Free will only exists within the limits of consciousness Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume I, 1906-1950 (Vol 1) To Swami Devatmananda Dear Sir, 9 February 1937 It is exceedingly difficult to explain the nature of the archetypal to somebody who does not know about the empirical material we are dealing with in psychology. The…
Carl Jung: … the empirical existence of an ego. Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume I, 1906-1950 (Vol 1) To V. Subrahamanya Iyer Dear Sir, 9 January 1939 You are quite right, Schopenhauer was by no means in a position to have a complete insight into and an understanding…
Carl Jung: “Our life is like the course of the sun.” The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 7: Two Essays on Analytical Psychology In the morning it gains continually in strength until it reaches the zenith-heat of high noon. Then comes the enantiodromia: the steady forward movement no longer denotes an increase, but…
The realm of the psyche is immeasurably great and filled with living reality. Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961 To R. J. Zwi Werblowsky Dear Dr. Werblowsky, 17 June 1952 Many thanks for kindly sending me your critical reflections. For me they are valuable and interesting as the reactions of an (almost) non-participant.…
Carl Jung’s review of Upton Sinclair’s “A Personal Jesus.” Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961 To Upton Sinclair Dear Mr. Sinclair, 3 November 1952 I have read your book A Personal Jesus carefully and with great interest. It is certainly of great merit and will help your public to appreciate a religious figure…