The Shadow of Analytical Psychology and The Fourth Dimension
So, the first question should be: What is Analytical Psychology?
And there, I’m out of my depth.
I don’t know what it is.
I only know what it looks like.
But what it is, I don’t know. ~Carl Jung, The Last Lectures of C.G. Jung, Page 15
The shadow of a complicated thing is, as you have heard, as complicated as the thing itself.
For the shadow does not only consist of the light that falls upon something which thereby casts a shadow, but rather it also involves the observer who perceives the thing, who perceives the shadow. ~Carl Jung, The Last Lectures of C.G. Jung, Page 15–16
So, if you want to get a general picture of the shadow that is cast by Analytical Psychology—both practically and theoretically—you should just make a list of all the prejudices that are raised in opposition to it when people talk about it. ~Carl Jung, The Last Lectures of C.G. Jung, Page 16
Everything that exists casts a shadow, and thus, for example, the actual shadow of Christianity that exists is a tremendous shadow—a terrible and tragic shadow; I would say, it is a jeering from hell. ~Carl Jung, The Last Lectures of C.G. Jung, Page 16
Naturally, I had to make changes to some of my terms and definitions.
I have had to modify many of my views over the course of my life, which is inevitable.
What has emerged is not perfect, of course, but I wouldn’t know where to make any fundamental changes. ~Carl Jung, The Last Lectures of C.G. Jung, Page 16–17
Nothing a human being comes up with is completely good, for then it wouldn’t be real—nolens, volens, a shadow effect arises. ~Carl Jung, The Last Lectures of C.G. Jung, Page 17
Being a pioneer is no fun.
For you may not forget that if you manage to have a single new and good thought (or a bad one, but nevertheless a new one), then you are the only person who has had that thought, and you will pay for it. ~Carl Jung, The Last Lectures of C.G. Jung, Page 17
When that happens, when you go beyond just words, when you move down from the Kundalini Châkra Vishuddha, to at least the region of Anâhata, to the heart and lung region, once you have come that far, you know what the heart has to say about it and what the mind has to say about it.
But you are still only in the intellect, which still means nothing at all. ~Carl Jung, The Last Lectures of C.G. Jung, Page 16–17
But if you can press on into greater depths, which is inevitable if you hear the word, if you really hear it, i.e., if you allow it to penetrate you, then you will fall within the ambit of the shadow that is attached to this thing.
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It is as if you were the originator of this thing, i.e., you are then in my position and will discover that you are isolated.
You are isolated from humanity; you are not only isolated from the herds of blockheads, but also from the intelligent people who have a different viewpoint or, particularly where psychology is concerned, have preconceived ideas. ~Carl Jung, The Last Lectures of C.G. Jung, Page 19
The increase in juvenile delinquency in America is simply appalling.
Psychology in America is gradually cocking its ears because it is becoming worrisome. ~Carl Jung, The Last Lectures of C.G. Jung, Page 21
The Fourth Dimension – Symmetry and Asymmetry
So that’s why, for example, in the latest speculations in nuclear physics there is matter and anti-matter, and as the basis of the world there is a universon—a terrible word.
Now that is just pure mythology. ~Carl Jung, The Last Lectures of C.G. Jung, Page 22
These are the two Chinese who discovered the left-handedness of the mesons; this is the so-called Chinese Puzzle.
They found out that most of the mesons—they had already counted around 50,000 observations at the time—they found out that the mesons are mainly left-handed. ~Carl Jung, The Last Lectures of C.G. Jung, Page 22
Symmetry cannot sustain life, so if the psyche is presently still alive, there must then be an asymmetry. ~Carl Jung, The Last Lectures of C.G. Jung, Page 22
The Developmental Capacity of the Human Being
We have no confirmation that the acquirements or developments that parents undergo are passed on to their children; this goes without saying.
It always starts anew. ~Carl Jung, The Last Lectures of C.G. Jung, Page 23
This assertion of mine that humankind is still in its youth is based, on the one hand, on the biological fact that mankind appeared relatively late on the tree of development, that is, as the genus homo sapiens, and, on the other hand, that individuals still prove themselves to be capable of development. ~Carl Jung, The Last Lectures of C.G. Jung, Page 24
Many things are changing, but whether this will lead to the end or to a new beginning, nobody knows.
I spoke of the end of time, but only in the sense of the Platonic year, namely that in the Platonic year typical transformations occur which correspond to the sections of the precession of the vernal equinox, which we know especially from Egyptian history or from the psychology of Christianity. ~Carl Jung, The Last Lectures of C.G. Jung, Page 24
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