Anyone read books by Carl Jung?

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!
 
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.
Jung’s Four Major Life Stages
  1. Childhood – Dominated by the unconscious; the ego is still forming.
  2. Youth – Focused on adaptation to the external world (career, relationships).
  3. Midlife – A turning inward; the beginning of individuation and integration of the shadow.
  4. Old Age – 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.
 
I studied psychology & social anthropology in college and university. Jung was the theorist (and clinician) I was most interested in. However, at the time I was graduating the consensus of professional psychology and psychiatry in North America viewed him cautiously—as "unscientific".

But in the last 45 years or so, that has definitely been shifting. And the literate pubic has become more widely familiar with aspects of his theory. As one small example, Jung's concept of synchronicity is so familiar now that a lot of people use the term "sync" as slang to refer to such an experience or occasion.

In any case, while I never regretted reading his thought, I felt public awareness (and the acceptance within the profession of applied psychology) was proceeding too slowly. I'm sure Jung has helped me personally. I also feel he's enhanced my ability to a be a friend to those I've known and met.

But I needed find other career directions. Circumstances.
 
I know Jung was very interested in the subconscious. He worked with dreams. Each person has their own particular conditioning they are working out. Many of life's dilemmas are being worked out in our dreams. I wonder what Jung thought about hypnosis. I know many modern Dr.s of Psych use hypnotism.
 
I saw the man and the book was "Man and His Symbols" I will begin with that one since I have a dialog and a mentor handy to help me if I need to clarify anything. All of your comments are very interesting and has made me more curious about this writer. Now I have a winter project in line! This has been a good thread for me, Thank all of you so much.
 
IrishEyes said:
I saw the man and the book was "Man and His Symbols" I will begin with that one since I have a dialog and a mentor handy to help me if I need to clarify anything. All of your comments are very interesting and has made me more curious about this writer. Now I have a winter project in line! This has been a good thread for me, Thank all of you so much.
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I have that book. In it, the writers were tasked with trying to paraphrase Jung's ideas and a lot is lost doing that. Some of it is just an oversimplification of his ideas until it just sounds like nothing too revealing.

Only the first chapter is actually Jung. The other chapters are written by relatively unknown people in psychology.

I tried each of the other chapters and they were not very interesting to me.

In general...
Jung's point was that the subconscious is constantly recording life experiences symbolically. He emphasizes in his writing how powerful the subconscious is.
 
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Gem said:
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Somethings bad that happened to me, made me a better person, a compassionate person. Other bad things taught me to be more cautious, observant. Not all bad things have to turn out bad. Could I have been better than I am?, sure, still working on it! I may stumble 2 times with something but if I fall, believe me I have a good re-think this over and change the outcome.
 

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