Post by david on Nov 27, 2016 17:56:57 GMT
It is generally believed that Jung was a mystic. While he believed in magic, telepathy and astrology, when it comes to his explanations, he chose materialistic ones. This is why he believed that the animan exists only in men and the animus only in women. He believed that they are created by sexual attractiveness, not as spirtiual states. As spiritual states, they are universal, and exist in both men and women.
His most important error is that he did not believe in the superconscious. He lumped the superconscious and the subconscious together as the unconscious, which lumps spiritual influences with our passions and cravings, and makes people believe that the conscious mind has to lose control. The spiritual state is the superconscious, which includes the conscious and is reflected into it. We practise our devotions with the conscious mind. The highest artistic inspiration comes from the superconscious. The lower inspirations come from the unconscious. To break down control of the conscious is, at best, to weaken self control. At worst, it is to undermine sanity.
By the collective unconscious, he meant those elements of the unconscious which are common to everybody. He did not mean, as most people think, that everybody's unconscious mind is in telepathic contact with everybody else's.
May She be with you,
David.
His most important error is that he did not believe in the superconscious. He lumped the superconscious and the subconscious together as the unconscious, which lumps spiritual influences with our passions and cravings, and makes people believe that the conscious mind has to lose control. The spiritual state is the superconscious, which includes the conscious and is reflected into it. We practise our devotions with the conscious mind. The highest artistic inspiration comes from the superconscious. The lower inspirations come from the unconscious. To break down control of the conscious is, at best, to weaken self control. At worst, it is to undermine sanity.
By the collective unconscious, he meant those elements of the unconscious which are common to everybody. He did not mean, as most people think, that everybody's unconscious mind is in telepathic contact with everybody else's.
May She be with you,
David.