From “Wotan” Civilization in Transition Collected Works 10 Paragraph 395 It was not in Wotan’s nature to linger on and show signs of old age. He simply disappeared when the times turned against him, and remained invisible for more than a thousand years, working anonymously and indirectly. Archetypes are like riverbeds which…
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C.G. Jung, on Hitler and the Shadow From Civilization in Transition Collected Works Volume 10 Paragraphs 455-456 The individual’s feeling of weakness, indeed of non-existence, was thus compensated by the eruption of hitherto unknown desires for power. It was the revolt of the powerless, the insatiable greed of the “have-nots.” By such…
From Civilization in Transition Collected Works Volume 10 Paragraphs 455-456 The individual’s feeling of weakness, indeed of non-existence, was thus compensated by the eruption of hitherto unknown desires for power. It was the revolt of the powerless, the insatiable greed of the “have-nots.” By such devious means the unconscious compels man to become…
Correcting the Guiding Function of the Unconscious Thus the unconscious has a symbol-creating function only when we are willing to recognize in it a symbolic element. The products of the unconscious are pure nature. Naturam si sequemur ducem, nunquam aberrabimus, said the ancients. But nature is not, in herself, a guide, for…
Archetypes, Emotions, and Primordial Images Archetypes are systems of readiness for action, and at the same time images and emotions. They are inherited with the brain structure-indeed they are its psychic aspect. They represent, on the one hand, a very strong instinctive conservatism, while on the other hand they are the most…
Carl Jung, on Art and the Collective Unconscious The rapid and worldwide growth of a psychological interest over the last two decades shows unmistakably that modern man is turning his attention from outward material things to his own inner processes. Expressionism in art prophetically anticipated this subjective development, for all art intuitively apprehends coming changes…
Peter Birkhauser: The Bear at the Tree of Light 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 opposites, one begins to understand what is meant by the self. Anyone who perceives…
C.G Jung: “One would do well to treat every dream as though it were a totally unknown object. ” One would do well to treat every dream as though it were a totally unknown object. Look at it from all sides, take it in your hand, carry it about with you, let your imagination play…
Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest heavens; from Gustave Doré’s illustrations to the Divine Comedy Carl Jung, on Love and Destiny “Love is a force of destiny whose power reaches from heaven to hell. We must, I think, understand love in this way if we are to do any sort of justice to the…