Psychology is as little to blame for this as zoology for lice. C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Gebhard Frei Dear Dr. Frei, 13 January 1948 In your essay which I have read with great interest, you have given a fair and in all essentials correct presentation of my views. Your remarks about the…
End of Meaning and the Birth of Man Wolfgang Giegerich: The End of Meaning and the Birth of Man “No, evidently we no longer have any myth. Meaning” “Our myth has become mute, and gives no answers.” [Today] “we stand empty-handed, bewildered, and perplexed […]” “There are no longer any gods whom we could invoke…
Carl Jung’s near-death experience Memories, Dreams, Reflections Publisher: Vintage; Revised Edition edition In a hospital in Switzerland in 1944, the world-renowned psychiatrist Carl G. Jung, had a heart attack and then a near-death experience. His vivid encounter with the light, plus the intensely meaningful insights led Jung to conclude that his experience came from something…
Detachment of the Soul from the Body Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume I, 1906-1950 (Vol 1) To Eleanor Bertine Dear Dr. Bertine, 25 July 1946 I’m just spending a most agreeable time of rest in my tower and enjoy sailing as the only sport which is still available to me. I have just finished…
My Mother’s Second Voice June 7, 1957 On this day) C. G. Jung talked about his mother. Since early childhood) and again during significant phases of his adulthood) he had been aware of two personalities in her. The usually visible one was a warm-hearted) conventional and affable woman) but at decisive moments a second voice with…