William Angel commented on William Angel's blog post Carl Jung's observations about Hitler and the "madness of crowds"
"Sure Linda, copy the section in a way you would find useful. Glad it is of help"
Jul 3, 2015
William Angel commented on Bonnie Bright's video
"There was a serious professional relationship for a time between Carl Jung and Wolfgang Pauli, the distingished physicist. My impression of what Jung is saying is that he is emphasizing the importance of consciousness in describing physical reality,…"
Feb 9, 2015
William Angel replied to Bonnie Bright's discussion Jung on "American Life" and our Lack of Rootedness....
""You have to pacify your unconscious all along the line because it is in an absolute uproar."
Should one read "collective unconscious" as being meant in that statement? Might it also be proper to speak of an American collective unconscious, a German…"
Jan 31, 2015
William Angel replied to Bonnie Bright's discussion Dreaming with Open Eyes - article on Jung's Active Imagination
"Do I have a technique for understanding why certain settings or places show up in my dreams? I believe that my most vivid dreams are connected to persistent lingering personal frustrations and unfulfilled desires that I have and that also preoccupy…"
Jan 30, 2015
William Angel replied to Bonnie Bright's discussion Dreaming with Open Eyes - article on Jung's Active Imagination
"Jung had something else to say that could be relevant here:
Jung believed that memories formed throughout the day also play a role in dreaming. These memories leave impressions for the unconscious to deal with when the ego is at rest. The…"
Jan 30, 2015
William Angel commented on William Angel's blog post Carl Jung's observation on why people create "stone idols with human features"
"As a point of interest, here is a link to a video in which the sculptor Sarah Doherty explains why she created this "stone idol with human features" http://youtu.be/VNC2oc1aV7k"
Jan 28, 2015
William Angel commented on William Angel's blog post Carl Jung's observation on why people create "stone idols with human features"
""The trouble arises when this basic material [stone] can dominate man and s/he can be prepared to defend it to the point of death." That's a good point.Your observation brings to mind the battles that break out at the sites of religious shrines,…"
Jan 27, 2015
William Angel commented on William Angel's blog post Powerful Photos Depict Veterans Who Use Art Therapy To Heal
"Carl Jung in his essay After the Catastrophe (1945) discusses the situation of the Germans and the Nazi phenomenon. A couple of quotes from his essay could be relevant both to the soldier's artistic work documented in the article in the National…"
Jan 25, 2015

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What Carl Jung had to say about the leadership and characteristics of large groups of people would also seem to apply to social groups linked together by the Internet and bonded by religious causes such as Islamic Fundamentalism:

"There is no question but that Hitler belongs in the category of the truly mystic medicine man...since the time of Mohammed nothing like it has been seen in this world. This markedly mystic characteristic of Hitler is what makes him do things which…
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A quote from Carl Jung on the subject of "masks":

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The persona, for Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, was the social face the individual presented to the world—"a kind of mask, designed on the one hand to make a definite impression upon others, and on the other to conceal the true nature of the individual".

One wonders what Jung would have thought about the masks created by these veterans (see link below) as their intent in creating them was to reveal, rather than to…

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