Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung had a very interesting connection. Jung helped Pauli try to understand the Fine Structure Constant of the Universe which is 1/137 by exploring Pauli's psyche in various ways while he researched and worked on the Fine Structure Constant. The dream work they did together is really interesting. They analyzed hundreds of Pauli's dream. Both lived in Zurich at the time. Pauli said that they were exploring the "shadow realm between mysticism and physics."
There is a book out called '137' about Jung and Pauli's friendship and exploration together. Here is a talk give by the Author Dr. Miller on the subject that is quite interesting. (The sound on the video is bad until about 2 minutes in and then it clears up.)
I haven't read the book though just posting the link in case anyone is interested. I first heard about the friendship between the two while becoming interested in the Fine Structure Constant.
I don't know if this counts, but one of his students, Marie Louise von Franz, wrote a book that picked up on some of his work with number. Haven't actually read the book but heard a podcast discussing it, and it made me think she, and the book were genius. My copy is on the way!
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https://www.amazon.com/Number-Time-Reflections-Unification-Psychology/dp/0810105322
to be accepted into a bona fide Jung institute for training as a therapist you will need to have the ability as a credentialed professional to offer therapeutic services. this longtime rule is under review but for now it stands up. you will undergo analysis and have to pass a number of rigorous tests to make sure you can apply what you've learned. I'm told by people who have been through it that it is an extensive process that requires exceptional dedication.
the following link is to a book by a Jungian therapist who has done an AMA in this subreddit, the link is on the sidebar. If I remember correctly she was asked the question that you ask. each chapter of the book is supplemented with a section written for therapists.
https://www.amazon.com/Dreamers-Odyssey-Guide-Creative-Unconscious/dp/1911383353
Carl's psychology is about finding one's own path to direct experience of what you might call soul. it's the experience of a relationship with your unconscious mind, which is an expanded system of the psyche and the soil out of which the individual psyche grows. I think he would tell you at your age you want to have experiences that build up your ego, expand your scope to include many areas of knowledge, get to know people of all types on a personal human level, and most of all pursue a path of authentic spirituality that fits best for you.
Jung’s views on Nazism were complicated. From what I’ve read, if you’re in the business of discrediting Jung, then you can find evidence he was an anti Semite and Nazi sympathizer. If you seek to defend Jung then he paid lipservice to Nazi ideas early on while undermining Nazism where he could. I’ve read articles by Jung concerning Nazism, “Essays on Contemporary Events: The Psychology of Nazism” and he seems to be pretty down on Nazism in general and extremely critical of Hitler in particular.
https://www.amazon.com/Essays-Contemporary-Events-Psychology-Extracts/dp/0691018774
Assuming this is the audio version of Psyche and the Sacred: Spirituality Beyond Religion 1st Edition by Lionel Corbett (Author).
I much prefer reading than listening.
Von Franz has a book dedicated to this, its called "Puer Aeturnus"
I am just reading it, it said the way to quit being a puer Aeturnus is to do actual work. And there is a distinction between works you can do. For example, she mentions give puer aeturnus something he/she is interested in and they will work on it for days or weeks, so that's not necessarily gonna help them grow up.
You should check the book out! https://www.amazon.com/Problem-Puer-Aeternus-Marie-Louise-Franz/dp/0919123880
I found several papers by more esteemed Jungians than I from Google. Perhaps
Here's one to start. https://www.academia.edu/3777363/_What_A_Myth_Is_Freudian_and_Jungian_Perspectives_on_the_Myth_of_Orpheus
Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe by Bernardo Kastrup might be of interest to you.
https://www.amazon.com/Jung-Tarot-Archetypal-Sallie-Nichols/dp/0877285152
Fun fact: I found it through a synchronicity. I had been interested in Jung's ideas for years and I had just gotten into reading tarot cards whenever my wife and I got married. On our honeymoon, the air b&b we stayed in had TWO copies of it sitting out lol.
You are correct that this is an extremely nuanced question. Hinduism has a lot more "I" than Buddhism, and this issue still comes up in with Jung's views on Hinduism and kundalini. If you're really looking to do a deep dive, which I still think is probably a great start on the Buddhist "I," there's a book comparing Jung with the great Hindu sage of meditation, Patanjali (puh TAN juh lee):
> Patañjali teaches that notions of a separate egoic "I" are little more than forms of mistaken identity that we experience in our attempts to take ownership of consciousness. Carl Jung’s depth psychology, which remains deeply influential to psychologists, religious scholars, and artists alike, argues that ego-consciousness developed out of the unconscious over the course of evolution. By exploring the work of key theoreticians from both schools of thought, particularly those whose ideas are derived from an integration of theory and practice, Whitney explores the extent to which the seemingly irremediable split between Jung and Patañjali’s ontological* beliefs can in fact be reconciled. —Consciousness in Jung and Patañjali
*ontology is the study of what exists.
Leanne Whitney did an interesting interview on the New Books In Psychoanalysis podcast about this if you want to hear more.
If you want to get into a more esoteric study of living from ego compared to living from soul, and how much your notion of Self should be dominated by which, A Blue Fire by James Hillman is a good place to start.
As another commenter mentioned, distinctions of dualism vs non duality become critical, as do very particular meanings of the word "subjective."
Jung wrote a fantastic book on just this thing he goes through a number of ufo dreams etc
You might be inclined to read Analytical Psychology in Exile: The correspondence of C.G. Jung and Erich Neumann.
Analytical Psychology in Exile: The Correspondence of C. G. Jung and Erich Neumann (Philemon Foundation Series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/069116617X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabt1_SvxSFbMMX3525?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I have not read it myself, but certainly plan to one day.
Probably this one. The Routledge/Princeton University Collected Works volumes are legit.
I mean, I can't serve as the spokesperson for all queer people and our archetypal experiences, but I would encourage you to read some of Robert Hopcke's writing on the subject (though that's even outdated at this point). He gives a clear analysis on anima/animus in LGBT+ folks and a response to the heteronormative "union of opposites" in defense of the fulfillment within same-sex relationships. Check out this book: Same Sex Love and the Path to Wholeness.
I'm happy to share how I've experienced these archetypes in my own life so far.
When it comes to dreams, those will come of their own accord when they choose to at the appropriate time. Since you've been in Jungian analysis for so long, you are probably already doing this, but I would strongly encourage you to engage in Active Imagination sessions. An excellent guide on just how to do this can be found here:
https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Work-Dreams-Imagination-Personal/dp/0062504312
Not sure! Apparently Jung reviewed <em>Ulysses</em>, which flattered Joyce. Perhaps it was later in life, but I distinctly remember Jung disparaging Joyce's work, concerned that the author had let himself become an uncritical mouthpiece for the unconscious, which Jung considered psychologically irresponsible.
His book "Answer to Job" is very Gnostic. He also was very interested in the Nag Hammadi library.
>"Jung knew that the one and only tradition associated with Christianity
that regarded the human psyche as the container of the divine-human
encounter was that of the Gnostics of the the first three centuries of
our era. For this reason he called for a renewed appreciation of this
ancient tradition, and particularly for a return to the Gnostic sense of
God as an inner directing and transforming presence." Dr. Hoeller goes
on in his preface, "His sympathetic insight into the myths, symbols, and
metaphors of the Gnostics, whom by his own admission he regarded as
long-lost friends, continues as the brightest beacon of our day..."
- https://www.amazon.com/Jung-Lost-Gospels-Insights-Scrolls/dp/0835606465
Robert Johnson's book is probably the best intro: https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Work-Dreams-Imagination-Personal/dp/0062504312/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8UHRMZD5E6Q9&dchild=1&keywords=robert+johnson+inner+work&qid=1612051682&s=books&sprefix=robert+johnson+inner+%2Caps%2C267&sr=1-1. You could also look into automatic writing as well.
I haven't gotten to any part where he discusses triggers explicitly, but if you're interested in a Jungian frame for understanding PTSD Donald Kalsched has written a couple books on PTSD. I'm currently reading his first (link to amazon page:https://www.amazon.com/Inner-World-Trauma-Archetypal-Bibliotheca/dp/0415123291/ref=pd_aw_fbt_img_2/137-7879820-1296757?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0415123291&pd_rd_r=184c8073-700e-4aac-9cfb-e34d2bdd62ae&pd_rd_w=j7Ezi&pd_rd_wg=eiYgW&...) and it has been startling--I have PTSD and it's honestly the best book I've read on the topic after Basel van der Kolk's "Body Keeps the Score". It requires a good deal of familiarity with Jungian concepts and their phenomenal relation (in other words, it's best to have some first hand experience with what archetypes are) but it's been an astounding read so far
A bit, yes. I wrote what I wrote in case this was a more-severe case. Since it's that specific and going off of your post's title, this could be addressed one of a few ways. First, shadow work. Regardless of anything else, the drive and desire to reach out in a more or less healthy manner are within your shadow (the hesitation is a prime indicator of this). Another would be what you asked for, which is anima-integration. This issue is difficult to pin down as the anima is the second-most 'prime' archetype beneath the Self. It's responsible for a lot of things within a man's psyche. And when one tries to integrate it alone without an analyst it's easy to fall into dissociative daydreaming fantasies. My best recommendation is to pick up a book by Marie Louise von Franz called "Golden Ass of Apuleius: The Liberation of the Feminine in Man" (amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1570626111/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1). If I were to try to write a whole 'subscription', it would just be what works best for me and may be of limited value for you. Check out that book and hopefully it'll offer some insight.
Man and His Symbols was written for an audience that was unfamiliar with his work. Start there. Another easy read is Modern Man in Search of a Soul. I haven’t read this one but the amazon reviews are good.
Man, I literally just bought a copy of Aion from Amazon yesterday. It also gave me the kindle version with it. It has the annotations.
It was like $24 or so.
Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 2) https://www.amazon.com/dp/069101826X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_vdd7Db1FENDJK
That’s the one
It all goes together. Attempting to take one piece of the Jungian model won't work so well because it is supported by and connected to the rest of the Jungian model.
I can't point you towards a book that helps you to learn specifically about dreams because of this. He doesn't have one as far as I know. Man and His Symbols is an introductory book on the Jungian model. People say reading his autobiography helps to understand him as he does discuss his ideas and how he came upon them. Also he has an odd prose that's difficult to deal with at times which I've heard the autobiography helps one to adjust to.
Up to you though. Here is a recommended reading message that I tend to copy paste:
A few starter books of Jung's:
Once you get a foothold on the ideas and want to tackle the Collected Works I've always been recommended CW 7 first. I haven't gotten there yet tho. It might also help to find intro books by people other than Jung such as The Psychology of C. G. Jung by Jolande Jacobi. She is one of the authors of Man and His Symbols and Jung wrote the foreword to the book where he expresses his approval of her work.
Also, just fyi in case this would bother you learning later, Man and His Symbols has multiple chapters, the first one written by Jung and the rest by his various students at the time that he felt would be capable. However, after Jung's death his chapter was heavily edited by Marie Louise Von Franz (with the approval of the rest of the authors). If you want the original chapter of Jung without someone else editing his words so heavily it is located in the second half of The Undiscovered Self. The original version of the first chapter is called Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams. The edited version is called Approaching the Unconscious.
Not an article, but some of this is mapped in Andrew Samuels' book Jung and The Post-Jungians. Perhaps also Sonu Shamdasani's Jung and the Making of Modern Psychology, though I havent got to this yet so cant speak to specifics of the content. There's likely other texts and articles that address your query but these could be a starting point?
I recommend The Undiscovered Self: With Symbols and The Interpretation of Dreams. It's a two part piece. The first part talks about how individual shadows form the collective shadow of society, and the second part gives you good insight on interpreting dreams, which is often the key to shadow integration.
Its a short but very enlightening read...blew my mind wide open.
I think the issue here is not whether Jung was right or wrong, but whether the understanding of his concept of shadow is accurate or not. If I'm on the commuter and the guy in front of me sneezes and I get his saliva on my skin, I will probably have a negative reaction regardless of my so called "shadow". - When discussing a thinker's concepts, I think it is good to first go to the source, and take it from there. If we don't know what Jung meant by shadow, a discussion about Jung's concept of the shadow is pointless.
One could for instance start with the text under "Shadow" in Daryl Sharp's Jung Lexicon (as he is very close to the source an very accessable), and take it from there. If everyone goes into the discussion with their own homebrew concept of it we will not end up discussing Jung's concept of the shadow. That may be a good thing or a bad thing, but it will not be a discussion of Jung's concept of the shadow.
A few starter books of Jung's:
Once you get a foothold on the ideas and want to tackle the Collected Works I've always been recommended CW 7 first. I haven't gotten there yet tho. It might also help to find intro books by people other than Jung such as The Psychology of C. G. Jung by Jolande Jacobi. She is one of the authors of Man and His Symbols and Jung wrote the foreword to the book where he expresses his approval of her work.
Also, just fyi in case this would bother you learning later, Man and His Symbols has multiple chapters, the first one written by Jung and the rest by his various students at the time that he felt would be capable. However, after Jung's death his chapter was heavily edited by Marie Louise Von Franz (with the approval of the rest of the authors). If you want the original chapter of Jung without someone else editing his words so heavily it is located in the second half of The Undiscovered Self. The original version of the first chapter is called Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams. The edited version is called Approaching the Unconscious.
Yes.
In a specific instance, he discusses Hinduism as a religion obliquely via detailed analysis of concepts found in yogic and tantric philosophy in a series of lectures in The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga: Notes of the Seminar Given in 1932 by C.G.Jung.
While not inexpensive in paperback or hardcover, you can check out the preview on Amazon of Transformation of the Psyche: The Symbolic Alchemy of the Splendor Solis by Jungian analysts Joseph Henderson and Dyane N. Sherwood. It covers in detail the link between analytical psychology and alchemy partly by using real life cases. It also begins with a thorough outline of the history of alchemy in general and contains color plates which are considered to be the best that alchemy ever produced.
There are other books on Jung and alchemy, but for me, this is one of the best to draw a person into the subject.
But you might also like Alchemy and Psychotherapy edited by Dale Mathers which consists of a variety of essays showing how alchemical concepts are integrated into Jungian therapeutic practice.
Other more conventional but valuable “starter books” will be described by others, but I hope the resources I've mentioned can still be helpful in some way.
The Writer’s Journey might be what you’re looking for!
I read this version earlier this year. After seeing how much Jung and Hesse were influenced by it I figured I should. It was surprisingly easy to read. Would recommend it, but since I cannot read German I have no idea how "good" a translation it is.
I have this translated by Greenberg.
I’d say it’s a good translation as far as I can tell. I think he took some liberties to make it rhyme and keep the same character as it had in German. So it’s readable. But I find it very boring and havent been able to make more then like 100 pages and then pretty much gave up.
It’s lots of exposition in fanciful language. Shakespeare would be way more fun to read to me and that’s not saying much.
I really love Digital Jung too!
I like a lot of the old lectures on Jungianthology. I pick and choose because not all are interesting to me.
well the first 4 chapters of Aion provide a summary of these ideas, and this book provides a summary of that book 🤔
The closest I've seen is the work of Dario Nardi who does EEG scans to reveal insight into type and functions. 'This function shows high use of this region which is responsible for personal values' etc.
https://www.amazon.com/Neuroscience-Personality-Brain-Insights-People/dp/0979868475
Take either the 16 Personalities test online, or use David Keirsey’s book “Please Understand Me II” and take the Keirsey temperament sorter included within.
>I am not sure how that last quote about synchronicity applies to dream interpretation though.
to give you a personal example...back a few years i was reading this book and right after i finished it i came onto the jung forum and this dream had just been posted, which related quite to what i had read, so i felt i had something to offer. Not saying 100% i had something to offer, but not saying 0% either, because how do we know for sure? even by suggesting something that the dreamer feels is terribly wrong, it can point the dreamer in the right direction and perhaps offer insight into the interpreters own projections etc as well.
yeah there is a jungian Russel Lockhart, who wrote a book called Psyche Speaks that is based on a series of synchronicities that he experienced while trying to write a lecture etc... it also includes some fascinating information on the (prophetic?)carvings Jung did at bollingen tower :)
The Absent Father Effect on Daughters
> The Absent Father Effect on Daughters investigates the impact of absent – physically or emotionally – and inadequate fathers on the lives and psyches of their daughters through the perspective of Jungian analytical psychology. This book tells the stories of daughters who describe the insecurity of self, the splintering and disintegration of the personality, and the silencing of voice.
Been reading this and is a circumambulation of the father-complex. Great book.
I'd suggest him to read the book by Daniel Brown https://www.amazon.com/Attachment-Disturbances-Adults-Treatment-Comprehensive/dp/0393711528
And a book by https://www.amazon.com/Complex-PTSD-Surviving-RECOVERING-CHILDHOOD/dp/1492871842
First one is specifically how to treat attachment disorders in people. You can listen to Dan Browns lecture about treating people with CPTSD. They provide insights.
Second one explores trauma in a light not so scientific way. There is also a good amount of info about codependent/ narcissistic people. You can take a look at Pete Walker's site for brief info.
I know this is a jungian community, but those resources have provided me with ability to understand attachment issues, and abusive relationships way much better than any other thing I've read.
hey, this seems to have a lot of archetype of the apocalypse to it as well. The alien/other is usually symbolizing the activity of the jungian 'Self' in the same way that Jesus appeared to St Paul in his time...ie the god-image. (it is one supernatural thing moderns believe in...so it can appear....good luck with god trying to appear as a dragon nowdays :/) Apocalypse generally means that your current iteration of consciousness needs to be updated, which makes sense from what you say about the change in your activities...going out more etc...the unconscious seems to be helping :D So the current one in dramatic psyche/mythical/dream fashion is destroyed to prepare for the newer update (solve et coagula in alchemy terms). The dream details likely point to what code is being work on/installed, ready to be experienced by your consciousness as it rises from the unconscious over time (remembering and writing down dreams goes a fair way towards shortening the time period as Jung says taking notice of what the unconscious is doing is a very good idea) goodluck on your endevours m8:)
PS. yup that's tavi...also found in CW18
thank you so much for this.
are these the travistock lectures you mean? making sure i've got the right resource first.
what you say about the femme/masc sides being imprinted with the input of my friends/fam. there was a lot of emotional and spiritual neglect in my home. very sensitive and rare-filled father (who alternated between very loving, and very scary/unpredictable) and then a very cold and emotionally absent mother who didn't stand up for me (or herself.) my sibling (sister) avoided most of the drama because she withdrew deeply (behavior that i'm sure has created her own set of issues to deal with.) until about 4 years ago, I spent the vast majority of my teens/twenties trying to fill the hole inside of me with people/places/things/changes to my physical appearance.
I absolutely have been working through a process of "dissolving and building back up" when it comes to my identity (fascinatingly I've been reading a lot about alchemy and gnosis as well, so I just read the phrase "solve et coagula" just last night - synchronicity af.)
And yes (this is pretty crazy how spot on you are here...) my partner and I are actively discussing buying a home and starting a family within the next year.
this matthew 10:30 quote you mention is also fascinating. is the meaning behind this the need for a certain kind of rejection of the family to find one's true self?
seriously, thanks again.
There's a book called "Gathering the Light: A Jungian view of meditation".
The author also analyses the ten ox-herding pictures. Maybe it's of interest to you. https://www.amazon.com/Gathering-Light-Odajnyk-Walter-Paperback/dp/B00ZLV8ZFU
there are certantly deeply symbolic threads to the Bible especially Genesis. reading it symbolically as a true story opens up new dimensions. just remember that symbolic doesn't mean it's not true. Jordan Peterson has a free YouTube Bible series where he gives his take on the archetypal dimensions of Genesis and exodus.
if you want something more traditional then I would encourage you to read the Ignatius study Bible by Scott Hahn. excellent notes.
but if you want a deeply symbolic deep dive into the macro symbols of the old testament then you could read the language of creation by Matthew pageou https://www.amazon.com/Language-Creation-Cosmic-Symbolism-Genesis-ebook/dp/B07D738HD8
very dense stuff. here is a video series that outlines all.of the chapters. highly recommend the video series. it connects symbolic interpretations with pop culture. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL390xzhnMZ7X7PWW-dhK51bwrvWujCOxl
I tried reading Jung's book on types and found it impossible. looked up various websites and videos and either they were using a modern version of intro/extroversion or the explanation was way too simplistic.
the best resource I have found is this:
https://www.amazon.com/Motes-Beams-Neo-Jungian-Theory-Personality/dp/B089278TWR
the author also has a YouTube video Chanel that is excellent but doesn't go into great depth as the book does.
the writing is clear and goes into great analysis. I can't recommend a better resource than this if you care for an authentic Jungian explanation but also want some extension and analysis.
yeah it was for me as well:) You should msg RadOwl about it. Reading wise i would start with maybe the Tavistock lectures Jung gave in 1935 London..in english, so no translation worries...that is found at the start of CW18 Symbolic Life
https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Mother-Archetype-Violet-Sherwood/dp/163051988X
You need to read this, investigates the victorian era baby farmers know as 'she butchers' especially skilled in killing unwanted babies during child birth. A hat pin through the skull was undetected!
Does look at myth & Jung archetypes
I agree with Hermesincomming. I was just about to recommend volume 8 myself. Specifically part 2 of the book "The Relations Between the Ego and the Unconscious". I'm fairly certain that Marie-Louise Von Franz has even recommended this as something to read in preparation for active imagination.
On a more personal note the book "Introduction to Jungian Psychology", link provided below..
Was the book I read before I first tried Active Imagination and distinctly remember how it felt like a synchronicity that I had read that book before hand, given what I then experienced and how it had prepared me for it.
Buy this book: https://www.amazon.com/Search-Real-Self-Unmasking-Personality/dp/0029202922
DBT imo is symptoms-management, which ofcourse is good, but this book is the real cure. Source: trust me bro.
It's a practical introduction to attachment theory building on the works of Freud and Jung. Don't just read it, but apply it. It's aimed at the clinician but you can also apply the lessons yourself.
Sometimes an ad hominem is part of a civil discourse, for example: if you're dealing with people you suspect to be irrationally bias sometimes they need a whack on the side of the head to come back to reality.
The journey is long and as long as people aren't engaging in unwarranted violent they should be left to walk their own path. If you feel your path requires you to steer people away from Peterson, that's okay too.
Everything from Marie Louise von Franz and this book by Bernardo Kastrup:
https://www.amazon.com/Decoding-Jungs-Metaphysics-Archetypal-Experiential/dp/1789045657
yes Edinger did and wrote some guidelines here so that may be worth checking out to help decide whether it is something worth pursuing for you. Twill leave you with a quote from it from pp341:
>The more you cling to that which all the world desires, the more you are Everyman, who has not yet discovered himself and stumbles through the world like a blind man leading the blind with somnambulistic certainty into the ditch. Everyman is always a multitude. Cleanse your interest of that collective sulphur which clings to all like a leprosy. For desire only burns in order to burn itself out, and in and from this fire arises the true living spirit which generates life according to its own laws, and is not blinded by the shortsightedness of our intentions or the crude presumption of our superstitious belief in the will. (This means burning in your own fire and not being like a comet or a flashing beacon, showing others the right way but not knowing it yourself. The unconscious demands your interest for its own sake and wants to be accepted for what it is)
Reading this one:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0824505522/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
So far so good! Would recommend
If you want to give it a go and suspend disbelief:
https://www.astrologer.com/eureka-effect-kollerstrom
Specifically the septile aspect and it’s different manifestations (bi-and triseptile: seventh harmonic) are both associated with synchronicitous occurrences through transits (windows of opportunity), as with the ability to be an agent of synchronicity (birth chart)
The quintile (5th harmonic) and tridecile (10th harmonic) are heavily implicated with innovative, original and specifically the tenth with seminal, generational influence.
As these energies coalesce in time and work through people, as the book shows, fundamental discoveries are made that have impact on ‘Zeitgeist’, look at it as a worm hole between the self and the collective unconscious.
Another’s interesting book that looks specifically at seventh and tenth harmonic aspect in agents of massive change:
https://www.amazon.com/Quintiles-Tredeciles-Geometry-Dusty-Bunker/dp/0914918699
If you ignore the metaphysical associations, it is very plain to see that these people had a mission (tredecile) and I wonder how their work and the seminal moments that were instrumental in manifesting it, can be connected though septiles as markets of synchronicity during the relevant transits.
it's an ebook that is sold by a YouTube titled: Motes and Beans a neo jungian theory of personality (Michael Pierre).
here is the hard copy version https://www.amazon.com/Motes-Beams-Neo-Jungian-Theory-Personality/dp/B089278TWR
highly recommend the book. provides a really clear description of Jung's typology. I tried reading Jung but he is just way too complicated for me.
however, if your new to Jung I would start with inner work by Robert Johnson
Glad you found it helpful! I hope it's a good first step on a lifelong self discovery journey.
Good recommendation - I will keep that in mind as a future project. FYI - If you're interested, the next book in the series is available free now here.
You've made some big assumptions.
many babies are in fear of survival while in the womb and when they are bon they experience the death mother in the form of a human female, or abandoned or psychologically murdered.
Stop projecting a false narrative to everyone else.
plus read this book.
This quote is from a book specifically written about the female psyche to help women recover their soul life while living in a patriarchal society. And here comes a man saying this is about them too. SMH.
I haven't seen much of Portugal but I liked what I saw (Lisbon and Sintra). Lovely people and a very relaxed pace of life.
I substantially reworked the book you referred to and republished it: https://www.amazon.com/Song-Love-Life-Exploring-Individuation/dp/B09MYSNLX9
If you would prefer something that is more a beginners guide to Jung, Map of the Soul by Murray Stein is not a bad starting point. The Very Short Introduction series by Oxford University Press also has a book on Jung.
some books you might enjoy:
The Gurus, the Young Man and Elder Paisos by Alexis Trader
and anything by David Bentley Hart, starting with The Experience of God
I bought a used copy from booklooker.de, a site for trading used books. An English version seems to be available here on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.de/Childrens-Dreams-Jung-Seminars-Lorenz/dp/0691148074
I've just been re-reading this slim little volume. Might be of interest to you. It's in the form of an extended interview. For example:
Q: There are still millions who interpret the Bible literally.
A: Well, literal interpretation of the Bible faces the problem of scientific and historical research. We know that there was no Garden of Eden; we know that there was no Universal Flood. So we have to ask, what is the spiritual meaning of the Garden of Eden? What is the spiritual meaning of the Flood? Interpreting Biblical texts literally reduces their value; it turns them into newspaper reports. So there was a flood thousands of years ago. So what? But if you can understand what the Flood means in terms of a reference to spiritual circumstances--the coming of chaos, the loss of balance, the end of an age, the end of a psychological posture--then it begins to talk to you again.
Hey everyone, if you've seen my pinned post, you'll know I am running a live series exploring different elements of the shadow with guest speakers. We have a new addition, MemeAnalysis, who makes YouTube videos analyzing memes and other aspects of digital culture from a Jungian/Depth psychology perspective.
Event is free and will consist of a discussion followed by audience q&a. It will be held online Wednesday 2/17 at 2pm ET.
RSVP: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpc-2trDMiHdcoi2_6pRK4reJJYnuyMbxc
Deeply.... In grief. (Sorry my 60's mom and grammar school nuns)
Anyway... I am permanently in grief for this planet. And humanity. My estranged family and grandkids. So i offer up some survival tricks.
Play magic time work. Maybe being an old hippie flower child gives me a leg up, but find anything to do that gets you high and simple joys. And the more depthnof meaning one can find the better. But not required. Must enjoy. Dance art garden pets stars sing experiment.
Take your pain and use it as a tool via imaginative therapy work play. (Ex: I've always planned to do watercolors from my tears. And sing whatever song pops into head while cleaning, or making love... like a stream of consciousness opera. Take your pain and transform it , be outrageous. Take all that plastic waste that will never really be recycled and get angry cut it up, make a mobile, make art, out of it. Wake up everyday and look at your self written sign program, repeat outloud over and over... self assertions of positive creative fun. You can reprogram your self. This book might help?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0957518528/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_g_QJ3CYE61YHKBZ1901QN7
This! It is a very well written interpretation of the bhagavad gita placing depression (or a dark night of the soul) as the starting point of all people's journey into seeing the illusions in life that you need to see in order to walk the spiritual path. The crumble and collapse of identity that happens in crisis is becoming closer to knowing who you really are as a spiritual being.
Coincident to the return to small screens of the UFO phenomenon via the History Channel's TV series re-telling of the story of Project Blue Book (trailer here, and some recent discussion with a friend who's PhD traverses some of this terrain I thought it was timely to revisit intersections and considerations of this phenomenon in Jung's work.
Elsewhere I also came across a scan of this all too brief but intriguing 1957 letter from Jung concerning the subject.
This week's dream comes to us courtesy of Will at “The Skeptic Metaphysician” podcast and his lovely wife/co-host, Karen. Join us as we attempt to solve the mystery of this reoccurring dream and the cause for such a specific repeating formula.
Be sure to visit Will's podcast for my interview on WED the 19th!
If you look for his quotes on the "psychoid" archetypes you may find some interesting stuff as well: https://www.slideshare.net/IlyaDubovoy/teleology-in-evolution-a-presentation-for-the-new-orleans-c-g-jung-society
I gave a talk at the New Orleans C. G. Jung Society a couple years ago: https://www.slideshare.net/IlyaDubovoy/teleology-in-evolution-a-presentation-for-the-new-orleans-c-g-jung-society
These forms or programs in the psyche are extension of the instincts. Given that life has existed for billions of years - it must have encountered certain regular situations. The archetypes are modes of being that life has at all levels - from the cellular to the social - and are ways of encountering the world that have stood the test of time. Jung describes it explicitly as an evolutionary theory. Everything that we are, psychologically, is necessarily an elaboration of more primitive biopsychological routines. These elaboration take the biological peculiarities of the sesile gamete mating strategy developed by colonial protozoa and elaborate it into what we might call the Divine Feminine - Gaia, Hestia, Mary Mother of God, Lakshmi, Kali. To the extent that all scientific theories are constructions of the human mind, which has rules, then the archetypal model is an attempt to understand the rules of the psyche.
The other important philosophical point is that Jung used a German Idealist model. His archetypes are categories of psyche but also categories of reality (because we can only experience reality through the categories of our consciousness). Furthermore, they are like matrices - forms without content - that content with which the archetypal matrix is filled in the individual's psyche is the complex - full of personal experience layered onto the collective structure. This relationship is also dialectical/Hegelian (dialectic of form and content), but that's a whole 'nother lecture.
Exactly what you're asking about - an attempt to link objective findings in evolutionary and molecular biology to the subjective reality of an organism:
Slightly off topic, but you might also be interested in “The Inner World of Childhood” by Frances G. Wicke, with a forward written by Jung.
The inner world of childhood;: A study in analytical psychology https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006BNBYK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_PJMV784QMTEHRHA9KSCG
Flipping or splitting is not growth. Some people "snap" between opposites but that's just your suppressed archetype trying to assert itself. I recommend this book, though it is a little bit dated. Your childhood archetypes are rebelling, which is natural. Now it's time to start forming adult archetypes.
Differentiating what we actually want to achieve from the well-meaning expectations of others often requires a Deep Dive into the Subconscious, where we may find the terrifying experience of being “in over our head” and struggling to break free.
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I honestly think this is more of an issue with recent neglect in the West then anything special from the East. The writings of Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, St Augustine, Hildegard of Bingen, https://www.amazon.com.au/Incredible-Catholic-Mass-Explanation/dp/0895556081
^ that book, John Bosco, really all the Doctors of the Church, Benedict XVI, John Paul II, Pius XII, Pius XI, Robert Hugh Benson, Alphonsus Liguori, Padre Pio, Francis of Assisi, Dante, The Imitation of Christ, JRR Tolkien, the symbolism in architecture and church-layout, Lectio Divina, the Liberal Arts, the apparitions and all the saints.
I did not know that about Robert Moore. That’s terrible to learn. His several books on archetypes and initiatory processes seem to me to be very good for theoretical knowledge. In other words, to the extent that I have made my way into them, they seemed more theoretical and less about practice. I hope they can stand (or fall) on their own merits with people. Point taken about communicating with archetypes in the psyche though! Stupid question, perhaps, but: where does he advocate for that?
For the interested reader, proximate cause of his going mad appears, from Wikipedia, to have been as follows: “Beginning in 2014 he suffered a series of mini strokes and was suffering from vascular dementia, a disease that can cause confusion, extreme aggression, combative behavior, and memory loss.”
As one hears, in psychology, the mind can make the body sick. Still though, wow that’s something to be in the dark on. I am reeling from this info. Thanks for it, nonetheless, of course.
Oh, a final query: by “the book on active imagination” do you mean this: https://www.amazon.com/Jung-Active-Imagination-C-G/dp/0691015767
Just checking to be sure!
Fortunately for you, there is a royalty-free audio book of <em>Critique</em> as well as a few others of Kant's.
I don't remember many specifics during my visit with the material, I just remember feeling refreshed by the toolkit of his reasoning vocabulary. Sorry I can't be of more help.
I use Processing to draw mandalas with code. You can even animate your mandalas. I created a "breathing mandala" by making the center lines expand rhythmically. You can also create various other sacred geometry patterns.
I don't know if you've touched on it yet, but I think if you're ever in need of some potential new material to mine for methods of artistic creativity, comedy would be an interesting subject.
The life and methods of people such as Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Mitch Hedberg, or my personal favorite, Norm MacDonald.
I'm going to give this book a try and see if it's any good:
Start here; https://www.amazon.com/Owning-Your-Own-Shadow-Understanding/dp/0062507540/ref=nodl_
It is a LONG process and one of the most fruitful you will begin on.
It requires strength, compassion (for both yourself and others), and discipline.
Best wishes, happy to answer any questions that I can along the way.
I wrote an illustrated shadow work journal that’s available on Amazon! There’s prompts and exercises, space to draw and vent, and lots of info. If anyone wants the link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09M58P5HY
Robert Johnson's books are really the best. Owning your Shadow and Inner Work are the best known, and I personally found both of them very helpful, but he has a lot of great material. You can find a few of Johnson's lectures on Youtube, he was a great speaker. I particularly like this channel, and this talk.
There are a number of journals designed for this. They're mostly blank, the top of the page is a question, and you fill the rest of the page with your answer. I've used this one, but there are others that appear to be basically the same.
For Jung’s method and understanding of dream interpretation take a look at his book titled “Dreams,” extracted from his collected works: Vol. 4, 8, 12, and 16 HERE
Theres no app
heres a template: https://i.imgur.com/6qby7P7.png
Just use an image editor like https://www.photopea.com/ or even MS Paint.
Crop and resize all your images to be 240 x 240 pixels.
In Photopea, you can make the white of the template disappear and the black remain by changing the layer from "normal" to "multiple"
I was referring to a book actually: Jakk Panksepps Affective Neuroscience. Generally speaking, it lays out the empirical findings which support the idea that there are universal unconscious operating systems which influence perception and guide behavior. This is something akin to archetypes and the collective unconscious, and I think anyone with knowledge on the subject can begin to draw parallels between the two from what I said alone.
If your interested in Jung, I HIGHLY recommend the above mentioned book. It’s long, dense, and packed with jargon, but likely one of the most insightful pieces you will read on the topic of Jung outside of theory.
There is another article on the subject that you may find useful, but it is no longer free. I will link it here anyways just in case:
It’s been a bit since I read it, but I believe it simply sums up the overlap taking place between evolutionary psych, neuroscience, the human genome project, and archetypes and the collective unconscious. It does not discuss and empirical findings directly, however (but it lays out the blueprint for you).
Unfortunately, tho I’d love to talk about Jungian theory all night, it’s bed time for me.
Best of luck in your research.
I was referring to a book actually: Jakk Panksepps Affective Neuroscience. Generally speaking, it lays out the empirical findings which support the idea that there are universal unconscious operating systems which influence perception and guide behavior. This is something akin to archetypes and the collective unconscious, and I think anyone with knowledge on the subject can begin to draw parallels between the two from what I said alone.
If your interested in Jung, I HIGHLY recommend the above mentioned book. It’s long, dense, and packed with jargon, but likely one of the most insightful pieces you will read on the topic of Jung outside of theory.
There is another article on the subject that you may find useful, but it is no longer free. I will link it here anyways just in case:
It’s been a bit since I read it, but I believe it simply sums up the overlap taking place between evolutionary psych, neuroscience, the human genome project, and archetypes and the collective unconscious. It does not discuss and empirical findings directly, however (but it lays out the blueprint for you).
Unfortunately, tho I’d love to talk about Jungian theory all night, it’s bed time for me.
Best of luck in your research.
It begins with first understanding the mother complex in depth (https://www.amazon.com/Lying-Heavenly-Woman-Understanding-Integrating/dp/0062510665) and then working to confront said complex and properly integrate it. After that, your focus should be on the strong and positive masculine traits. Think of it like this, and I'm getting REALLY simplistic with it just for an example;
Your mother complex is what keeps you in bed, weary, and full of excuses.
The positive masculine are traits including but not limited to; courage, discipline, confronting the unknown, transformation, carrying a burden, being a provider, etc.
If you can't get out of bed consistently and find yourself being lazy, it's the wrong time to go on a journey. You'll be too lazy to get the water you need, you'll sleep in and the vultures will pick at you, and you'll give up halfway through.
You get your shit together and fix your laziness and complacency, and THEN you go on your journey (moving towards the masculine positive qualities).
Does that make sense?
Understand and read about the mother complex. Confront the mother complex. Then integrate the positive masculine.
I had to verify, but this one just came out (https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Yoga-Meditation-Delivered-Foundation/dp/0691206589/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=jung+yoga&qid=1634448688&sr=8-4). There's an older one called "The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga", too.
While a partial joke, every good joke has a center of truth. Winnie-the-Pooh and the Ancient Mysteries (The Wisdom of Pooh) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0413707407/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apan_glt_fabc_X51V5M48TZ7EYWSHK00C
Jung was definitely a gateway to this kind of stuff for me.
Been having a great experience since I started using the tarot and learning about it!
Would recommend this podcast episode for some great Jungian talk on the tarot - https://thisjungianlife.com/episode-175-tarot-divination-the-symbolic-life/
And also recommend this amazing book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Way-Tarot-Spiritual-Teacher-Cards/dp/1594772630
Fantastic write up. Please, do list the books if you have some spare moments.
To help kick it off, here is a link to the one by von Franz I think: https://www.amazon.com/Problem-Puer-Aeternus-Marie-Louise-Franz/dp/0919123880
I would also add this book into the mix about facing the Death Mother archetype:
https://www.amazon.com/Into-Heart-Feminine-Archetype-Strength-ebook/dp/B00VAIXYY0
I’d recommend The Essential Jung
It’s a compilation of Jung’s writings put together by psychiatrist Anthony Storr. It’s a great way to get a broad view in one book.
Although, my favorite is The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga
Robert Hopcke provides the most thorough review of all materials Jung and his immediate colleagues wrote on the subject in his book <em>Jung, Jungians, and Homosexuality</em>. I could possibly capture it all in a single comment, so I highly recommend this book if you’re really interested.
You need to start doing shadow work.
Coming to terms with the part of you that is imperfect and doesn’t hit the mark perfectly each time will be the first step in curing this neurosis. In doing so, you will have to learn to be gracious tsk yourself and others when they make mistakes. This will also allow you to bounce back quicker, make less mistakes, and become more successful long term.
I would suggest starting here before opening up the collected works.
https://www.amazon.com/Owning-Your-Own-Shadow-Understanding/dp/0062507540