchemical Studies CW 13 If tendencies towards dissociation were not inherent in the human psyche, fragmentary psychic systems would never have been split off; in other words, neither spirits nor g…

She is closer by far than the father in the external life of the infant.

She is closer by far than the father in the external life of the infant.: Close Relationships: Family, Friendship, Marriage by Eleanor Bertine In the lives of ordinary individuals, the archetype that is the first, the most familiar, the most heart warming or most repelle…

Carl Jung on “Tarot” – Quotations

Carl Jung on “Tarot” – Quotations: [Note:  While Dr. Jung was aware of the “Tarot” and at one point students did research on it, the fact is Dr. Jung rarely refers to “Tarot” in his Collected Works, Letters, …

Carl Jung on “Tarot” – Quotations

Carl Jung on “Tarot” – Quotations: [Note:  While Dr. Jung was aware of the “Tarot” and at one point students did research on it, the fact is Dr. Jung rarely refers to “Tarot” in his Collected Works, Letters, …

Today humanity, as never before, is split into two apparently irreconcilable halves.

Today humanity, as never before, is split into two apparently irreconcilable halves.: Aion CW 9ii The irreconcilable nature of the opposites in Christian psychology is due to their moral accentuation. This accentuation seems natural to us, although, looked at historically, it is a l…

the middle of the commissura corresponds to the year 1500 when the great schism occurred,

the middle of the commissura corresponds to the year 1500 when the great schism occurred,: Visions Semnars I have already told you of the two Fishes, and how Christ was called Ichthys, the Fish, and about the antichrist, the antithesis of Christ; also the chronology, the fact that…

It was the time of the greatest unfolding of the human mind before our era.

It was the time of the greatest unfolding of the human mind before our era.: Visions Semnars In the age between 2200 and 100 B.C. human civilization and the human intellect advanced tremendously. We know little of the time before-the age of Taurus-but it seems to have been …

Sabina Spielrein: Psychoanalytic Studies

Sabina Spielrein: Psychoanalytic Studies: Sabina Spielrein – Psychoanalytic Studies Sabina Spielrein: psychoanalytic studies (Translated from the Russian by C. J. Wharton) Journal of Analytical Psychology, 2001, 46, 201–208 The uncon…

Carl Jung: that would be the main aspect of anahata; that is quite possible.

Carl Jung: that would be the main aspect of anahata; that is quite possible.: Visions Seminar Dr. Jung: It would be anahata as understood by the animus. Miss Wolff’ It seems to me that the specific functions of the heart and lungs are important, and I think Mrs. Sigg&#…

There is one significant Anima figure who Dr. Jung truly loved

There is one significant Anima figure who Dr. Jung truly loved: Image: The Ugly Duchess (also known as A Grotesque Old Woman) is a satirical portrait painted by the Flemish artist Quentin Matsys around 1513. There is one significant Anima figure who Dr. Jung tr…

Sabina Spielrein – Love, death and transformation – Two speakers [Part 1]

Sabina Spielrein – Love, death and transformation – Two speakers [Part 1]: Sabina Spielrein – Unedited extracts from a diary (1906/1907?) Love, death and transformation – Two speakers Of the two speakers, one reaches the summit of his art only when he gives hi…

Resentment stems from the unconscious.

Resentment stems from the unconscious.: Esther Harding – The I and Not I “Resentment always means that we are not willing to do something about the situation. We prefer to assume that it is someone else’s business to take of …

Miss Wolff: But is thinking in general terms a new acquisition?

Miss Wolff: But is thinking in general terms a new acquisition?: Visions Seminar Miss Wolff: But is thinking in general terms a new acquisition? In medieval times did they not think in general terms? Dr. Jung: I am speaking of the scientific spirit of modern tim…

Gnostic monasteries were described by Philo the Jew in 20 A.D.

Gnostic monasteries were described by Philo the Jew in 20 A.D.: Visions Seminars Simon Magus is a tremendous figure who appears even in modern theology; the famous Tubingen school suggests that he was no other than St. Paul. That is doubtful, yet it is discusse…

Carl Jung on Children and Reincarnation

Carl Jung on Children and Reincarnation: Visions Seminars Dr. Jung: Oh, yes, that is true. You see children of a certain age, if they have any introspection at all, have far more knowledge of these things than adult people, who are gettin…

…reasons which have made it difficult for theologians and philosophers to take Jung’s work seriously.

…reasons which have made it difficult for theologians and philosophers to take Jung’s work seriously.: Jung-White Letters There are very understandable reasons which have made it difficult for theologians and philosophers to take Jung’s work seriously. The obstacles to understanding are considerable…

Carl Jung: It is regrettable that you did not read my introductory remarks.

Carl Jung: It is regrettable that you did not read my introductory remarks.: Jung-White Letters It is regrettable that you did not read my introductory remarks. You might have discovered there my empirical standpoint without which—I grant you—my little book makes no sense a…

Jung’s Soul: That can relate only to your wife, who can give you strength. The other side is Toni

Jung’s Soul: That can relate only to your wife, who can give you strength. The other side is Toni: Black Books 7- I. 1922. [I]. My soul, speak to me and tell me what needs to be said. You know that I don’t do this work with joy-and yet also with joy, since this is the only thing that leads…