Philosophy & (Jungian) Psychology
“Everything that we now call culture, education and civilization will one day appear before the infallible judge, Dionysus.” (Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy, p.95) Introduction In a previous article I have discussed one of the most interesting ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche, his idea of the Apollonian and Dionysian spirit. In his first published book,…
Introduction Friedrich Nietzsche believed that, among the many Greek Gods, two were the most important, Apollo and Dionysus, both sons of Zeus. Apollo and Dionysus…
“What is Philosophy throughout but a continual battle against Custom; an ever-renewed effort to transcend the sphere of blind Custom, and so become Transcendental?” (Thomas…
Introduction Carl Jung’s Black Books consist of 7 Volumes written by Jung between 1913 and 1932. They were not available to the general public until…
There is something about Russian novels that makes them so interesting to read, I am not sure what it is exactly. However, I tend to believe that it is because many Russian authors were masters of uniting, exploring, and transcending opposite worlds.
In a previous article I have already discussed the importance of the unconscious. Carl Jung argued that our unconscious is a double-edged sword. On the…
According to Arthur Schopenhauer we mostly go through our lives looking at all the objects in the world only in relation to our will i.e., we look at how far these objects can satisfy our will. This is problematic because…
In this article I will list the top 5 most encouraging philosophers, based on the extend in which they succeed in encouraging us that there is value and meaning to life and that we can make something of our existence on earth…
Joseph Campbell observed that myths serve an important role as a bridge to the unconscious. Although myths are not true in the usual way in which the term is used, they are true in a different way.
Unconscious forces are a double edge sword. On the one hand, if they are not integrated, they will have an overwhelming power over the ego and thereby limit our ‘free will’. On the other…
Throughout this book I discuss how the publication of Carl Jung’s Red Book and Black Books in recent years can shed a new light on Jung’s theories. I also explore how these new insights may help us deal with some of our current dilemmas, resulting from the fact that our external world continues to develop rapidly, while our internal world is often neglected and left in the dark.
