Paranoia or Lucid MadnessIn his book Paranoia: The Madness That Makes History, Luigi Zoja offers a multidimensional analysis of paranoia, illuminating historical events through a psychological lens. This essential read provides crucial insights into the dangers of this « lucid madness » and its implications for our contemporary world.
Top Pick by Claire Droin
Individuation of Analytical Psychology: An interview with Mark Saban
Mark Saban, author of Two Souls Alas: Jung’s Two Personalities and the Making of Analytical Psychology discusses the book’s core premise, its clinical implications, and his motivations for writing it. He argues that for the Jungian world to individuate, the personal and the archetypal must meet and be brought into tension with one another.
Interview by Peggy Vermeesch, PhD
Answer to Job: Jung and his critics
This article explores Jung’s 1951-1954 correspondence with theologians such as Victor White and Dorothee Hoch in order to delve into the contentious reception of « Answer to Job ». This analysis highlights the key arguments and insights from these letters, providing a deeper understanding of the criticisms Jung faced.
Ariane Callot, Doctor of philosophy
Humanity’s challenge in the face of Artificial Intelligence
Advances in AI are making headlines. They offer promising prospects but also pose real threats. This article discusses several of these aspects and emphasizes the need to find a balance in response to these developments, starting with a return to self.
Jean-Pierre Robert
Holding the tension of the erotic transference: embodying Captain Picard in Star Trek’s “The Perfect Mate”This article explores how a therapist can accompany the type of patient whose healing and transformation depend on being given a second chance to experience a healthy parental first love through the myth of Star Trek.
Peggy Vermeesch, PhD
Dune: Was Frank Herbert inspired by C.G. Jung?
Dune and Whipping Star, two works by this great science fiction author, give us clues. Let’s follow them.
Ariane Callot, Doctor of philosophy
Shadow and Evil in Star TrekIn light of Jungian analyst Erich Neumann’s theories of the New Ethic, I explore the collective unconscious in its devouring and destructive shadow aspect, as illustrated by the Borg in Star Trek.
Series by Peggy Vermeesch, PhD
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Call for papers for the IAJS Online Conference and C.G. Jung Award
Presented by the International Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS)
December 6th – 8th 2024
Homeopathy and synchronicityIn accordance with the work of C.G. Jung, this article explains how homeopathy can escape the law of causality in some aspects by relying on meaning through meaning: synchronicity.
Bernard Long, M.D.
C.G. Jung, Gerard de Nerval, and Aurelia
This essay illustrates the all-time importance of facing your shadow. The article discusses why Jung was so deeply moved by French romantic poet Gérard de Nerval’s literary Aurélia.
Ariane Callot, Doctor of philosophy
Narcissism in fairy tales such as Mary’s Child, Snow White and others
Growing up with a narcissistic parent has long-term harmful effects. This series of articles explores what fairy tales can teach us in terms of breaking this cycle of intergenerational trauma.
Series by Peggy Vermeesch, PhD
Toni Wolff’s structural forms of the feminine psyche
As a complement to C.G. Jung’s theory of the psychological functions Wolff developed an innovative theory of the feminine psyche. One path to individuation is integrating all four structural forms or types. This is equally true for women and men, regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation.
Peggy Vermeesch, PhD
Crying wolf! The homeopathic remedy lycopodium clavatum
Lycopodium clavatum is a very important remedy in the homeopathic pharmacopoeia. It is haunted by its territory, by the concern of size and greatness. It is the remedy of the authoritarian crisis, of the separation from the symbiosis where the subject is confronted with the paternal function.
Bernard Long, M.D.
The need to acknowledge the archetypal forces within
The archetypal forces that are active deep within our unconscious call for expression, somehow, whether we ask for it or not, and whether we want it or not. Our ego is instrumental in reducing the raw power of these archetypal forces.
Peggy Vermeesch, PhD
- Kesswil, his place of birth,
- Laufen, where he lived from the age of 6 months until 4 years,
- Küsnacht, where he lived from 1909 onwards,
- Bollingen, where he built his tower from 1922 onwards.
Pictures of the C.G. Jung Tower in Bollingen
« From the beginning I felt the Tower as in some way a place of maturation – a maternal womb or maternal figure in which I could become what I was, what I am, and will be. It gave me a feeling as if I were being reborn in stone. It is thus a concretization of the individuation process, a memorial aere perennius. »
C.G. Jung, MDR
The Museum C.G. Jung House in Küsnacht
Jung’s House is managed by the Foundation C.G. Jung Küsnacht and can be visited. The museum was established in 2002 with the goal of keeping the memory alive of C.G. Jung and his wife and associate, Emma Jung-Rauschenbach (1882-1955).