Jesus formulated the conception of psychological projection two thousand years before depth psychology Whereas the Mosaic Law recognized only the reality of deeds, Jesus recognized the reality of inner psychic states. For example: You have heard that it was said to the men of old, “You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be liable…
Because a particular capacity is inferior to that of another person, he feels himself to be inferior. This means that it is a mistake to identify our individuality with any particular talent, function, or aspect of ourselves. However, very often this is just what we do. If a person feels infer!or and depressed in the…
Edward F. Edinger: The Self is the ordering and unifying center of the total psyche The Self is the ordering and unifying center of the total psyche (conscious and unconscious) just as the ego is the center of the conscious personality. Or, put in other words, the ego is the seat of subjective identity while…
The puer aeternus archetype is one of the images of the Self The psychotherapist frequently sees cases of this sort. Such a person considers himself as a most promising individual. He is full of talents and potentialities. One of his complaints is often that his capacities and interests are too wide-ranging. He is cursed witha…
Jung’s most far-reaching discovery is the collective unconscious Jung’s most basic and far-reaching discovery is the collective unconscious or archetypal psyche. Through his researches, we now know that the individual psyche is not just a product of personal experience. It also has a pre-personal or transpersonal dimension which is manifested in universal patterns and images…