The Life, Work and Legacy of Carl Jung
Symbols of the Mother and of Rebirth The vision that follows the birth of the hero is described by Miss Miller as a “swarm of people.” We know that this image symbolizes a secret, or rather, the unconscious. The possession of a secret cuts a person off from his fellow human beings. Since it is … Read more
The Collective Unconscious, Instinct and Archetype, and Archetypal Images for the Theory of Synchronicity Jung’s project on synchronicity as a meaningful coincidence dates from 1925 to 1939 during which he opened a series of seminars at the Psychological Club in Zurich. It is from this period that his theory of synchronicity becomes a major part … Read more
The Value and Meaning of Depression by M. Esther Harding It is some years now, since I began collecting material about the Wilderness, which is perhaps the most apt symbol for depression. It symbolizes a psychological condition or experience when one has the feeling of being in a desert place or in a wilderness—a feeling … Read more
Marie-Louise von Franz: Archetypal Dimensions of the Psyche [The Self] When a person has inwardly struggled with his anima or with her animus for a sufficiently long time and has reached the point where he or she is no longer identified with it in an unconscious fashion, the unconscious once again takes on a new … Read more