Carl Jung Archive

Carl Jung and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin


The next issue of What Is Enlightenment? is going to an interesting one. Here is the excerpt: “In one of WIE’s most eclectic issues yet, we trace the profound influence that the 20th-century luminaries Carl Jung and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin have had on the way we see ourselves and our world, and how their [...]

An Interview with June Singer


Back in 1998 I interviewed one of my favorite Jungian authors, June Singer, for the old Jung Index web site. The interview is no longer available on the internet and it would be a shame to lose it. The format of the interview was collaborative - over email - so many people participated and were [...]

Distance Yourself From Evil


I watched the movie Saw III this weekend. I’ve seen I and II also, but this one was interesting because it contained more of the back story, the motivations of Jigsaw. For a person to seem truly evil their past and motivations must remain hidden so the reader or audience cannot identify with them. This [...]

The Infinite Mind: Coincidence


We’ve all experienced it - a friend calls just as we are thinking of him, or a romantic partner has the same birthday we do. Some coincidences are small, and seemingly inconsequential, but others have the potential to change lives. What causes a coincidence to happen, and what does it mean? Is every coincidence meaningful? [...]

Jungian Therapy with Children and Adolescents


Materia Prima (http://www.materia-prima.net) is the website of the International Workshop of Analytical Psychology for Childhood and Adolescence, which was created by Jungian analysts from Europe and North and South America. Supported and financed by the IAAP, this website offers theoretical and clinical articles about Jungian therapeutic issues with children and adolescents, book [...]

The Dreaming Mind-Brain


From the Journal of Analytical Psychology, “In this paper I discuss the nature and role of dream and the dreaming process in Jungian clinical practice in the light of neuroscience. Insights from contemporary neuroscience support rather than contest Jung’s view that emotional truth, not censorship or disguise, underpins the dreaming process. I use clinical material [...]