Mar 29, 2012 | Essays
I use the term enantiodromia for the emergence of the unconscious opposite in the course of time. ...
Feb 29, 2012 | Essays
“Large political and social organizations must not be ends in themselves, but merely temporary expedients. Just as it was felt necessary in America to break up the great Trusts, so the destruction of huge organizations will eventually prove to be a necessity because,...
Jan 14, 2012 | Essays
… the approach of the next Platonic month, namely Aquarius, will constellate the problem of the union of opposites. It will then no longer be possible to write off evil as the mere privation of good; its real existence will have to be recognized. This problem can be...
Dec 30, 2011 | Essays
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...
Dec 1, 2011 | Essays
I have been requested to identify the author of these essays: Sue Mehrtens, founder and President of The Jungian Center. My bio can be found elsewhere on this Web site. Several readers of the blog have asked me to indicate my credentials and background here—how am I...
Sep 30, 2011 | Essays
“… 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 (1950)[1] “[when]… an act of sacrifice takes place,… a process...
