Carl Jung

The Psychological Effects of Screens on the Young Psyche

This issue was addressed in a recent zoom presentation given at the New York C.G. Jung Foundation by San Francisco Jungian psychologist, Robert Tyminski. He traces the psychological effects of video games to research conducted in…

“Anaclitic Depression and the Arc and Archetype of the Feminine”

Recently I attended this zoom session given by Jungian psychologist Dr. Janice Maxwell, courtesy of the C.G. Jung Foundation in New York City. In the interest of clarity, “Anaclitic” comes from a Greek word that means…

“Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself”

For a number of reasons, I was drawn recently to a Zoom program on “Motherhood” at the C.G. Jung Foundation in New York City. With two children and five grandchildren I have learned a little about what women give up on giving birth. The lesson becomes…

Dreams and the Archetype of the Feminine

In the dream Venus rules the night sky, shedding

Light on an antique table displaying a solitary

Mushroom that some voice tells me

The Mother Complex in Life, Dreams and Art

Not long after my mother’s death more than thirty years ago, I began the study of Jungian psychology. This wasn’t primarily a reflective move; I had been interested in Jung since my PhD work. But my mother’s death felt primal and in need of particular…

Life Transitions: Cave Paintings, Homer and Greek Tragedy

The C.G. Jung Foundation of New York City has been lifesaver during the Pandemic, offering a range of courses in how to cope with psychological stress. But the organization is also very attentive to the creative needs of its…

Understanding and Resolving “Feeling-Toned Complexes”

A Zoom session offered by the C.G. Jung Foundation in New York City about “Feeling-Toned Complexes” — those emotional eruptions that bedevil all of us — seemed timely and helpful for a Pandemic-gripped nation that, if I am any example…

The Mother Complex, Biography and the Fictions that Heal

At a C.G. Jung Foundation seminar in NYC about the mother complex, the instructor asked us to summarize our mother’s life in a brief statement. I responded with this: “My mother survived two world wars, two husbands and at least…

Jung on Hitler and the Archetype of the Madman

The psychologist Carl Jung was a Swiss national, served in World War I, and kept a close eye on Germany when Hitler and the Third Reich were spawned. In 1936 Jung acknowledges in an article the growing German menace, comparing Hitler to the Norse…

Jung on Why Men Confuse Eros with Sex

Sometimes Facebook coughs up interesting and useful nuggets. The one I received via the C.G. Jung Foundation in NYC fits the description. Jung writes in his 1927 essay “Woman in Europe”: Most men are erotically blinded. “They commit the unpardonable mistake of…