Carl Jung Depth Psychology

Consciousness Lexicon   Carl Jung Lexicon NYAAP Carl Jung on “Consciousness.” Lexicon Consciousness: The function or activity which maintains the relation of psychic contents to the ego; distinguished conceptually from the psyche, which encompasses both consciousness and the unconscious. There is no consciousness without discrimination of opposites.[“Psychological Aspects of the Mother Archetype,” CW 9i, par. … Read more

What future generations will become aware of. The Red Book [Carl Jung and what future generations will become aware of.] Notwithstanding all free thinking, our attitude to Eros, for instance, remains the old Christian view. We can now no longer bide our time peacefully without questioning and doubt, or else we will remain in the … Read more

I, your soul, am your mother The Red Book I, your soul, am your mother, who tenderly and frightfully surrounds you, your nourisher and corrupter; I prepare good things and poison for you. I am your intercessor with Abraxas. I teach you the arts that protect you from Abraxas. I stand between you and Abraxas … Read more

The somatic basis of the ego   Aion The ego, as a specific content of consciousness, is not a simple or elementary factor but a complex one which, as such, cannot be described exhaustively. Experience shows that it rests on two seemingly different bases: the somatic and the psychic. The somatic basis is inferred from … Read more