If I speak of the collective unconscious

collective unconscious

If I speak of the collective unconscious Carl Jung Letters Vol. II [If I speak of the collective unconscious I don’t assume it as a principle, I only give a name to the totality of observable facts, i.e., archetypes.] To E. A. Bennet Dear Bennet, 23 June 1960 I can entirely subscribe to your statement … Read more

The fact is that if one tries beyond one’s capacity to be perfect, the shadow descends into hell and becomes the devil.

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The fact is that if one tries beyond one’s capacity to be perfect, the shadow descends into hell and becomes the devil. Visions Seminar When one tries desperately to be good and wonderful and perfect, then all the more the shadow develops a definite will to be black and evil and destructive. People cannot see … Read more

Carl Jung on Endurance. – Anthology

endurance

Carl Jung on Endurance. – Anthology The opus consists of three parts: insight, endurance, and action. Psychology is needed only in the first part, but in the second and third parts moral strength plays the predominant role. Carl Jung, Letters Vol. 1, Page 375. God as the greatest becomes in man the smallest and most … Read more