![]() His father was a rural minister, with whom he was very close to. It was an archetypal relationship, to say the least.Serving as the perfect introduction to one of the greatest minds of the 20th Century, ‘100 Quotes by Carl Jung’ is a collection of thoughts from the father of psychoanalysis.Ĭovering everything from dreams and the unconscious to God and religion, it’s packed with incisive ideas and thought-provoking theories.Įssential reading for those with an interest in human nature and those who want a peek into Jung’s world, this book is perfect for dipping in and out of.īorn in Switzerland, Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) went on to establish himself as the founder of analytical psychology. (And you might ask, “Well, what hexagram did your feminine friend throw?” It is my recollection that it was a long run of receptive lines, i.e, Hexagram 2. It didn’t make much sense at the time, but… In college, in a used bookstore in an out of the way corner a book presented itself to me: The Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious. My explanation for this shortly after it happened is that I had mis-perceived the coins in a biased direction, ie., that I had distorted the results and that it didn’t really happen. The others of throwing this particular hexagram make it more like one in 250 million. The odds of throwing the equivalent of twenty-two “heads” is approximately one in four million, give or take an exponent or two. It is my recollection that I threw twenty-two strong lines in a row. Not believing the results, I kept throwing the coins. ![]() It responded with six “strong” lines, ie., The masculine, the creative, the first hexagram. By “coincidence”, of course, she was very much involved with the I Ching (thanks again, Carl and Bob.)Īs an impertinent young man, the first question I asked the I Ching was “Who am I?” Later, in the early seventies, I met a woman from Hawaii, the most feminine person I had known. I didn’t pay much attention to the I Ching at that time. As suggested it a previous post, I probably owe that relationship to Carl Jung and Bob Dylan. I was first introduced to the I Ching in college in the late sixties, by an archetypically feminine woman (or at least so I projected). The use of it can be a regressive return to a world of magic and the occult. I do not know what to make of the I Ching.īelieving in the I Ching suggests a very different model of reality than the present Western paradigm. Let it go forth into the world for the benefit of those who can discern its meaning.” Carl Jung, Foreward to the I Ching ![]() He who is not pleased by it does not have to use it, and he who is against it is not obliged to find it true. To one person its spirit appears as clear as day to another, shadowy as twilight to a third, dark as night. It offers neither facts nor power, but for lovers of self-knowledge, of wisdom - if there be such - it seems to be the right book. Like a part of nature, it waits until it is discovered. “The I Ching does not offer itself with proofs and results it does not vaunt itself, nor is it easy to approach. Collected Works Volume 4 – Freud & Psychoanalysis. ![]()
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