Jung on Fate, Destiny and Vocation

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 and Others on Narcissism

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...

Is All Lost If We Are Going Backwards? Jung on Regression

“Regression… means a linking back with the world of natural instincts.” Jung (1950)[1] “… regression is not necessarily a retrograde step in the sense of a backwards development or degeneration, but rather represents a necessary phase of...

Jung on Politics

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 Modern Technology

This essay is an excerpt from C.G. Jung’s Wisdom for Our Time, a collection of essays examining Jung’s thoughts on aspects of our current reality. “… technology,… is based on a specifically rationalistic differentiation of consciousness which tends to repress all...