He is still in a sorry condition, for Hades is a gloomy place. C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Count Hermann Keyserling Dear Count, 25 August 1928 The negative relationship to the mother is always an affront to nature, unnatural. Hence distance from the earth, identification with the father, heaven, light, wind, spirit, Logos.…
There are things which are simply incomprehensible to the tough brains. C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To J. B. Rhine Dear Dr. Rhine, 20 May 1925 I was glad to be able to contribute to your researches, but being of a less optimistic outlook than you Americans I never put my experiences on…
I tendered my resignation at the meeting of delegates in Zurich. C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To J. H. van der Hoop Dear Colleague, 26 October 1940 As you will remember, I tendered my resignation at the meeting of delegates in Zurich, July 1939, because I was firmly resolved to give up the…
The Hell of Initiation. Introduction: J. P. Hodin, a British art critic and historian, of Czech origin, had studied Jung’s statements about art and creativity, particularly in his essays on Joyce and on Picasso. Feeling dissatisfaction with Jung’s explanation of his point of view, he requested an appointment to discuss psychology and modern art, and…
Medicine in the hands of a Fool. Freud and Psychoanalysis (Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 4) Medicine in the hand of a fool was ever poison and death. just as we demand from a surgeon, besides his technical knowledge, a skilled hand, courage, presence of mind, and power of decision, so we must expect…