The Life, Work and Legacy of Carl Jung
Carl Jung on the Unconscious Man started from an unconscious state and has ever striven for greater consciousness. The development of consciousness is the burden, the suffering, and the blessing of mankind. ~Carl Jung, C.G. Jung Speaking, Page 248 The attainment of consciousness was the most precious fruit of the tree of knowledge, the magical … Read more
Friedrich Nietzsche’s perspectives on the unconscious by Martin Liebscher Shortly before his mental breakdown at the beginning of January 1889, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote in Ecce Homo (1888) that “out of my writings there speaks a psychologist who has not his equal, that is perhaps the first thing a good reader will notice.”1 Since then, posterity … Read more
Introduction: thinking the unconscious In the entire world one does not speak of the unconscious since, ccording to its essence, it is unknown; only in Berlin does one speak of and know something about it, and explain to us what actually sets it apart.1 So wrote Friedrich Nietzsche in 1873, as part of his ironic … Read more
Jung’s Archetypes and Theory of the Collective Unconscious Introduction Mythology permeates almost every aspect of everyday life. Whether it is in the form of fairytales, religious ritual, literary epics, the list goes on. There are stories of the lionhearted hero, the vulnerable damsel, the mischievous trickster, the world-ending flood, and many more appear in the … Read more