Quotes

C.G. Jung. CW 14, para. 470

“The tendency to separate the opposites as much as possible and to strive for singleness of meaning is absolutely necessary for clarity of consciousness, since discrimination is of its essence. But when the separation is carried so far that the complementary opposite is lost sight of, and the blackness of the whiteness, the evil of the good, the depth of the heights, and so on, is no longer seen, the result is one-sidedness, which is then compensated from the unconscious without our help. The counter-balancing is even done against our will, which in consequence must become more and more fanatical until it brings about a catastrophic enantiodromia.”

Jung, C. G. (1953, p.133). Psychological Reflections: A New Anthology of His Writings, 1905-1961

"It is not I who create myself, rather I happen to myself."

Jung, C. G. (1968, p.280). Psychology and Alchemy (2nd ed., Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Vol. 12).

"For the alchemist, the one primarily in need of redemption is not man, but the deity who is lost and sleeping in matter."

C. G. Jung, Letters, Volume 1, Page 535.

A political situation is the manifestation of a parallel psychological problem in millions of individuals. This problem is largely unconscious; which makes it a particularly dangerous one!

Jung, C. G. (1976). "The Symbolic Life," in The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 18

"I am convinced that 99 per cent of politics are mere symptoms and anything but a cure for social evils."

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