Category: Carl Jung

What drives people to war with themselves is the suspicion or the knowledge that they consist of two persons in opposition to one another. The conflict may be between the sensual and the spiritual man, or between the ego and the shadow. Carl Gustav Jung, CW11, Par 522 Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung observed that whatever […]

Hello everyone! October 2019 is over, which means that it’s time for the next Q&A. As most of you know, there’s a Patreon edition and a public edition. In this public edition, I’ll talk about the effect of the Internet in regards to the shadow, which is a concept in Jungian psychology. Now, I’ve received […]

Conscious and unconscious do not make a whole when one of them is suppressed and injured by the other. If they must contend, let it at least be a fair fight with equal rights on both sides. Both are aspects of life. Carl Gustav Jung, CW IX, The Archetypes And The Collective Unconscious, p 522. […]

Negative thinking can really impede one’s ability to lead a fulfilling life. When everything is wrong with the world and nothing is worth pursuing; what’s the point in life, really?  Even though a positive mindset is generally more preferable than a negative one, there’s also a dark side to the whole ‘positivity culture’ we see […]

I want to dedicate this public Q&A to a question I got from Zugzwang Zwischenzug1 in the comment section: What are some examples of this “shadow”? Zugzwang Now, I think that there’s a lot to say about this because the shadow can manifest itself in many ways. I should also add that not everything that […]

When I look at the people around me, especially on social media, and also when I look at my own life and the way I’ve presented myself to the world so far, it seems like in current society we are excessively concerned with our self-image.  But, even though we might think we’ve figured ourselves out, […]