Christ lived a concrete, personal, and unique life Psychology and Religion The life of Christ is understood by the Church on the one hand as an historical, and on the other hand as an eternally existing, mystery. This is especially evident in the sacrifice of the Mass. From a psychological standpoint this view can be translated as … Read more
Carl Jung: The Function of Religious Symbols Symbolic Life Although our civilized consciousness has separated itself from the instincts, the instincts have not disappeared; they have merely lost their contact with consciousness. They are thus forced to assert themselves in an indirect way, through what Janet called automatisms. These take the form of symptoms in the … Read more
Carl Jung: Splitting of the Spirit Letters Volume I To H. G. Baynes My dear Peter, 20 January 1939 A master at Eton College, a Mr. X., has consulted me. I have sent him to you. He is at first a somewhat odd individual, but if you take into consideration what a master at a public school … Read more
Odysseus was presented by fate with a nekyia Jung had used this motif in a metaphorical sense in 1912 in Transformations and Symbols of the Libido: “like Odysseus, I have sought to allow this shade [Miss Frank Miller] to drink only as much so as to make it speak so it can give away some … Read more