carl - Blogs - Depth Psychology Alliance2024-03-28T08:41:38Zhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/carlCarl Jung's observation on why people create "stone idols with human features"https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/carl-jung-s-observation-on-why-people-create-stone-idols-with2015-01-27T20:12:27.000Z2015-01-27T20:12:27.000ZWilliam Angelhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliamAngel<div><center><a title=""Easter Island Monolith comes to Baltimore" by William Angel, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_angel/7992414926"><img width="576" height="640" alt=""Easter Island Monolith comes to Baltimore"" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8319/7992414926_062b33f7fd_z.jpg" /></a></center><center>Sarah Doherty, an artist in Baltimore, created and installed a large replica of one of the monoliths</center><center>erected on Easter Island. Shown above is a picture I took of her and her work on the day of its installation.</center><p></p><center><a title="Undamaged Side of Easter Island Monolith by William Angel, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_angel/16010820197"><img width="480" height="640" alt="Undamaged Side of Easter Island Monolith" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7554/16010820197_b2e5be4409_z.jpg" /></a></center><center>Here is another shot of the monolith, with an interesting mural juxtaposed in the background.</center><br /><p>Here is a quote from Carl Jung on why people create "stone idols with human features":</p><blockquote>“Very early in history men began trying to express what they felt to be the soul or spirit of a rock by working it into a recognizable form. In many cases, the form was a more or less definite approximation to the human figure – for instance, the ancient menhirs with their crude outlines of faces, or the hermae that developed out of boundary stones in ancient Greece, or the many primitive stone idols with human features. <strong>The animation of stone must be explained as the projection of a more or less distinct content of the unconscious into the stone</strong> .” Carl Jung in "Man and his Symbols"</blockquote><p>It's my opinion that whatever thoughts and feelings were present in the collective unconscious of the members of the community that erected these monoliths are unknown to us modern people. But the aesthetic beauty of the statues of the Greco-Roman era we can relate to and appreciate. I don't think that the same can be asserted about these Easter Island monoliths and of the people that created them. The expression of the black man in the background mural, who appears to be gazing at and reacting to the presence of this monolith, seems to be conveying my assertion or observation. As a point of interest, the mural on that wall was painted on <strong><em>AFTER</em></strong> the Easter Island monolith was installed in this vacant lot.</p></div>Powerful Photos Depict Veterans Who Use Art Therapy To Healhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/powerful-photos-depict-veterans-who-use-art-therapy-to-heal2015-01-24T21:00:00.000Z2015-01-24T21:00:00.000ZWilliam Angelhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliamAngel<div><p>A quote from Carl Jung on the subject of "masks":</p><p><img width="400" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9142450058,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-right" style="padding:12px;" alt="9142450058?profile=original" /></p><p>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".</p><p>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 conceal, aspects of their true nature as individuals.</p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/22/veterans-art-therapy_n_6526040.html" target="_blank">Powerful Photos Depict Veterans Who Use Art Therapy To Heal</a></p></div>When Culture Battles Spirit: An Archetypal and Depth Psychological Look at the Nature of Addictionhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/when-culture-battles-spirit-an-archetypal-and-depth-psychological2013-01-09T11:30:00.000Z2013-01-09T11:30:00.000ZBonnie Brighthttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/BonnieBright<div><div class="boxBodyOuterContainer"><div class="boxBodyContainer"><div class="d1"><div class="d2"><div class="d3"><div class="d4"><div class="d5"><div class="d6"><div class="d7"><div class="d8"><div class="d9"><div class="inner"><div class="boxBodyContentOuterContainer"><div class="boxBodyContentContainer"><div class="d1"><div class="d2"><div class="d3"><div class="d4"><div class="d5"><div class="d6"><div class="d7"><div class="d8"><div class="d9"><div class="inner"><div class="blogPostBody"><p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><img src="http://www.depthpsychologylist.com/Resources/Pictures/desperate-addiction-bigstock-pd.jpg" title="" alt="" width="320" height="230" border="0" align="right" />Addiction (of all kinds) has been described as “hell,” “possession,” <span class="searchword">and</span> worse. <span class="searchword">The </span>pattern of addiction is an archetype that has been around <span class="searchword">for</span> millennia, but it certainly seems like our culture is more conducive to <span class="searchword">the</span> iron grip of addiction in a multitude of ways including everything from <span class="searchword">the</span> more traditional issues with alcohol, drugs, gambling, cigarettes, sex, food, or work, to new <span class="searchword">and</span> emerging culturally supported issues like television, shopping, Internet, email, texting, social media, mobile gadgets, video gaming, <span class="searchword">and</span> more.</font></p><p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Many of <span class="searchword">the</span>se categories might simply be labeled “entertainment”--<span class="searchword">and</span> indeed <span class="searchword">the</span>re thous<span class="searchword">and</span>s of messages vying <span class="searchword">for</span> our attention via media on any given day seducing us with <span class="searchword">the</span>ir siren song of escape from our everyday lives.</font></p><p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Are our “everyday lives” so distressing that we must seek escape? 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