by thisjungian | Feb 20, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts
The power of projections to hit psychic targets serves both defensive and integrative functions. Projections are a natural aspect of psychic functioning, as we know from watching children at play: we first see inner images “out there” in order to...
by thisjungian | Feb 6, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Personal Issues
Photo Credit: Nick Fewings via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_097-Redemption-d.mp3 As we grow, unconscious unity becomes differentiated into feeling, ego, personality and desire. As we grow, we will have initiatory encounters with...
by thisjungian | Jan 23, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Personal Issues
When we speak of being triggered, what exactly is it that sends us into a familiar arc of feeling and behavior we may later regret? That mysterious force seems external and can elude our ability to locate it within. Jung called these autonomous and unconscious...
by thisjungian | Jan 2, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts
The archetype of the trickster shows up in ambiguity, duplicity, contradiction and paradox. Usually depicted as masculine, trickster has been featured in tales worldwide through history. We see him as a boundary crosser, shape-shifting imitator, versatile adapter,...
by thisjungian | Dec 19, 2019 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical
Charles Dickens’ novella, A Christmas Carol, vividly portrays the journey to healing and transcendence. It was written in a fever, released on December 19, 1843, and sold out before Christmas. Ebenezer Scrooge’s visitations by the spirits of Christmas...
by thisjungian | Dec 12, 2019 | Core Jungian Concepts, Relationships
Siblings are embedded in the human psyche as they are in life. Even if one lacks siblings, there is ready access to them through friends, fairy tales, myths, and scripture. All feature multiple experiences and examples of sibling solidarity and siblings as shadow...