Thread: Carl Gustav Jung - Videos, Books, Ruminations

Had a hard time figuring out where to post this, but as I was typing the title DV automatically showed similar threads, and they were all listed under Philosophy, so that seems as good a place as any other. Jung's psychology is a general one concerning the psyche (mainly the unconscious) and what he calls the Individuation process. Dreams are a vital and important part of achieving full health - in fact most if not all primitive cultures have always honored and respected dreams. It's only in modern society that they've been devalued and trivialized. And modern man is plagued with mental health issues, whereas primitive peoples tend to exhibit excellent mental and social health.

I've been posting a lot about Jung, and I've been reading a lot about his work, but this is the first time I've created an actual thread about it. What made me think of this is a new video posted yesterday about his Individuation theory, and I suddenly realized the Academy of Ideas channel on YouTube has a lot of really excellent videos about Jung. For anyone interested this would be an excellent place to get acquainted with his ideas. I'll start by posting the most recent:



Essentially Individuation is a balanced state of health in psychological terms. Jung believed it requires 'eating your shadow' continually, which means becoming consciously aware of your own weak points and self-deceptions. Most people live largely in a state of denial allowing themselves to engage in some pretty shady behavior, but doing so is basically immature - assuming the person is over the age of adolescence. So to individuate is to bring yourself consciously into balance at an adult level by paying attention to your dreams and analyzing them, as well as your fantasies and any recurrent problems you keep experiencing in your life. It's really just psychology, but with a strong emphasis on dreams and fantasy and imagination - so leaning in favor of people who are artistic, creative, and imaginative (in other words introverts). Those are elements that tend to be ignored in most forms of psychology. I feel like anybody who's interested in lucid dreaming would probably benefit greatly from studying Jung's ideas.

Ok, here are a few more really good Jung videos:





(Continued in next post due to 3 video limit)