aDoseOfJungian
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Exploring Carl Jung’s psychology, anima/animus, and the unconscious. Inspiring personal growth and balance by embracing both masculine & feminine energies.
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Consciousness is continually widened through the confrontation with previously unconscious contents—or, to be more accurate, could be widened if it took the trouble to integrate them.
—C.G. Jung, Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche
—C.G. Jung, Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche
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“Nations have their own peculiar psychology, and in the same way they also have their own particular kind of psychopathology.”
– Jung, Civilisation in Transition
Every nation carries a collective psyche, prone to both creativity and collapse. Recognizing this is crucial for self-awareness.
January 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
“Nations have their own peculiar psychology, and in the same way they also have their own particular kind of psychopathology.”
– Jung, Civilisation in Transition
Every nation carries a collective psyche, prone to both creativity and collapse. Recognizing this is crucial for self-awareness.
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“A mass always produces a ‘Leader,’ who infallibly becomes the victim of his own inflated ego-consciousness.” (Jung, The Undiscovered Self)
Leaders of the masses are prisoners of their own illusions.
Leaders of the masses are prisoners of their own illusions.
January 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
“A mass always produces a ‘Leader,’ who infallibly becomes the victim of his own inflated ego-consciousness.” (Jung, The Undiscovered Self)
Leaders of the masses are prisoners of their own illusions.
Leaders of the masses are prisoners of their own illusions.
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America does not see that it is in any danger. It does not understand that it is facing its most tragic moment: a moment in which it must make a choice to master its machines or be devoured by them—and since it does not know this, I would not want to hurt it.
— C.G. Jung, C.G. Jung Speaks
— C.G. Jung, C.G. Jung Speaks
January 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
America does not see that it is in any danger. It does not understand that it is facing its most tragic moment: a moment in which it must make a choice to master its machines or be devoured by them—and since it does not know this, I would not want to hurt it.
— C.G. Jung, C.G. Jung Speaks
— C.G. Jung, C.G. Jung Speaks
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Some thoughts are like seeds—underdeveloped and fragile. They first need time to grow into their infant form within the mind before they can be shared. #JungianPsychology #SelfImprovement
December 4, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Some thoughts are like seeds—underdeveloped and fragile. They first need time to grow into their infant form within the mind before they can be shared. #JungianPsychology #SelfImprovement
Life demands risk and the anima ensures we take it. Like Eve offering the forbidden fruit, she compels us to fall, to entangle ourselves in existence, because only through struggle and experience does the soul truly live. #CarlJung
March 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Life demands risk and the anima ensures we take it. Like Eve offering the forbidden fruit, she compels us to fall, to entangle ourselves in existence, because only through struggle and experience does the soul truly live. #CarlJung
The anima is not the soul of dogma but an archetype, a primal force shaping our moods, impulses, and spontaneous life. It is not something we create. It exists a priori, a hidden presence guiding the currents of the unconscious. #CarlJung
March 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The anima is not the soul of dogma but an archetype, a primal force shaping our moods, impulses, and spontaneous life. It is not something we create. It exists a priori, a hidden presence guiding the currents of the unconscious. #CarlJung
The soul is not a static essence but a living force, quick, twinkling, and ever changing. Like a butterfly, the anima lures us into life, setting traps and illusions to pull us from inertia into experience. Without her, man would rot in idleness. #CarlJung
March 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The soul is not a static essence but a living force, quick, twinkling, and ever changing. Like a butterfly, the anima lures us into life, setting traps and illusions to pull us from inertia into experience. Without her, man would rot in idleness. #CarlJung
Why do people across cultures tell the same myths and dream the same symbols?
Because beneath our personal experiences lies the collective unconscious—a universal, inherited layer of the psyche where archetypes shape our thoughts, dreams, and myths across time and culture. #CarlJung
Because beneath our personal experiences lies the collective unconscious—a universal, inherited layer of the psyche where archetypes shape our thoughts, dreams, and myths across time and culture. #CarlJung
March 5, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Why do people across cultures tell the same myths and dream the same symbols?
Because beneath our personal experiences lies the collective unconscious—a universal, inherited layer of the psyche where archetypes shape our thoughts, dreams, and myths across time and culture. #CarlJung
Because beneath our personal experiences lies the collective unconscious—a universal, inherited layer of the psyche where archetypes shape our thoughts, dreams, and myths across time and culture. #CarlJung
The hero is both seeker and treasure, father and child. In the unification of archetypes lies the secret of the self. Are you the hero of your own myth? #Individuation #Jung
January 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The hero is both seeker and treasure, father and child. In the unification of archetypes lies the secret of the self. Are you the hero of your own myth? #Individuation #Jung
The hero’s battle is not with dragons, but with the shadows of the parents—the father who blocks, the mother who consumes. To be reborn, one must face both. Are you ready to fight? #HeroJourney #Jung
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The hero’s battle is not with dragons, but with the shadows of the parents—the father who blocks, the mother who consumes. To be reborn, one must face both. Are you ready to fight? #HeroJourney #Jung
Hidden in the depths of the unconscious lies the "treasure hard to attain"—a shimmering pearl of transformation. Do you dare to seek what the psyche conceals? #Jung #Individuation
January 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hidden in the depths of the unconscious lies the "treasure hard to attain"—a shimmering pearl of transformation. Do you dare to seek what the psyche conceals? #Jung #Individuation
Life calls us to independence, yet the conscious mind often clings to the familiar. To fulfill our destiny, we must gather the libido—the energy of life—and step into the unknown. The psyche thrives in the struggle. #JungianPsychology
January 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Life calls us to independence, yet the conscious mind often clings to the familiar. To fulfill our destiny, we must gather the libido—the energy of life—and step into the unknown. The psyche thrives in the struggle. #JungianPsychology
The animus/anima often carries what we fear to embrace in ourselves—boldness, surrender, or decisive action. Projection keeps us safe, but integration sets us free. The call to wholeness demands courage. #Jung #ShadowWork
January 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The animus/anima often carries what we fear to embrace in ourselves—boldness, surrender, or decisive action. Projection keeps us safe, but integration sets us free. The call to wholeness demands courage. #Jung #ShadowWork
The path to independence requires sacrificing the comfort of childhood ties. True growth begins when we confront the unconscious and break free from the "infantile surroundings" that hold us back. #JungianPsychology
January 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The path to independence requires sacrificing the comfort of childhood ties. True growth begins when we confront the unconscious and break free from the "infantile surroundings" that hold us back. #JungianPsychology
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Alchemy is a profession of marginals; those at the edge. Those who live from their own fires, sweating it out, self-sustaining their own temperatures which may be at variance with the collective climate.~James Hillman, 𝘈𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺
January 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Alchemy is a profession of marginals; those at the edge. Those who live from their own fires, sweating it out, self-sustaining their own temperatures which may be at variance with the collective climate.~James Hillman, 𝘈𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺
“Man must remain conscious of the world of the archetypes, because in it he is still a part of Nature and is connected with his own roots.” C.G. Jung
To sever ties with archetypes is to exile ourselves from the primal currents that nourish our being. #CarlJung
To sever ties with archetypes is to exile ourselves from the primal currents that nourish our being. #CarlJung
January 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“Man must remain conscious of the world of the archetypes, because in it he is still a part of Nature and is connected with his own roots.” C.G. Jung
To sever ties with archetypes is to exile ourselves from the primal currents that nourish our being. #CarlJung
To sever ties with archetypes is to exile ourselves from the primal currents that nourish our being. #CarlJung
Jung: „The mother-love which is one of the most moving and unforgettable memories of our lives…lovingly tender and yet cruel like fate, joyous and untiring giver of life.”
The mother archetype is both solace and storm—a paradox of creation and destruction that shapes the human soul. #CarlJung
The mother archetype is both solace and storm—a paradox of creation and destruction that shapes the human soul. #CarlJung
January 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Jung: „The mother-love which is one of the most moving and unforgettable memories of our lives…lovingly tender and yet cruel like fate, joyous and untiring giver of life.”
The mother archetype is both solace and storm—a paradox of creation and destruction that shapes the human soul. #CarlJung
The mother archetype is both solace and storm—a paradox of creation and destruction that shapes the human soul. #CarlJung
Jung: “Her life is lived in and through others, in more or less complete identification with all the objects of her care.”
The woman who sacrifices her individuality to motherhood may lose her soul while clinging to her role. #CarlJung
The woman who sacrifices her individuality to motherhood may lose her soul while clinging to her role. #CarlJung
January 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Jung: “Her life is lived in and through others, in more or less complete identification with all the objects of her care.”
The woman who sacrifices her individuality to motherhood may lose her soul while clinging to her role. #CarlJung
The woman who sacrifices her individuality to motherhood may lose her soul while clinging to her role. #CarlJung
Jung: “The mother is the first feminine being with whom the man-to-be comes in contact.”
Every man’s perception of the feminine begins with his mother, shaping his anima for better or worse. #CarlJung
Every man’s perception of the feminine begins with his mother, shaping his anima for better or worse. #CarlJung
January 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Jung: “The mother is the first feminine being with whom the man-to-be comes in contact.”
Every man’s perception of the feminine begins with his mother, shaping his anima for better or worse. #CarlJung
Every man’s perception of the feminine begins with his mother, shaping his anima for better or worse. #CarlJung
Jung: “In Don Juanism, he unconsciously seeks his mother in every woman he meets.”
The man enchanted by Don Juanism is not a lover of women but a captive of an unfulfilled longing for the original feminine. #CarlJung
The man enchanted by Don Juanism is not a lover of women but a captive of an unfulfilled longing for the original feminine. #CarlJung
January 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Jung: “In Don Juanism, he unconsciously seeks his mother in every woman he meets.”
The man enchanted by Don Juanism is not a lover of women but a captive of an unfulfilled longing for the original feminine. #CarlJung
The man enchanted by Don Juanism is not a lover of women but a captive of an unfulfilled longing for the original feminine. #CarlJung
Jung: “In the daughter, the mother-complex leads either to a hypertrophy of the feminine side or to its atrophy.”
The mother archetype amplifies or suppresses a daughter’s instincts, leaving her either over-identified with care or estranged from it. #CarlJung
The mother archetype amplifies or suppresses a daughter’s instincts, leaving her either over-identified with care or estranged from it. #CarlJung
January 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Jung: “In the daughter, the mother-complex leads either to a hypertrophy of the feminine side or to its atrophy.”
The mother archetype amplifies or suppresses a daughter’s instincts, leaving her either over-identified with care or estranged from it. #CarlJung
The mother archetype amplifies or suppresses a daughter’s instincts, leaving her either over-identified with care or estranged from it. #CarlJung
Jung: “The effects of a mother-complex on the son may be seen in the ideology of the Cybele and Attis type: self-castration, madness, and early death.”
When the mother archetype dominates, the son’s masculinity is wounded by myths of servitude to a consuming maternal force. #CarlJung
When the mother archetype dominates, the son’s masculinity is wounded by myths of servitude to a consuming maternal force. #CarlJung
January 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Jung: “The effects of a mother-complex on the son may be seen in the ideology of the Cybele and Attis type: self-castration, madness, and early death.”
When the mother archetype dominates, the son’s masculinity is wounded by myths of servitude to a consuming maternal force. #CarlJung
When the mother archetype dominates, the son’s masculinity is wounded by myths of servitude to a consuming maternal force. #CarlJung
Recognizing the flaws in your personal shadow is hard enough, but to face its archetypal depths—the absolute evil within—is a rare ordeal that can shatter the foundations of your being. #CarlJung
January 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Recognizing the flaws in your personal shadow is hard enough, but to face its archetypal depths—the absolute evil within—is a rare ordeal that can shatter the foundations of your being. #CarlJung
Parts of the shadow remain untouchable, resisting every attempt at control. These stubborn fragments hide in the projections we refuse to see—requiring not just insight, but extraordinary moral courage to reclaim.
January 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Parts of the shadow remain untouchable, resisting every attempt at control. These stubborn fragments hide in the projections we refuse to see—requiring not just insight, but extraordinary moral courage to reclaim.
Man is an enigma to himself, unable to fully grasp his own psyche. Without an external mirror, self-knowledge remains incomplete—a puzzle unique to human existence. #CarlJung
January 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Man is an enigma to himself, unable to fully grasp his own psyche. Without an external mirror, self-knowledge remains incomplete—a puzzle unique to human existence. #CarlJung