Extracted from the structure of dynamics of the psyche, v. The interpretation of nature and the psyche paperback march 27, 2012. This volume is indispensible for anyone who wants to understand something of jungs psychology and metapsychology. Each subject he covers trails off into an open ended question of the type he admits to evolving into in his dream interpretations. This part can be seen as a kind of command hq, organizing our thoughts, feelings, senses, and intuition, and regulating access to memory. Jungs discovery of the collective unconscious, a psychic inheritance common to all humankind, transformed the understanding of the self and. Nature is not matter only, wrote jung, she is also spirit. The psyche is the greatest of all cosmic wonders and the sine qua non of the world as an object. Jungs discovery of the collective unconscious, a psychic inheritance common to all humankind, transformed the understanding of the self and the way we interpret the world.
Jung believed that the psyche is a selfregulating system, rather like the body, one. Carl jung on psyche anthology carl jung depth psychology. The interpretation of nature and the psyche download. It speaks a lot to what i have been thinking about these days and so i deem it qualifies for a good post. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. The three main ones were the ego, the personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious. Publication date 1969 topics psychoanalysis publisher. The interpretation of nature and the psyche, carl jung carl gustav jung 26 july 1875 6 june 1961 was a swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. He used the analogy of the electromagnetic spectrum to illustrate the difference between the psychoid archetype, as such, and its effects. In this talk we shall look at the nature of the psyche according to jung and illustrate some of the concepts with examples from everyday life.
Jung maintained that the psyche is a selfregulating. That trying to be normal, when this violates our inner nature, is itself a form of pathology. See all 5 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Jung regarded the psychoid archetype as nonpsychic and transcendent. Richard wilhelm, chinese scholar and theologian, told the story of the rainmaker to carl jung while at a gathering of the psychological club in zurich in the 1920s. Up to the seventeenth century, psychology consisted of numerous doctrines concerning the soul, but thinkers spoke from their subjective viewpoint, an attitude that is totally alien to the standpoint of modern science, par. Jung had a hunch that what passed for normality often was the very force which shattered the personality of the patient. I f the soul is really only an idea, this idea has an alarming air of unpredictability about itsomething with qualities no one would ever have imagined. In on the nature of the psyche jung describes this remarkable theory in his own words, and presents a masterly overview of his theories of the unconscious, and its relation to the conscious mind. Click download or read online button to get the interpretation of nature and the psyche book now. Digitizing sponsor internet archive contributor internet archive language english extracted from the structure of dynamics of the psyche, v.
This book is comprised of two of 18 essays of volume 8 of the collected works. Carl jung believed that the quality of ones life is very much a function of the manner in which this natural process unfolds. Continue reading the interpretation of nature and the psyche. A short essay by carl jung describing the structure of the psyche, in terms of conscious and unconscious components and processes. Another and longer essay, on the nature of the psyche first version. Jungs discovery of the collective unconscious, a psyc. I do not believe jung makes this explicit statement anywhere in his collected works.
The archetypes, in themselves, cannot be known by the conscious mind. Industrialized monocultures conceal the character of our alienation from nature and, thus, prevent the emergence of effective solutions. According to jung, the ego represents the conscious mind while the personal unconscious contains memories including those that have been suppressed. Unit 2702, nuo centre 2a jiangtai road, chaoyang district beijing 16, p. I will discuss how nature mirrored my own internal landscape and how that informed me in a depth psychological way. On the nature of the psyche princeton university press. The book consists of two essays on psychic energy and on the nature of. Insists on personal nature of the psyche freud and adler it is a psychology of the person, and causal factors are regarded almost wholly as personal in nature instincts are regarded as personal psychology is based on certain general biological factors ex. The nature of the psyche and the nature of carl jung merge in this book.
Jung is the founder of analytical psychology and is one of the best known researchers in the field of dream interpretation and. On the nature of the psyche by carl gustav jung, a spiritual. In his final version of the synchronicity essay, jung wrote that the archetype represents psychic probability italics in original. The interpretation of nature and the psyche oregon. Jungs work was influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philosophy, and religious studies. On the nature of the psyche by carl gustav jung, a. Like every theorist, his perspective was shaped by his own views on the nature of humanity. Jung published a paradoxical hypothesis on synchronicity that marked an attempt to expand the western worlds conception of the relationship between nature and the psyche. Nature and psyche argues that psychological and environmental writing and action are all too often colonized by the same assumptions that inhibit ecological and cultural diversity.
Jung describes the energy generated by this opposition as disposable psychic energy, and gives it the term libido, another word for which is will. Carl jung is the man who rappelled into the depths of the cavern of the collective unconscious to explore the nature of human personality. Pdf epub on the nature of the psyche from collected. The self, according to jung, was the sum total of the psyche, with all its potential included. Get the transcript and find links to the paintings used in the video. Like freud and erikson jung regarded the psyche as made up of a number of separate but interacting systems. The tremendous complexity of psychic phenomena led jung to the belief that attempts to formulate a comprehensive theory of the psyche were doomed to failure. According to jung, the human collective unconscious is populated by instincts, as well as by archetypes.
While he was influenced by the genderbased thinking of his time, jung recognised that the masculine aspects of the psyche such as autonomy, separateness, and aggression were not superior to the feminine aspects such as nurturance, relatedness, and empathy. And now ive finished reading them yet again, several years after my first foray and after much more reading and personal growth. Jung did not rule out the spiritual, despite the biological basis he described the personality as having. He points out that writing a conscious activity about. On the nature of the psyche from collected works vol. Will denotes consciousness, so jung concludes that psyche, that which is contained within the opposites of. To let you know that i am still breathing, im adding this piece that i recently wrote for the school of lost borders webpage. Also contained in this collection is on psychic energy, where jung defends his interpretation of the libido. Jung, 9780415253918, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. It is a story that so impressed jung that throughout the rest of his life he repeated it as often as he could, sometimes annoying his audience with the endless retelling.
If we think too highly of ourselves, the compensatory nature of the psyche will bring forth dreams that bring us back down into our depths. Extracted from the structure and dynamics of the psyche, vol. Also contained in this collection is on psychic energy, where jung defends his interpretation of the libido, a key factor in the breakdown of his. An acausal connecting principle editorial note translators note. Jung 2002 stated nature is not matter only, she is also spirit p. For example, nature and psyche are similar in three distinct ways. It wants original experience and not assumptions, though it is willing to make use of all the existing assumptions as a means to this end, including those of the recognized religions. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In on the nature of the psyche jung describes this remarkable. It has been nearly a year since ive published any new posts on this blog. Wolfgang pauli, carl jung, and the acausal connecting. Jungs psychology with the psyche and the behavioral. Carl jungs concept of humanity and theory of personality. First, as described above, the creative psyche is always in.
In the psychiatric hospital, he wondered why psychiatrists were not interested in what their patients had to say. For jung, the nature of the psyche derives from its containment within the opposites of biological instinct and archetypal spirit. Handout on carl gustav jung sonoma state university. Anne di lauro has been studying jung for nearly 40 years, both overseas and in australia.
Carl gustav jung 18751961 and wolfgang ernst pauli 1900 1958 were two of the greatest thinkers of modern times. I am writing to share an idea for a new book series i have in mind and to ask for your input and suggestions for it. Establishing the nature of jungts psyche it is the nature of jungs work that until a kind of definitive understanding of it has been hammered out, it needs the persp,ctive that reference to his personal life will grant, for his work is grounded in the nature of his psyche. In on the nature of the psyche jung describes this remarkable theory in his own words, and presents a masterly overview of h. To jung, the ego was the center of the field of consciousness, the part of the psyche where our conscious awareness resides, our sense of identity and existence. The collective unconscious is a unique component in that jung believed that this part of the psyche served as a form of psychological inheritance. Read download on the nature of the psyche pdf pdf download. Jungs model of the psyche society of analytical psychology. The deep consideration of acausality is a somewhat disorientating experience, despite it being very simple in principle.