From Man and His Symbols (1964) From this line of reasoning, I concluded that only the material that is clearly and visibly part of a dream should be used in interpreting it. The dream has its own limitation. Its specific form itself tells us what belongs to it and what leads away from it. While…
Elijah ascending in a whirlwind Giovanni Battista (1683-1754) As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. 2 Kings 2:11 (New International Version) I: Who are you? E: I am Elijah…
One of my biggest complaints about much of the Jungian material on the Web is that it is un-sourced – it is passed on and on, without a reference to its origins. With the idea that if you can’t beat them, join them, I thought I would contribute my own Jungian statements, that Carl Jung…
The most comprehensive information I could find about Jung’s mother is from Frank McLynn’s 1999 biography, Carl Gustav Jung. He doesn’t hesitate to do a kind of psychoanalysis of her effect on Jung: CHAPTER ONE Carl Gustav Jung By FRANK McLYNN St. Martin’s Press Jung imbibed superstition almost literally with his mother’s milk, for Emilie…
Dream: An enraged man pursues me. I see that he is blind. Terrified, I manage to catch him in a suitcase and lock it, but his hands are not caught and still reach outside. When I meditated on this dream three things struck me: (1) the blindness of the angry part of me, (2) the…
For a number of years, I thought less of Jung because he had so many (alleged) extra-marital relationships, including relationships with his clients. However, if this is what it took for him to individuate as he did and to provide us with such profound insights into the nature of the psyche, then so be it….
From the website of Maria Taveras, a Jungian analyst and artist Jung also discusses a case in which a snake emerged from the mouth of a woman. After World War I, a 28-year-old woman consulted Jung. She wanted “to be cured within ten hours” – that is, within only ten analytic sessions. The woman told…