Carl Jung: Nothing can happen without a pre-existing pattern, not even creation ex nihilo

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Carl Jung: Nothing can happen without a pre-existing pattern, not even creation ex nihilo Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group Psychology and Religion “Just as the decision to become man apparently makes use of the ancient Egyptian model, so we can expect that the process itself will follow certain prefigurations.” ~Carl Jung, CW 11, par. … Read more

Carl Jung on the value of Dogma

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Carl Jung on the value of Dogma Psychology and Religion It may not be quite clear why I call certain dogmas “immediate experiences,” since in itself a dogma is the very thing that precludes immediate experience. Yet the Christian images I have mentioned are not peculiar to Christianity alone (although in Christianity they have undergone a development … Read more

Carl Jung Cigarette smokers extroverts and pipe smokers introverts

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Carl Jung Cigarette smokers extroverts and pipe smokers introverts Letters Volume II To Robert L. Kroon Dear Sir, 9 June 1960 There is hardly a psychological statement of which you cannot prove the contrary. Such a statement as Dr. Eysenck’s can be true but grosso modo, as it is sometimes very difficult to establish the diagnosis … Read more