Carl Jung on who shall carry on his work. Jung My Mother and I [Below is an Excerpt from “Jung, My Mother and I.” Catherine “Katy” Cabot knew Carl Jung and many of the early pioneers of Depth Psychology. She was not a clinician but was a patient of Carl Jung’s and Toni Wolff. She…
At the Dawn of the 21st Century what do we do for our Dead? The Red Book [At the Dawn of the 21st Century what do we do for our Dead?] What the ancients did for their dead! You seem to believe that you can absolve yourself from the care of the dead, and from…
Carl Jung: As a rule the undifferentiated function always lags To J. Heider Dear Herr Heider, 1 December 1937 As to your question about X., I can only say the following. It frequently happens that when a person with whom one was intimate dies, either one is oneself drawn into the death, so to…
Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume 2, 1951-1961
Walter Uhsadel
Dear Pastor Uhsadel, 6 February 1952
It is extraordinarily kind of you to wish to dedicate your book to me, and I would gladly accept this dedication if I were certain that you would be equally pleased in the future.
My wife has pointed out that this might possibly not be the case and I have to agree with her.
A controversial book of mine is to appear shortly, entitled Answer to Job.
Unfortunately I cannot tell you in detail what I have written In it, but can only hint that this book is a very critical discussion of the Old Testament Yahweh and of the Christian appropriation of this God-concept.
I have shown the MS to three theologians and they were shocked.
On the other hand many younger people had a very positive reaction.
But I can imagine that in circles where thinking and feeling are orthodox my book could have a devastating effect -both for me and for all those with whom I have close relationships.
I wouldn’t like to expose you to this danger without cause.
Therefore I would ask you to think twice about it.
The motive for my book was an increasingly urgent feeling of responsibility which in the end I could no longer withstand.
Nor could I, like Albert Schweitzer, seek suitable refuge far away from Europe and open a practice there.
On the time-honoured principle Hie Rhodus, hie salta, I had to resign myself to looking the problem of the modern Christian in the eye.
So perhaps you had better wait until the book is out.
Meanwhile with kind regards and best thanks,
Yours sincerely,
C.G. Jung ~Carl Jung, Letters Vol. II, Pages 39-40.
The unconscious can realize itself only with the help of consciousness and under its constant control. Letters of C. G. Jung: Volume I, 1906-1950 (Vol 1) Dear Dr. N., 2 December 1937 I have the feeling that you are really going a bit too far. We should make a halt before something destructive. You know…