Jung’s Hero: The Form of Heroism in the New Era “In this overpoweringly humdrum existence, alas, there is little out of the ordinary that is healthy, and not much room for conspicuous heroism. Not that heroic demands are never put to us: on the contrary—and this is just what is so irritating and irksome—the […]
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 […]
“… the problem of sacrifice [may seem to be]… a purely individual problem, but if we examine the way it is worked out we shall see that it is something that must be a problem for humanity in general.” […]
Jung the Man: Part VI—Jung and His “Valkyries” “Woman’s psychology is founded on the principle of Eros, the great binder and loosener, whereas from ancient times the ruling principle ascribed to man is Logos. The concept of Eros could be expressed in modern terms as psychic relatedness, and that of Logos as objective […]
Jung the Man: Part V—Jung as Father and Husband “Can you imagine living with a man who left you with full responsibility for his house and his children while he passed the time playing their games or being in that same house with another woman?… When we got home, Marianne ran across the lawn […]
Jung the Man: Part IV—His Shadow and Complexes “As great as he was he must also have had a great shadow.” Laurens Van der Post (1975)[1] Great gifts are the fairest, and often the most dangerous, fruits on the tree of humanity. In most cases… the gift develops in inverse ratio to the […]
Jung the Man: Part III—His Type and Personality “Everybody would call me an introvert.” Jung, 1955[1] “One does not doubt at all the introversion. Only introversion of the deepest kind can explain why outwardly his life was so uneventful and inwardly so packed and overflowing with an historic eventfulness. Nor does one question […]
Jung the Man: Part II—His Appearance, Likes, Dislikes, Hobbies and Interests “As with so many other iconic figures, the controversy that swirled about Jung during his lifetime has suffused it since his death.” Deirdre Bair, 2003[1] Part I of this six-part essay provided a short outline of the key events in Jung’s […]
Jung the Man: Part I: Some Key Events in Jung’s Life “Jung was such an extraordinary man, surely one of our time’s great geniuses.” Charles Lindbergh, 1959[1] The focus of most of the previous essays on this blog site has been on Jung’s ideas. Now the focus shifts to Jung himself. Why […]
A 6 part series on Jung the man – introduction. Please see links below this content to access each essay. “Jung was such an extraordinary man, surely one of our time’s great geniuses.” Charles Lindbergh, 1959 The focus of most of the previous essays on this blog site has been on Jung’s ideas. Now the […]