Jungian Center Blogs

These are essays on a variety of topics relating to Jung and other themes relevant to The Center. The list on the right >> 
is arranged by title. The most recent essays are just below here. 

To see a full alphabetical listing of blog titles click here.  

See below here for the most recent essays:


 

Preparing for the Great Attunement

Preparing for the Great Attunement

 

Jung's Hero: The New Form of Heroism

Jung’s Hero:

The Form of Heroism in the New Era

 

A New Spirit is Growing Up

Welcome to the new re-designed Web site of the Jungian Center! And praises to Rob Mills, the Webmaster responsible for it! Rob has been as patient as he is creative in undertaking this complex task. I hope you like the improvements: the retention of all the citations in the blog essays, the organization of the essays by both date of posting and alphabetically by title, and the much more obvious, easier-to-navigate posting of comments. It will now be possible for readers to have a “threaded” conversation with me.

A New Ethics for a New Era

This essay examines the new form of ethics that is implied in Jung's depth psychology and how this new ethics differs in values, goals, features and principles from the ethics that has guided our culture for centuries. It also considers why a new ethics is necessary in this transitional time.

The Blessings in Sacrifice

The beginnings of this essay go back to a dream I had several months ago—one of those rare “voice-over” dreams I get every so often—that said “Sacrifices will have to be made by Americans.” When I mentioned this to some students, their responses were uniformly negative, reflecting the common attitude we have in our culture. Given that attitude, the title of this essay surely seems bizarre. As the quote from Jung indicates, I am not alone in thinking sacrifice can be something positive: Jung also saw blessings in sacrifice. This essay examines Jung’s thoughts on “sacrifice” and extends his idea into our current collective situation.

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