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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.............................................................................4
THEORY OF THE LIBIDO.................................................................5
THEORY OF THE UNCONCIOUS......................................................6
ARCHETYPES.................................................................................7
ANIMA........................................................................................... 8
ANIMUS....................................................................................... 10
THE SYZYGY (THE DIVINE COUPLE).............................................12
SHORTCOMINGS AND
CRITICISM
. 12
INTRODUCTION
CARL JUNG
Carl Gustav Jung was born on July 26th 1875 in Kesswil, a small
Swiss village. Jung was the fourth and only surviving child. Jung
was pushed to the ground at age twelve and lost consciousness,
anytime Carl was suppose to go to school or do homework he
fainted. After hearing his fathers concern for Carls future he
began a renewed focus for academics. Jung never fainted again
but recalls this as his first experiences with neurosis. Jung later
began to study medicine but showed interest in spirituality,
leading him to psychiatry. Jung graduated from the University of
Basel with a medical degree in 1902. Carl Jung died in his home
on June 6th, 1961 due to a brief illness.
Jung completed his book Studies in Word Association in 1902 and
sent a copy to Sigmund Freud, this initiated the relationship
between the two. The men's first personal encounter was in 1907,
in which its reported they spent more than 12 hours talking.
Freud accepted and viewed Jung as his protg as Jung had the
desire to further understand art, myth, dreams and philosophy. As
Jung began formulating his own diverging ideas their relationship
slowly dissolved. Jung began to reject Freuds emphasis on sex as
behavior motivation. During this period Jung became intensely
ARCHETYPES
The collective unconscious, Jung believed, was where these
archetypes exist. He suggested that these models are innate,
The Self
The self is an archetype that represents the unification of the
unconsciousness and consciousness of an individual. The creation
of the self occurs through a process known as individuation, in
which the various aspects of personality are integrated. Jung often
represented the self as a circle, square or mandala.
The Shadow
The shadow is an archetype that consists of the sex and life
instincts. The shadow exists as part of the unconscious mind and
is composed of repressed ideas, weaknesses, desires, instincts
and shortcomings. This archetype is often described as the darker
side of the psyche, representing wildness, chaos and the
unknown. These latent dispositions are present in all of us, Jung
believed, although people sometimes deny this element of their
own psyche and instead project it onto others.
Jung suggested that the shadow can appear in dreams or visions
and may take a variety of forms. It might appear as a snake, a
The Persona
The persona is how we present ourselves to the world. The word
"persona" is derived from a Latin word that literally means
"mask." It is not a literal mask, however. The persona represents
all of the different social masks that we wear among different
groups and situations. It acts to shield the ego from negative
images. According to Jung, the persona may appear in dreams
and take a number of different forms.
ANIMA
The anima is the female aspect of male psyche.
The anima has positive traits. When the anima is allowed to
express her through a man's psyche, she brings the attributes of
feelings, emotions, tenderness, relatedness, commitment and
fidelity, friendship, love and compassion, imagination, gentleness,
romance, creativity, intuition, and a sense of aesthetics.
The anima has negative traits. If the anima is rejected, her traits
are deformed: feelings and emotions are replaced by moodiness,
sentimentality, hysteria, or bitchiness; fidelity becomes
possessiveness; aesthetics become sensuality; tenderness
becomes effeminacy; imagination becomes mere fantasizing; love
and romance are twisted into a series of turbulent relationships or
the man's withdrawal from his wife and family.
The spurned anima does more than thrust her own feminine
qualities into expression (however warped); she also disturbs the
man's masculinity by, for example, degrading his thinking into the
weak opinionating.
a few women for whom he will then feel a strong and compelling
emotion (usually positive but occasionally negative).
Infatuation (an instant, powerful attraction for a woman about
whom he knows little) is one of the signs of anima projection, as is
a
compulsive
possessiveness.
ANIMUS
Animus is the archetype of reason and spirit in women. This is the
male aspect of the female psyche.
The animus has positive traits. The animus can endow a woman
with assertiveness, courage, analytical thought, strength, vitality,
decisiveness, a focused attentiveness, and a desire for
achievement.
The animus has negative traits. If the animus must push his way
past the woman's resistance, his qualities are corrupted:
assertiveness becomes aggression and ruthlessness; analytical
thought becomes argumentativeness; focus becomes mechanistic
behavior.