by Joseph Lee | Oct 13, 2022 | Personal Issues, Therapy Related
Photo Credit: Cesar Carlevarino-Aragon via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_235-OCD.mp3 Obsessions are unwanted, intrusive thoughts; compulsions are unwarranted, involuntary behaviors. Though different, they often go together, for compulsions...
by Joseph Lee | Oct 6, 2022 | Archetypal
Photo Credit: Alex Person via Unsplash AUDIO https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_234-Volcano.mp3 Volcanoes appear in our myths, movies, and dreams. Their awesome destructive power fascinates us and serves as a reminder that we are not in control of nature’s...
by Naomi Adams | Jul 16, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Personal Issues
The root of create, “to bring something into being out of nothing,” echoes divine creation. Ideas arise from mysterious sources, yet creativity is such an intrinsically human function that Jung considered it one of five human instincts, together with...
by Naomi Adams | Jul 9, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical
The religious instinct is as basic as the need for food or shelter. Psyche seeks and selects a central, organizing life principle whether consciously or unconsciously chosen. Secular deities range from food, money, or even science, to the gods of addiction; false...
by Naomi Adams | Jul 2, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Personal Issues, Therapy Related
Jung discovered the psyche’s dissociative nature through his Word Association Test. Subjects would delay or make nonsensical responses to ordinary words associated with troublesome personal memories or traumas. Dissociation, our autonomous psychic...