Ann Lammers: Emma Jung’s years of self-liberation Two days before Christmas in 1916, a young mother of five wrote a poem about the warlike behavior of the archetypes. Using the psychological symbology that she shared with her already-famous husband, Emma Jung wrote of the merciless aggression of the warring gods, ripping open the ground of…
How Faith Makes the Body Ill. But here I find myself telling about these things, though I have not yet come to my proposed theme of how it happens that faith can make the body ill. For until now I have treated of the powers and strengths of faith: [But] now I intend to come…
Depth Psychology as a Spiritual Pursuit My intention in this book is to advocate an approach to the psyche which will lead to the development of an individual, intensely personal spirituality. I wish to illustrate the ways in which depth psychology can address those questions and experiences which have traditionally been the exclusive province of…
Western Consciousness and Eastern Spirituality During C. G. Jung’s lifetime and after his death, the reproach was voiced from various quarters that the Swiss depth psychologist had not only encouraged interest in Eastern religiosity, but strengthened syncretistic tendencies toward the blending of religions in modern people. The well-known Dutch theologian Willem A. Vissert Hooft, for…