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.
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
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
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
“Even the dictator knows the power of ritual, staging his decrees with pomp and terror. Yet these spectacles, unlike sacred rites, fail to shield the individual from the chaos within.” #CarlJung
January 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
“Even the dictator knows the power of ritual, staging his decrees with pomp and terror. Yet these spectacles, unlike sacred rites, fail to shield the individual from the chaos within.” #CarlJung
“Rational insight into the dangers of mass-mindedness is insufficient. Without the force of transcendent experience, the individual is inevitably consumed by the collective.” #CarlJung
January 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
“Rational insight into the dangers of mass-mindedness is insufficient. Without the force of transcendent experience, the individual is inevitably consumed by the collective.” #CarlJung
“When the State becomes a religion, its rituals—parades, banners, and threats—mimic sacred rites, yet they fail to protect the individual from inner demons. Only true religious experience can restore balance.” #CarlJung
January 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
“When the State becomes a religion, its rituals—parades, banners, and threats—mimic sacred rites, yet they fail to protect the individual from inner demons. Only true religious experience can restore balance.” #CarlJung
The unconscious speaks in symbols, whispers, and hints. It is no less real than the visible world, and its influence extends far beyond what we consciously know. #CarlJung
January 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The unconscious speaks in symbols, whispers, and hints. It is no less real than the visible world, and its influence extends far beyond what we consciously know. #CarlJung
Dreams arise from the depths, weaving forgotten fragments and new creations. They’re not nonsense—they are the language of the soul, if only we choose to listen. #CarlJung
January 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Dreams arise from the depths, weaving forgotten fragments and new creations. They’re not nonsense—they are the language of the soul, if only we choose to listen. #CarlJung
The unconscious is no bold hypothesis. It’s the quiet foundation of life. Forgotten thoughts, unspoken intuitions, and fleeting dreams—none of it vanishes. It moves beneath us, shaping what we see and do. #CarlJung
January 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The unconscious is no bold hypothesis. It’s the quiet foundation of life. Forgotten thoughts, unspoken intuitions, and fleeting dreams—none of it vanishes. It moves beneath us, shaping what we see and do. #CarlJung
“Nothing is surely more intangible than fictions and opinions, yet nothing is more effective in the psychophysical realm.”
Meaningful words can heal more profoundly than any chemical remedy. #CarlJung
Meaningful words can heal more profoundly than any chemical remedy. #CarlJung
January 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
“Nothing is surely more intangible than fictions and opinions, yet nothing is more effective in the psychophysical realm.”
Meaningful words can heal more profoundly than any chemical remedy. #CarlJung
Meaningful words can heal more profoundly than any chemical remedy. #CarlJung
The ego either swells with delusions of godhood or collapses under the weight of insignificance. Both are failures to confront the deeper Self. How long will you avoid the task of balance? #CarlJung
January 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The ego either swells with delusions of godhood or collapses under the weight of insignificance. Both are failures to confront the deeper Self. How long will you avoid the task of balance? #CarlJung
To gaze into still water is to face your psyche: the surface reflects your image, but beneath lies an unfathomable depth. Will you disturb it and find peace—or horror rising from the shadows below? #CarlJung
January 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
To gaze into still water is to face your psyche: the surface reflects your image, but beneath lies an unfathomable depth. Will you disturb it and find peace—or horror rising from the shadows below? #CarlJung