Jung For Beginners

Carl Gustav Jung merged Eastern mysticism with Western psychology brought scientific respectability to religion laid the foundation for 'the New Age' and is second only to Freud in influence and importance in the world of psychoanalysis. Many consider him a genius but many others disagree.Scholar and clinical psychologist Jon Platania PhD presents Jung as a somewhat opportunistic and dissociated character whose most famous historical events were his break with Freud and his questionable sojourn with the psychological elite of the German Third Reich. On the other side of Jung's complex genius there is a deeply spiritual man who laid the groundwork for a more optimistic approach to our modern understanding of the human psyche in both theology and psychology. He is remembered by many as the "Swiss Doctor of the Soul".Dr. Platania then takes us on a tour of the work that made Jung one of the pillars of modern psychology. And what a body of work it is. Jung's open-mindedness was astonishing. Wherever he went—Calcutta Egypt Palestine Kenya—Jung learned something that expanded his views. His open-ended psychology incorporated Yoga meditation prayer alchemy mythology astrology numerology the I Ching—even flying saucers! He taught us that psychology and religion can not only coexist peacefully together but that they can enhance us inspire us and help us complete ourselves.Freud for all of his brilliance reduced us to little more than vessels of hormones with high IQs. Jung for all of his flaws gave us back our souls.

© 2011 For Beginners (E-bog): 9781939994110

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E-bog: 20. december 2011