Epilogue: the “optional” unconscious by Sonu Shamdasani In the course of the nineteenth century, concepts of consciousness underwent a transformation as competing concepts of unconscious mental functioning were developed in philosophy, physiology, biology, and psychology and psychical research in Europe and the United States. The papers in this volume have mainly traced trajectories of concepts…
An Archetypal Approach to Death Dreams and Ghosts, Rhine succeeded in showing that every human being has the faculty for paranormal perceptions. Parapsychological experiences are as much part of life as are intuitions, dreams and hunches. But the degree of that gift differs greatly among individuals. With that we may embark on the Beobachter letters,…
Active Imagination : Hugh de St. Victor’s Conversation with His Anima An Early-Twelfth Century Example of Active Imagination Hugh de St. Victor’s Conversation with His Anima Before we begin with our material, I would like to make it clear that I will be concerned with this text only from the standpoint of active imagination. I…
Carl Jung and The Shadow In 1886 the writer Robert Louis Stevenson had a striking dream: a male character, pursued for a crime, swallowed a powder whereupon his personality was instantaneously transformed.! ! Stevenson found his dream so striking that it inspired him to write the now famous tale The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll…
Preface: Essays on Contemporary Events Preface by C.G. Jung Medical psychotherapy, for practical reasons, has to deal with the whole of the psyche. Therefore it is bound to come to terms with all those factors, biological as well as social and mental, which have a vital influence on psychic life. We are living in times of great disruption:…