Philosophy & (Jungian) Psychology
Introduction In a previous article we have discussed the more negative effects arising from the existence of the unconscious. As observed by Carl Jung in his book Aion, Unconscious forces can have such a powerful influence on our conscious mind, that it is possible to argue that we do not posses ‘free will’. This is…
In his book Walden Henry David Thoreau shared his philosophical insights and why he disliked society and the materialism that has infected society throughout.
Previously I have written an article listing the 5 scariest/spookiest philosophers of all time. Arthur Schopenhauer, with his unique, elaborated, but scary philosophy earned a…
Philosophers often try to come up with answers to some of the most important questions. Such as: what is the meaning of life and what…
What do a camel, a child, and a lion have in common? Not so much. They are, however, all three a phase of spiritual transformation…
With his book Sartor Resartus Thomas Carlyle was ahead of his time in a philosophical sense. With his unique philosophy Thomas Carlyle was a pioneer of existentialist philosophy, in the way that he…
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave can be found in Plato’s book The Republic. Plato used the allegory of the cave to indicate that the reality which we humans perceive to be real is only a projection…
This idea is one of the most important, but also one of the most complicated, ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche. He called it the eternal recurrence or the eternal return…
We humans seem quite convinced that we are capable of making our own conscious rational choices. We do not really question this capability and we are quite certain that…
In his book The Divided Self, Ronald Laing argued that there is a tension within most individuals between two personas: the one that is our true authentic self…
Throughout this book I discuss how the publication of Carl Jung’s Red Book and Black Books in recent years can shed a new light on Jung’s theories. I also explore how these new insights may help us deal with some of our current dilemmas, resulting from the fact that our external world continues to develop rapidly, while our internal world is often neglected and left in the dark.
