Anyone read books by Carl Jung?

IrishEyes

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I had a discussion today about Jung and a certain book of his. I forgot the title and was wondering if anyone would know.
It has to do with holding onto to negative experiences in your past and how to move beyond them. It peeked my interest
and I forgot the title.
 

Ted01 said:
He authored quite a few...

One about dreams has been popular...
Also, one or more on archetypes
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Wish I had noted the title, I did a search and have a list but it was one certain title. He was so excited to have someone listen to him he was talking so fast I didn't retain the name of it.
 

I have a book called The Portable Jung. It's a collection of writings he did based upon his theories.
He's not a self help type of author. He's more of an educator in psychology.

There's a chapter on the stages of life which I found helpful in putting together my understanding of my life and it helped me realize its definitely time to let go of unresolved things earlier in life and to concentrate on the now.
 
OldFeller said:
I have a book called The Portable Jung. It's a collection of writings he did based upon his theories.
He's not a self help type of author. He's more of an educator in psychology.

There's a chapter on the stages of life which I found helpful in putting together my understanding of my life and it helped me realize its definitely time to let go of unresolved things earlier in life and to concentrate on the now.
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That chapter is the book he was telling me about, you nailed it! Now I need the title of the book that chapter is from. Getting closer!
 
I am going to have to run into that guy again and ask him the name of the book. Jung was a busy writer! I can see a possible addiction looking at the list of them.
 
IrishEyes said:
That chapter is the book he was telling me about, you nailed it! Now I need the title of the book that chapter is from. Getting closer!
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According to AI that chapter is part of a book titled The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche.
Jungā€™s Four Major Life Stages
  1. Childhood ā€“ Dominated by the unconscious; the ego is still forming.
  2. Youth ā€“ Focused on adaptation to the external world (career, relationships).
  3. Midlife ā€“ A turning inward; the beginning of individuation and integration of the shadow.
  4. Old Age ā€“ A time of reflection, spiritual insight, and preparation for death.
 
The man was at the lake today, he says he goes there everyday. I will keep an eye out for him and make sure. Be my luck I would get 10 books and it not be the one he is was talking about :ROFLMAO: All of you have been great trying to help me out and I can see where these will be interesting. No idea why I never thought to read his books before now. I have a lot of catching up to do! Very sweet man, in his 90's, interesting guy.
 
Funny but just today I was looking at books by Carl Jung on Abebooks.com They feature used books from independent booksellers from around the USA and the Unite Kingdom at very good prices. I'm not sure which is the one you are looki8ng for but they have quite a selection.
 
IrishEyes said:
The man was at the lake today, he says he goes there everyday. I will keep an eye out for him and make sure. Be my luck I would get 10 books and it not be the one he is was talking about :ROFLMAO: All of you have been great trying to help me out and I can see where these will be interesting. No idea why I never thought to read his books before now. I have a lot of catching up to do! Very sweet man, in his 90's, interesting guy.
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His stuff is not light reading at all and he makes references to things we're unfamiliar with. The chapter on stages of life was pretty clear but other chapters like his famous psychological types is a mystery to everyone.

Some chapters I cannot even read because his ideas leave the earth sometimes.
 
OldFeller said:
His stuff is not light reading at all and he makes references to things we're unfamiliar with. The chapter on stages of life was pretty clear but other chapters like his famous psychological types is a mystery to everyone.

Some chapters I cannot even read because his ideas leave the earth sometimes.
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I can kind of sense that, From descriptions I can see some of it's deeper than I would understand. At least beginning with the one this man told me about I could talk to him if I get stumped to begin with before investing ignorantly on others. He seems very knowledgeable on the writings and being 90 something I am sure the company would be nice for him.
 
The other problem is we don't know if he's addressing issues that only existed in the minds of Germans and in German society in general. There's a lot of superstition that was generally accepted in his day. You have to wonder if those beliefs were what contributed to the issues in the patients he treated. But to those of us reading today, its meaningless.
 

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