Jung on Astrology

“Astrology and other methods of divination may certainly be called the science of antiquity.” Jung (1931)[1] “Certain mantic procedures seem to have died out, but astrology, which in our own day has attained an eminence never known before, remains...

Gems from Alchemical Studies CW 13 Part II

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Gems from “Alchemical Studies” CW 13 Part I

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.  Honesty, as well as professional...

Jung on Delusion

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Jung on Truth

“It is of course a fundamental mistake to imagine that when we see the non-value in a value or the untruth in a truth, the value or the truth ceases to exist. It has only become relative. Everything human is relative, because everything rests on an inner...

Jung on the Instincts and the Religious Impulse

“… the understanding of religion [of the man of today] is made considerably more difficult owing to the lack of explanations… If, despite this, he has still not discarded all his religious convictions, this is because the religious impulse rests on an instinctive...