Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Carl Jung on the scientific proof of Archetypes - Carl Jung Depth Psychology

Carl Jung on the scientific proof of Archetypes - Carl Jung Depth Psychology: To E . A. Bennet My dear Bennet, 22 May 1960 Thank you very much for your kind review of my Aion. There is only one remark I do not quite understand. Speaking of the hypothesis of archetypes, you say that there is no scientific proof of them yet. A scientific hypothesis is …

Jesus Christ was probably a definite human person... - Carl Jung Depth Psychology

Jesus Christ was probably a definite human person... - Carl Jung Depth Psychology: “As far as I can judge from the documents of Christian tradition, Jesus Christ was probably a definite human person, yet highly enveloped in archetypal projections, more so that other historical figures like Buddha, Confucius, Lao-tse, Pythagoras, etc., inasmuch as Christ represents an archetypal image (he is of divine nature and thus the “son of …

Carl Jung on the value of Dogma. - Carl Jung Depth Psychology

Carl Jung on the value of Dogma. - Carl Jung Depth Psychology: [Carl Jung on the value of Dogma. I have capitalized the words Dr. Jung italicized for emphasis.] It may not be quite clear why I call certain dogmas “immediate experiences,” since in itself a dogma is the very thing that precludes immediate experience. Yet the Christian images I have mentioned are not peculiar to Christianity …