Carl Jung: nobody can defy life’s laws with impunity C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Jolande Jacobi Dear Frau Jacobi, 10 April 1933 I assume you will already have heard from Brody what has happened to the falcon that flew out of your hand into the blue. It came home again bedraggled and crept…
Carl Jung: Since we do not know everything Psychology and Religion: West and East (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 11) Since we do not know everything, practically every experience, fact, or object contains something unknown. Hence, if we speak of the totality of an experience, the word “totality” can refer only to…
Carl Jung Quotations The Freudian idea that religion is nothing more than a system of prohibitions is very limited and out of touch with what is known about different religions. ~Carl Jung, Letters Vol. II, Pages 631-632 To be exact, I must say that, although I profess myself a Christian, I am at the same…
The nature of the “Introvert” and “Extravert” Dear Friend, [undated] Before I respond to the particular questions raised in your letter, I would like to deal with a question of terminology. We speak of “thinking” and “feeling,” and we name the types concerned accordingly. As you know, I have introduced these types in an earlier…
If you don’t call it art, but call it the creative impulse. Nietzsche’s Zarathustra: Notes of the Seminar given in 1934-1939. Two Volumes Yes, that is most characteristic of the Egyptian civilization. The people, even the Pharaoh, lived in mud huts, and the gods had the most gorgeous stone buildings which would last through many…