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Let’s Keep Jung’s Red Book Away from Spiritual Hucksterism

July 21st, 2010 · 5 Comments · Carl Jung, Identity, Individuation, Jungian analysis, Jungian psychology, Psychology, Psychology and Suburban Life, Psychotherapy, Shadow, The Self, archetypal experience, archetypes, collective consciousness, collective unconscious, unconscious, wholeness

Jung’s Red Book, which I wrote about in an earlier post, has created quite a stir in certain circles, and has been very well popularized. It has had quite an impact in cultural and literary circles, and has gained a lot of attention in the media. The Red Book documents Jung’s own profound psychological struggle in a manner so eloquent and deep that it is difficult if not impossible to describe. However, those of us who love Jung need to be careful not to portray it as some kind of divine revelation composed by a semi-divinity which answers all questions. Jung was very human, and he continually invites us to fully enter our own humanity.

Anxiety Behind the Mask, Part III: Heart Trouble

July 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Carl Jung, Current Affairs, Identity, Individuation, Jungian psychology, Lifestyle, Meaning, Psychology, Psychology and Suburban Life, collective consciousness, collective unconscious, depth psychology, inner life, persona, popular culture, soul, symbolism, unconscious, wholeness

Anxiety Behind the Mask, Part III, Heart Trouble
…I asked him why he thought the whites were all mad.�
“They say that they think with their heads,” he replied.
“Why of course. What do you think with?” I asked him in surprise.
“We think here,” he said, indicating his heart. [Italics mine]
Conversation between Ochway Biano, Chief of the Pueblo Indians and [...]

G20 Toronto: What the Heck Just Happened?

July 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Carl Jung, Current Affairs, G20, Ontario, Psychology and Suburban Life, Toronto, Trauma, collective consciousness, collective unconscious, complexes, depth psychology, panic, popular culture, trust

On June 26 and 27, the leaders of the G20 nations and numerous other nations met in downtown Toronto. For many living in this area, what happened in the course of those two days has something of the character of a nightmare in the collective psyche of the City of Toronto, and indeed, the whole of the [...]

Crisis

May 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Anxiety, Carl Jung, Identity, Individuation, Jungian analysis, Psychology, Psychology and Suburban Life, collective unconscious, complexes, depression, depth psychology, inner life, psychological crisis, soul, stress

Sometimes we can be overtaken by things that happen in the psyche. Such events can leave a person in a very vulnerable place struggling with intense anxiety, depression or stress. Often these psychic events are triggered by events in our outer lives. Nonetheless, it is their psychological impact, the things that they cause to happen [...]

Seeking for Depth

January 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Carl Jung, Identity, Meaning, Psychology, Psychotherapy, archetypes, collective unconscious, depth psychology, inner life, therapy, wholeness

In recent years, a great deal of emphasis has been placed on what are called "brief psychotherapies" by the therapeutic profession.
The emphasis has been on providing very short courses of psychotherapy to individuals, with an eye to providing concrete definable "results" with respect to narrowly defined issues. In large part, the movement to this type of [...]

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Exploring Liber Novis: Jung's Red Book

January 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books, Carl Jung, Jungian psychology, The Self, archetypal experience, collective unconscious, depth psychology, inner life

This voyage of exploration will go on for a very long time, I expect. To really plumb the depths of the Red Book is a feat not lightly or easily acheived.