Carl Gustav Jung sometimes, believed himself to be the
- middle-aged doctor who talked to the great-grandson of Goethe
woman from within PARENTS: Johann Paul Jung- minister in Memories, Dreams, Reflections the Swiss Reformed Church AUTOBIOGRAPHY- confrontation with Emilie Preiswerk Jung- daughter of a the unconscious. -theologian. jungs mothers family had a tradition of spiritualism and mysticism, Overview of Analytical Psychology maternal grandmother- Samuel analytical psychology- rests on the Preiswerk assumption that occult phenomena - believer in the occult and often can and do influence the lives of talked to the dead. everyone. Father- sentimental idealist with strong -each of us is motivated not only by doubts about his religious faith. repressed experiences but also by Mother- realistic, practical, and certain emotionally toned experiences warmhearted; unstable, mystical, inherited from our ancestors. clairvoyant, archaic, and ruthless-- No. collective unconscious- includes 2 those elements that we have never or night personality experienced individually but which have come * he felt distrustful whenever the word down to us from our ancestors. love was mentioned- mother was hospitalized- separated from his Archetypes- elements of the mother, collective unconscious become highly developed associated woman with unreliability, the word father meant reliablebut self-realization- most inclusive powerless archetype - can be achieved only by attaining a No. 1 and No. 2 personalities. balance between various opposing - personalities as parts of his own forces of personality. personal world - adolescence he became aware of the * People are both introverted and No. 2 personality as a reflection of extraverted; rational and irrational; something other than himself male and female; conscious and -#2- in touch with feelings and unconscious; and pushed by past intuitions events while being pulled by future expectations. No. 1 personality was extraverted and in tune to the objective world, No. 2 personality was introverted Biography of Carl Jung and directed inward toward his subjective world BIRTHDATE: July 26, 1875 BIRTHPLACE: Kesswil, a town on Lake first choice of a profession was Constance in Switzerland archeology paternal grandfather :elder Carl - had limited financial resources Gustav Jung(physician) - natural science because he twice - formed by our individual dreamed of making important experiences and is therefore unique discoveries in the to each of us natural world -- narrowed to - can be recalled easily, some medicine.=psychiatrist remembered with difficulty, and still others are beyond the reach of Basel University- completed medical consciousness degree Complexes- - Contents of the personal unconscious He became psychiatric assistant to - an emotionally toned conglomeration Eugene Bleuler at Burghltzli Mental of associated ideas Hospital in Zrich, - are largely personal, but they may WIFE: Emma Rauschenbach- also be partly derived from humanitys sophisticated woman from a wealthy collective experience. Swiss family - the mother complex is partly formed by a persons conscious image of mother - complexes may be partly conscious - regarded him as a man of great and may stem from both the personal intellect. and the collective unconscious - first presidentof the International - complexes are individualized Psychoanalytic Association. components of the personal unconscious Levels of the Psyche 1. Conscious--images are those that are sensed by the ego UNCONSCIOUS- elements have no relationship with the ego 3. Collective Unconscious Ego- saw the ego as the center of - has roots in the ancestral past of the consciousness, but must be completed entire species by the more comprehensive self, the - represents Jungs most controversial, center of personality that is largely and perhaps his most distinctive, unconscious concept - physical contents of the collective Psychologically healthy- ego takes unconscious are inherited and pass secondary position to the unconscious from one generation to the next as self psychic potential - the contents of the collective Healthy individuals are in contact with unconscious are more or less the same their conscious world, but they also for people in all cultures allow themselves to experience their - do not lie dormant but are active and unconscious self and thus to achieve influence a persons thoughts, individuation. emotions, and actions. - responsible for peoples many myths, legends, and religious beliefs 2. Personal Unconscious - produces big dreams, that is, - embraces all repressed, forgotten, or dreams with meaning beyond the subliminally perceived experiences of individual dreamer and that are filled one particular individual with significance for people of every each with a life and a personality of its time and place own. - does not refer to inherited ideas but rather to humans innate tendency to ARCHETYPES: react in a particular way whenever persona their experiences stimulate a shadow biologically inherited response anima tendency. animus - forms without content, representing great mother merely the possibility of a certain type wise old man of perception and action hero - With more repetition these forms self begin to develop some content and to emerge as relatively autonomous A.PERSONA- side of personality that archetypes. people show to the world; refers to the mask worn by actors in the early 4. Archetypes theater. - ancient or archaic images that derive -concept of the persona may have from the collective unconscious. originated from experiences with his - similar to complexes in that they are No. 1 personality, which had to make emotionally toned collections of accommodations to the outside world associated images. - we should not confuse our public - generalized and derive from the face with our complete self. contents of the collective unconscious. - we must acknowledge society, but if - the psychic counterpart to an instinct we over identify with our persona, we Instinct- unconscious physical lose touch with our inner self and impulse toward action remain dependent on societys - both archetypes and instincts are expectations of us. unconsciously determined - we must strike a balance between - have a biological basis but originate the demands of society and what we through the repeated experiences of truly are. humans early ancestors - To be oblivious of ones persona is to - The potential for countless numbers underestimate the importance of of archetypes exists within each society, but to be unaware of ones person, and when a personal deep individuality is to become experience corresponds to the latent societys puppet primordial image, the archetype becomes activated. B.SHADOW- the archetype of - Dreams are the main source of darkness and repression, represents archetypal material those qualities we - hallucinations of psychotic patients do not wish to acknowledge but also offered evidence for universal attempt to hide from ourselves and archetypes others - Jung placed primary emphasis on the - consists of morally objectionable collective unconscious and used tendencies as well as a number of personal experiences to round out the constructive and creative qualities total personality that we, nevertheless, are reluctant to - the collective unconscious into face autonomous forces called archetypes, - to be whole, we must continually - If a woman is dominated by her strive to know our shadow and that animus, no logical or emotional appeal this quest is our first test of courage can shake her from her prefabricated - To come to grips with the darkness beliefs. within ourselves is to achieve the realization of the shadow. E. GREAT MOTHER - Two other archetypes, the great C. ANIMA- all humans are mother and the wise old man, are psychologically bisexual and possess derivatives of the both a masculine and a feminine side. anima and animus. - feminine side of men originates in - Represents two opposing forces the Fertility and nourishment (capable of collective unconscious as an archetype producing and sustaining life) and remains extremely resistant to symbolized by a tree, garden, plowed consciousness. field, sea, heaven, home, country, - this task requires great courage and church, and hollow objects such as is even more difficult than becoming ovens and cooking utensils acquainted with their shadow. power and destruction (devour or - men must overcome intellectual neglect her offspring) barriers, delve into the far recesses of - godmother, the Mother of God, their unconscious, and realize the Mother Nature, Mother Earth, a feminine side of their personality. stepmother, or a witch - The process of gaining acquaintance - Jung saw his own mother as having with his anima was Jungs second test two personalitiesone loving and of courage. nurturing; the other uncanny, archaic, - Jung could recognize his anima only and ruthless. after - believed that our view of a personal learning to feel comfortable with his loving and terrible mother is largely shadow overrated. - anima originated from early mens Rebirth- Fertility and power combine; experiences with womenmothers, represented by such processes as sisters, and loversthat combined to reincarnation, baptism, resurrection, form a generalized picture of woman. and individuation or self-realization. - anima influences the feeling side in People throughout the world are man and is the explanation for certain moved by a desire to be reborn: that irrational moods and feelings. is, to reach self-realization, nirvana, heaven, or perfection D. ANIMUS- masculine archetype in women F. WISE OLD MAN - symbolic of thinking and - archetype of wisdom and meaning reasoning. - symbolizes humans preexisting - belongs to the collective unconscious knowledge of the mysteries of life and originates from the encounters of - unconscious and cannot be directly prehistoric women with men experienced by a single individual - explanation for the irrational thinking - Political, religious, and social and illogical opinions often attributed prophets who appeal to reason as well to women. as emotion are guided by this - animus appears in dreams, visions, unconscious archetype and fantasies in a personified form. - personified in dreams as father, wholeness, but its ultimate symbol is grandfather, teacher, philosopher, the guru, doctor, or priest mandala- depicted as a circle within a - fairy tales as the king, sage, or the square, a square within a circle, or any magician who comes to the aid of the other concentric figurerepresents troubled protagonist, through superior the strivings of the collective wisdom, he helps the protagonist unconscious for unity, balance, and escape from myriad misadventures wholeness.--represents perfect self, - also symbolized by life itself the archetype of order, unity, and totality G. HERO- - The self includes both personal and represented in mythology and legends collective unconscious images and as a powerful person, sometimes part thus god, who fights against great odds to should not be confused with the ego, conquer or vanquish evil in the form of which represents consciousness only. dragons, monsters, serpents, or - people who are overpowered by their demons. unconscious are often pathological, - the hero often is undone by some with one-sided personalities seemingly insignificant person or - each person has in the collective event unconscious a concept of the perfect, - serving as our model for the ideal unified self. personality - the hero is symbolically overcoming the - self-realization completeness and darkness of prehuman wholeness> represented by the same unconsciousness symbol of perfection (the mandala) -achievement of consciousness was that sometimes signifies divinity one - self appears as an ideal personality, of our ancestors greatest sometimes taking the form of Jesus accomplishments, and the image of Christ, Buddha, Krishna, or other the archetypal conquering deified figures. hero represents victory over the - forces of darkness.
H. SELF- inherited tendency to move
toward growth, perfection, and completion, and he called this innate disposition-SELF - most comprehensive of all archetypes - archetype of archetypes because it pulls together the other archetypes and unites them in the process of self- realization. - possesses conscious and personal unconscious components, but it is mostly formed by collective unconscious images. - symbolized by a persons ideas of perfection, completion, and