Jung's Shadow and Enlightenment

[mandalatrance]

Jung created a bridge between mysticism and science, gradually we are realising the truth of his words.

[JohananRaatz]

Penrose, Bohm, and the hidden physics of synchronicity: watch?v=qAjC81MUe_I

[JohananRaatz]

Penrose, Bohm, and the hidden physics of synchronicity: watch?v=qAjC81MUe_I

[ThePoltergueist]

House of Jung in Lake Zurich; youtube.com/watch?v=76u3zAxZJh­M

[kobevsjordan310]

I am having to watch this for my English class this Fall. I really enjoyed it. Thanks!

[jayel71]

love the man

[Gemendelos]

Carl Jung has been writing many interesting things.I like his ways of describing the person as consisting of many layers,the persona(the mask),anima ,animus,the shadow part,the hero and the self. I think the ideas about the self is most fascinating.I really like what i have read with this person.

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[123serioussam]

i searched carl jung quotes, and dam this vid has all i could want, glad to see there are a lot others interested by his theories and dreams, cool. :)

[capkarr]

Thank you for doing this. Good work...

[harpereleanorj]

What a beautiful video and lovely selection of quotes. Thanks.

[blackmajek]

Beautiful and brilliant

[gamejunky741]

my mother gave me a book on dreams when i was a child but considering it was a college book i could not make heads or tails of it however i found the archypes to be paticuraly intresting

[bobbygnosis]

Funny - the moment I clicked on the title I had the TOOL song go through my head and then I saw that this was a reply to the very same song. That makes me feel slightly douchy.

[neofuturist23]

do not worry, feeling douchy (don' t know exactly but i guess you think of it as 'not socially acceptable') .. so feeling douchy from time to time is actually good... I would say you should be amazed and grateful to get answer to questions , just a click away, think about it .... best regards...

[bobbygnosis]

I'm not too worried about it. I just think its funny. I may or may not be a douche bag. I may or may not think things that are real. I feel as though I am not my mind and my mind is not me. All thoughts passing through my head are just that: thoughts passing through.

I do like that I can "click away" to an answer. Its painfully obvious to me now that I'm far more ignorant than I ever thought I would be. The answer, though, isn't as much fun as the search.

Cheers.

[themeaningoflife38]

good stuff

[HecticHeretic]

Awesome video!

Do a search for one called:

"Evil, Moral Relativism, and the Shadow"

[anarchonism]

thank you

[duduvictor]

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes"

That's just awesomely true.

[alenawww]

this is great, thank you for posting!

[alexd181]

You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it :D

[Darrell861]

@alexd181 My favorite quote from Jung: "I have come to the conclusion that I do not understand anyone well enough to interpret their dreams (Man And His Symbols, p. 42)." Huh? Jung wrote this near the end of his life having spent decades fooling people into believing that he in fact did have the ability to interpret dreams. He did so as a licensed psychiatrist, not some sorcerer or soothsayer. Psychiatrists cannot claim to have credentials or abilities that they do not posess. It's unethical.

[alexd181]

@Darrell861 I like that one Darell :)

[ardneish]

@alexd181 So do I

[ardneish]

@alexd181 So do I

[Darrell861]

@alexd181 The title says it all. It's "Jung's Shadow". In other words, he invented the concept. Only Jungians use the term. Most people have no idea who he is. The Shadow does not exist outside Jungian psychology.

[freudian456]

@Darrell861 So by your thinking, evolution doesnt exist out side of evolutionary science, the laws of physics doesnt exist outside of the physics, or skinner's operant training doesnt exist outside of his followers. You have to be one of the biggest idiots on this forum....

[Darrell861]

@freudian456 Jung spent his career tacking between biology and psychology. Confusing the two is a category error. Also, confusing psychology and physics is a category error. Jung says that some dreams compensate for waking life. Dreams have nothing to do with thermodynamics.

[freudian456]

@Darrell861 its an analogous argument you dunce.

[Darrell861]

@freudian456 Jung created the illusion that what he was saying about dream interpretation is based on science. The only thing less scientific than dream interpretation is playing the kazoo. Analogies comprise part of a PSAT test.

[freudian456]

@Darrell861 your mother comprises a part of the PSAT test.

[Darrell861]

@freudian456 Marie-Louise von Franz said that dream interpretation is a science. Clarissa Estes said that dream interpretation is an art, not a science. There is no right or wrong to art. This means that the interpreter can make a dream mean what she or he wants it to mean. Jung and his followers can't get their story straight on just what constitutes dream interpretation.

[veeho14]

He repeatedly stated in his works that dream interpretation was NOT scientific. Why don't you read some Jung before you comment.



[ezraloomis]

@Darrell861 He was expressing the truth and humility--but he was able to guide people through the process of beginning to understand their dreams. He did not have a pat formula. Dream work is very important in exploring the psyche and bringing unconscious motivations to light in order to integrate the Self. As a licensed psychotherapist, I see no breach of ethics whatsoever. If that were the case, there would be many who are guilty. As a mental health practitioner, I don't understand your point.

[Darrell861]

@ezraloomis Jung did not guide people through the process of dream interpretation. He made dreams mean what he wanted. Twice he used his unilateral interpretations as a basis for diagnosis (MDR 134-36, MAHS 59-60; specifically p. 63). In neither case did he inform the dreamer of his diagnosis. The second case was fatal. Jung breaks the Hippocratic Oath. Mary Ann Mattoon's "Applied Dream Analysis: A Jungian Approach" is riddled with case studies where Jung interpreted dreams unilaterally.

[Darrell861]

@ezraloomis Jung comments on "...why the ordinary person finds dreams so difficult to understand." (MAHS p.27) He groups himself and other Jungians as distinct from ordinary people. Marie Louise von Franz says "It is not a good idea to interpret one's own dreams." Interpretation is a professional skill not to be left to the man on the street. James Hall says that he selects which dreams from the client's journal will be discussed, and that Jungians are "particularly strong" at interpretation.

[Darrell861]

@ezraloomis Daryl Sharp, editor of Inner City Books, has said, "If you think you've understood the meaning of a dream immediately upon waking, chances are you are mistaken." The thrust of Jungian dream interpretation is that it is the dominion of Jung and his followers and not the person who experienced the dream. "At that time [1907] I analyzed at least 4000 dreams a year." That comes out to 11 dreams a day for 730 consecutive days. This is a logistical impossibility, and Jung is lying.

[Darrell861]

@ezraloomis As a mental health practioner, you must confine your comments to questions like, "What does the dream mean for you?" If you suggest meanings of dream images, you are straying into unethical territory. It's fine if a biblical sorcerer or prophet wants to interpret dreams,. It's fine if your neighbor Marge invites you over for coffee and dream interpretation. But a licensed professional cannot claim to have qualifications which he does not have. Sorcerers were never licensed.

[greg39603]

@Darrell861

The trip is that you yourself interpret the dream, which is about you most of the time, yours..the only thing that the therapist can do is to trigger that ability in you.and suggest archetypal themes common to a series of dreams..that you miss..

greg58

[Darrell861]

@greg39603 Jung never triggered any dreamer's ability to interpret his dream. All of his interpretations were done unilaterally with no dialogue from the dreamer whatsoever. In 1978 Mary Ann Mattoon, PhD wrote "Applied Dream Analysis: A Jungian Approach." She sifted 726 cases of dream interpretation presented by Jung. Of the ones she cites not one has to do with the dreamer interpreting his own dream as a result of what you call "triggering." Jung made dreams mean what he wanted them to mean.

[veeho14]

He says this in order to always remind himself that the dream belongs to the dreamer and that the interpretation comes from the dreamer himself (an individual). Therefore all dream theory must be set aside when dealing with the dreams of an individual. This is quite obvious if you actually READ the passage!!

[moooingcow]

very good Alex

[cosmanthony21]

Yup, by many standards he could be considered mad. I liked his collected works, and a good video to you sir.