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“Neurosis is an inner cleavage-the state of being at war with oneself.”

Quote by Carl Jung

Book:The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: Psychology and religion, West and East

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The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: Psychology and religion, West and East

The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: Psychology and religion, West and East is a comprehensive compilation of the renowned Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst's work. It encompasses his extensive exploration of the relationship between psychology and religion, drawing from both Western and Eastern thought. The collection offers insights into Jung's theories on the human psyche, symbolism, and the collective unconscious, providing a rich resource for scholars and enthusiasts of psychology, philosophy, and religious studies. more

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Carl Jung, born on July 26, 1875, and died on June 6, 1961, was a renowned Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist. His theories have had a profound impact on fields such as psychology, psychiatry, and religious studies. Jung proposed the theory of personality types, the concept of the collective unconscious, and founded analytical psychology. more

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Book:Psychology and Religion

Source: Psychology and Religion

“In the second half of life the necessity is imposed of recognizing no longer the validity of our former ideals but of their contraries. Of perceiving the error in what was previously our conviction, of sensing the untruth in what was our truth, and of weighing the degree of opposition, and even of hostility, in what we took to be love.”

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“If I accept the fact that a god is absolute and beyond all human experiences, he leaves me cold. I do not affect him, nor does he affect me. But if I know that a god is a powerful impulse in my soul, at once I must concern myself with him, for then he can become important”

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“The teacher pretended that algebra was a perfectly natural affair, to be taken for granted, whereas I didn't even know what numbers were. Mathematics classes became sheer terror and torture to me. I was so intimidated by my incomprehension that I did not dare to ask any questions.”

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“Unfortunately, there can be no doubt that man is, on the whole, less good than he imagines himself or wants to be. Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and darker it is. If an inferiority is conscious, one always has a chance to correct it”

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“Far from being a material world, this is a psychic world, which allows us to make only indirect and hypothetical inferences about the real nature of matter. The psychic, alone has immediate reality, and this includes all forms of the psychic, even”

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“Our intellect has achieved the most tremendous things, but in the meantime our spiritual dwelling has fallen into disrepair.”

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Book:The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious

Source: The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious

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