Clique para Português Carl Jung and Deep Psychology Psychology was one of the last sciences to appear, and the reason it became necessary was the erosion of the Christian Myth in the Western World. In the Middle Ages, people asked counsel for personal problems with priests and pastors, and the suggested answer often was […]
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The Oedipus Myth
clique portugues The Oedipus Myth The Oedipus myth is one of the most popular myths of ancient Greece. Oedipus meets his father at a crossroads, and not knowing that he was his real father, kills him in combat. Then he marries his mother, also not knowing whom she is. For these errors, Oedipus is […]
Dream Interpretation (Part 1)
Clique para portugues Dream Interpretation (part 1) What are Dreams for? Freud said: The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind. Jung said: Dreams may sometimes announce certain situations long before they actually happen. This is not necessarily a miracle or a form of precognition. Many […]
Freud’s mistake
Clique para portugues Freud’s mistake My friend, Luís César Ebraico, an outstanding psychologist and a great student of Freud, turned to the German original to correct errors of the standard English translation, which is the main source of the Portuguese editons. Luís César has written a priceless book – A New Conversation – in which, […]
Video: Freud vs Jung – the main differences in the thinking of the two genii
Freud and Jung in conflict. Jung started as a disciple of Freud, but their ideas diverged. This video discusses the major points of disagreement of these two genii. Freud and Jung conflict I am Roberto Lima Netto, and I believe that our objective in life is to be happy and that Spirituality and […]
Archetypes and the collective unconscious
Clique para Português We have been frequently using Jungian psychology in our discussions and it is fair to present some of its basic ideas and concepts developed by Jung in simplified words. In this post we will deal with the collective unconscious. The structure of the psyche was one of the points of disagreement between […]
Freud and Jung: on religion
I’ve already dealt with Freud´s and Jung´s basic thinking differences in a previous post Freud and Jung – The basic differences. However, I didn’t mention their completely different views on religion, not because it was not important, but because I wanted to treat the subject with special attention. So, here it is. Some of the writings […]
Jung: “I don’t believe in God; I know.”
Jung, questioned about his belief in God, answered: “I don’t believe; I know.” I had a very interesting conversation with my friend John. We were discussing the enigmatic answer Jung gave in the BBC program “Face to Face”. How to interpret it? John told me: “Jung had a father and many uncles that were ministers, […]
Jung Active Imagination
(Clique para português) Jung Active Imagination Since early age, Carl Jung had a difficult life. As a child, he had strange dreams and visions. His father, a pastor that lost his faith and struggled to recover it, was not a good example. A recipe to psychosis. Jung and Freud Jung was strongly attracted to […]
Freud and Jung main differences
Freud and Jung basic differences Unconscious Freud defined the unconscious as a collection of repressed personal material. Jung went further. He divided the psyche in three parts: the conscious (the ego), the personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious. This last part was a reason for their breaking. Although Freud could not deny the existence of […]
