Apr 29, 2015 | Essays
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. The Unconscious Will...
Mar 30, 2015 | Essays
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 One-Sidedness...
Feb 26, 2015 | Essays
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. The Value of...
Jan 30, 2015 | Essays
… I regard the attitude of the unconscious as compensatory to consciousness… Jung (1921)[1] Compensation… as the term implies, means balancing and comparing different data or points of view so as to produce an adjustment or a rectification. Jung (1945)[2] The...
Jan 7, 2015 | Essays
… I am often classed among the Gnostics…. Jung (1952)[1] Some while ago… I was characterized as ‘unspiritual.’… another utterance from an authoritative theological source [accuses] me of agnosticism—the exact opposite of Gnosticism. Jung (1952)[2] As a philosopher and...
Nov 30, 2014 | Essays
Experiencing the Mortificatio: Jung on Grief, Grieving and Mourning No new life can arise, say the alchemists, without the death of the old. They liken the art to the work of the sower, who buries the grain in the earth: it dies only to waken to new life. Jung...
