Why Do We Do What We Do? Part I: Jung on Some Determinants of Human Behavior … from the psychological standpoint five main groups of instinctive factors can be distinguished: hunger, sexuality, activity, reflection, and creativity. In the last analysis, instincts are ectopsychic determinants. Jung (1936)[1] Instinct as an ectopsychic factor would […]
Upcoming Courses for Spring 2016 Jungian Bible Study Workshop III: Wednesdays, 3/16,23,30, 4/6; 7-9PM; 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury VT; $60; to register, call Sue (802) 244-7909 This course introduces students to a Jungian approach to handling the Book of Revelations, including such topics as allegorical and metaphorical thinking, non-literal interpretation, analysis of key Biblical […]
The Religious Impulse in the Human Being: Jung on Religion, Spirituality and the Life Worth Living I want to make clear that by the term “religion” I do not mean a creed. It is, however, true that every creed is originally based on the one hand upon the experience of the numinosum and on […]
Sue Mehrtens is the author of this and all the other blog essays on this site. The opinions expressed in these essays are her own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of other Jungian Center faculty or Board members. Jung’s Moral Relativism … man is a morally responsible […]
February 2016 Dear Friends, Winter shows up for while, turns into sugaring season, offers up some mud, and then turns arctic again. Such is how “climate change” appears for northern New England. Meanwhile Washington and Philadelphia gets dumped with multiple feet of snow. Go figure! Meanwhile, Jungian Center activities continue. Coming up this […]
Dear Friends, Happy New Year! As 2016 opens The Jungian Center begins its 10th year of operation, and you’ll want to watch upcoming newsletters for news of the ways we will be celebrating this significant anniversary. Come Spring (when the weather may be more driving-friendly) we will host an Open House as one way to […]
Here we have a little miracle. I have no prejudice against these little miracles. Such peculiar things take place occasionally, but how they are connected with our psychology God knows, I don’t. Only fools think that everything can be explained. The true substance of the world is inexplicable…. Jung (1929)1 One always is making the […]
Upcoming Courses Winter Term 2016 Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences Don’t forget to designate The Jungian Center as your charity of choice on Amazon Smile! This costs you nothing but makes the Center the recipient of Amazon’s charitable donations. Jung the Man, Wednesdays, 1/6,13,20 & 27th; 7-9PM; 18 North Main Street, Waterbury; $60; to […]
Sue Mehrtens is the author of this and all the other blog essays on this site. The opinions expressed in these essays are her own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of other Jungian Center faculty or Board members. Jung on Numbers A mathematician once remarked that everything in […]
Sue Mehrtens is the author of this and all the other blog essays on this site. The opinions expressed in these essays are her own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of other Jungian Center faculty or Board members. Jung on the Axiom of Maria Prophetessa One becomes two, two […]