The Caterpillar, the Chrysalis and the Butterfly
Do the meaning and value of the personality really lie only in what is permanent? May it not be that change, becoming, and development represent actually higher values than mere “defiance” of change? —C. G. Jung (CW 6, par. 157)
Clues: Shadow Projections
Though people may start with clear orientations either inwardly or outwardly, or more directive than receptive, or more oriented to relationships than rational logic, with individuation, each of these orientations gains strength.
Personality: Whole and Unique
Though people may start with clear orientations either inwardly or outwardly, or more directive than receptive, or more oriented to relationships than rational logic, with individuation, each of these orientations gains strength.
Personality and Consciousness II
In the previous letter, we noted that there are at least two types of awareness that lie outside Jung’s type model but may be considered attributes of the individual personality: 1. awareness of another’s personal presence 2. awareness of ego consciousness itself. In this letter, we will consider another mode of consciousness that provides clues to […]
Personality and Consciousness
In a previous letter, we noted that the body itself is not included among the modes of awareness portrayed in Jung’s model of psychological types. “Personality” is another. It too seems to lie outside the bounds of Jung’s model. Have you ever noticed that being in the physical presence of people, observing them, and listening […]
The Body: Neither Here nor There!
People have often asked, “Which of the types is oriented to perceiving the body?” In asking that question, we assume that Jung’s type model embraces all modes of conscious awareness. Yet, it does not. Memories, dreams, emotions, awareness of identity, consciousness of consciousness itself–none of these are included in his type model. Awareness of the […]
Introverted Intuition
“Had this type not existed, there would have been no prophets in Israel.” – C.G. Jung In this issue of the “Becoming Whole” articles, we consider an arena of consciousness that has no dimensions: it is not visible nor tangible, yet it contains contents that are indispensable to both the individual and civilization. The comments […]
Introverted Sensation
We could say that introverted sensation transmits an image which does not so much reproduce the object as spread over it the patina of age-old subjective experience and the shimmer of events still unborn. – C.G. Jung (CW 6, par 649) With this article, and the one to follow next month, we examine the type that […]
Introverted Thinking in the Shadow
“What he dislikes most of all is introverted thinking – thinking about philosophical principles or abstractions or basic questions of life.” – Marie-Louise von Franz In this article, we will consider introverted intuition in its normal conscious position, and also in its more primitive, or inferior position in the shadow. In the next article, we […]
Extraverted Sensation in the Shadow II
“If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and to love their fellow men better.” – C.G. Jung In the last article, we reviewed the primitive attributes of extraverted sensation as a shadow type. In this article, […]