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Carl Jung used the word synchronicity in his Eranos Lecture in 1951 to describe what he called “temporally coincident occurrences of acausal events.” He described it as a dynamic that encompasses the human experience and it’s history, in terms of social, emotional, psychological, and spiritual events. What did he mean by this? Jung believed that Synchronicity is experienced when two or more [...] There are many theories regarding what makes someone an extrovert or an introvert. Many people assume these terms refer to an individual who is either shy or sociable, but Carl Jung believed this is only part of the characteristics. Extroverts Extroverts have an ego that faces more towards the persona (our public image). This means that extroverts place more emphasis on [...] Jung believed the psyche was divided into three distinctive parts: Ego This is fundamentally the conscious mind. The ego is the executive of the individual, making decisions, learning, growing and obtaining wisdom. Personal Unconscious Describes anything that can be brought to the conscious mind with ease, but isn’t presently, including impulses, fears, traumas and memories. Included [...] Carl Gustav Jung (1875 – 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of ‘Analytical Psychology’. Although Jung spent a great deal of time working as a clinician, he drew on many different cultures and ideas from both eastern and western philosophy to shape his theories. One of his most famous theories involves psychological archetypes. [...] |
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