The Founder of Analytical Psychology
Carl Jung was the man who managed to combine the authenticity of science with a religious attitude to life, in his search for undiscovered paths of the unconscious self that lead man towards r ealizing his real nature and attaining his real goal. Equipped with deep knowledge of mythology, Eastern philosophies and major religions and accompanied by his many years of practice as a psychoanalyst, Jung has provided humanity with clues on how the psyche functions, providing support to all those who feel within themselves a strong urge to fulfill their ultimate purpose in life. The Life of Carl Gustav Jung
Carl ustav Jung is considered to be the founder of modern analytical psychology and a great thinker of modern times. !e was born on "#th July $%&' in (esswil, a small town in )witzerland. !is father father was a *rotest *rotestant ant clergyman clergyman and when Carl was + his family moved to asel. asel. -uring -uring his school school years, years, Carl showed showed great interest in zoology and biology along with philosophy, religion and theology. hen the time came to choose a career, he decided to study medicine at asel /niversity 0$%1'2$1334 and later he studied at 5urich university where he obtained his 6- in $13". !e started his career as a doctor assisting Eugen leuler in the psychiatric clinic clinic at 5urich 5urich /niversi /niversity ty where where he conducted conducted e7perime e7periments nts to reveal reveal clusters clusters of ideas, ideas, or 8comple7e 8comple7es8, s8, hiding hiding in the unconscious regions of the human soul. 6ost of the times those comple7es had an unpleasant influence on the patients. 9n $13:, Carl married Emma ;auschenbach and they had five children. Emma was not only a loyal wife but also a valuable assistant to his studies until her death in $1''. Jung met )igmund hey worked together until $1$", but Jung openly disagreed with he *sychology of the /nconscious 0$1$"4, *sychological >ypes 0$1"$4, *sychology and ;eligion 0$1:%4, )tudies in =nalytical *sychology 0$1+%4 and 6emories, -reams and ;eflections 0$1#"4. Jung remained an active psychiatrist, psychiatrist, writer and philosopher well over the age of %3 and he died on June #, $1#$, in the same house where he had lived since $13%. The Theories of Carl Gustav Jung The Collective Unconscious
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Jung devoted a large part of his life to the development of ideas that had a relation between psychology and religion. his is the reason why, he introduced into his studies the use of symbols and living images that may be ambiguous but provide a better basis for understanding the psyche. 9n his search for symbols, he found alchemical2like symbols in modern fantasies and dreams, something that made him believe that alchemists had been able to create a kind of te7tbook to interpret the collective unconscious. 9n a metaphorical sense, alchemy is not about turning base metals to gold, but rather it reflects the process of individuation which transforms a person from an 8ordinary8 human, to a fully2realized human who knows his true nature and his own potential. Individuation
>hrough the individuation process, the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious are brought to conscious awareness. >his process leads one to reduce the influence that the collective psychology e7erts on most people, and thus it differentiates them compared to others. 9n a sense, one acquires a more personal and less uniform identity. >his new individual identity is a source of vitality and applies healing properties on the mental and physical forms of each person. 9n this way, one becomes more mature and harmonious, has a greater sense of justice, promotes freedom and other ethical values, and acquires a better understanding about how people, nature and the universe function. 9ndividuation begins when all aspects of our personality are integrated. Bur personality consists of the *ersona, that is our mask, our role, or the way we appear in our everyday life and the )hadow, that is what is hidden or repressed in our inner self, what we are ashamed of and do not wish others to know about. =nother aspect of our personality that has to be integrated is the anima, the female part in men, and the animus, the male part in women, which we come in contact with in dreams and fantasies. >he whole process of individuation is not at all easy, especially for the people in the est, whose way of thinking is based on facts and scientific proof. 9t?s difficult for esterners to accept myths and legends, the rational and the irrational and generally the concept of the opposite, or the concept of the parado7. Jung states that life is not only human and that there must be a unity with everything that e7ists in the cosmos, including plants, animals and minerals. hen everything is integrated, when the opposites like dark and light, the good and the bad, or the in and ang are accepted, we can feel the sense of /nity with everything in e7istence, and then our )elf is born, just like a baby. Conclusion
Jung?s work has influenced estern thought, art and literature as much as it has influenced and reformed clinical psychology and it continues to do so. Jung?s grandson /lrich !eorni has finally decided to give his permission for the publication of Jung?s ;ed ook in which he had written down the personal e7periences he had in his 8confrontation with the /nconscious8 for $# years. >he book was published on Bctober &th, "331 and the ;ubin 6useum of =rt in @ew ork will display the original until January "'th "3$3.s )o far, the best comment on the book has been made by )arah Corbett from the 8@ew ork >imes8. )he wroteA 8>he book is bombastic, baroque and like so much else about Carl Jung, a willful oddity, synched with an antediluvian and mystical reality.8 httpADDwww.deepspirits.comDgreat2peopleDcarl2jungD
