Carl Jung on Isms Carl Jung on Isms [1937] The Blind Leading the Blind ~ Pieter Bruegel the Elder Special to The New York Times New Haven, Conn., Oct. 20.–Dr. C. G. Jung of Zurich said today in opening the Terry lectures at Yale University before more than 2,000 persons in Woolsey Hall that the…
Carl Jung: What Eros wants is to make man ask a question. To questions Eros can answer. Dream Analysis Seminar LECTURE X 26 March 1930 Before we enter upon our discussion today, I have a proposition to make concerning the next seminar. There are several among you who are going to be here for the…
Carl Jung: I am dependent on God’s verdict, not he on mine. letters Vol. II To Aniela Jaffe Dear Aniela, Bollingen, 9 July 1957 Unlike me, you torment yourself with the ethical problem. I am tormented by it. It is a problem that cannot be caught in any formula, twist and turn it as I…
Carl Jung: Perfectly normal people can have visions in certain moments. letters Vol. II To J . G. Thompson Dear Mr. Thompson, 23 July 1957 If somebody has a vision it doesn’t mean that he is necessarily insane. Perfectly normal people can have visions in certain moments. St. Paul was definitely not insane nor was…
Human Nature Does Not Yield Easily to Idealistic Advice Symbolic Life [Carl Jung and “Human Nature Does Not Yield Easily to Idealistic Advice.”] There is little to criticize in Mr. Roberts’ article since its author is obviously a man of good will and optimistic enthusiasm. Moreover, he points in the right direction, and he gives…