Collective unconscious
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Collective unconscious is a term of analytical psychology originally coined by Carl Jung. While Freud did not distinguish between an "individual psychology" and a "collective psychology", Jung distinguished the collective unconscious from the personal unconscious particular to each human being. The collective unconscious is also known as "a reservoir of the experiences of our species."[1]
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Collective unconscious in Jung's works
In his earlier writings, Jung called this aspect of the psyche the collective unconscious. He later changed the term to objective psyche. The objective psyche may be considered objective for two reasons: it is common to everyone; and it has a better sense of the self's ideal than the ego or conscious self does. It thus directs the self, via archetypes, dreams, and intuition, and drives the person to make mistakes on purpose. In this way, it moves the psyche toward individuation, or self-actualization.
In the "Definitions" chapter of Jung's seminal work Psychological Types, under the definition of "collective" Jung references representations collectives, a term coined by Levy-Bruhl in his 1910 book How Natives Think. Jung says this is what he describes as the collective unconscious.
See also
- 8-Circuit Model of Consciousness (7th circuit)
- Akashic Records
- Archetype
- Collective consciousness
- Over-soul
- Pantheism
- Paramatman
- Synchronicity
- Spiritus Mundi
- Subconscious mind
- Weltanschauung (World view)
Further reading
- Jung, Carl. The Development of Personality.
- Jung, Carl. (1970). "Psychic conflicts in a child.", Collected Works of C. G. Jung, 17. Princeton University Press. 235 p. (p. 1-35).
- Whitmont, Edward C. (1969). The Symbolic Quest. Princeton University Press.
- Gallo, Ernest. "Synchronicity and the Archetypes," Skeptical Inquirer, 18 (4). Summer 1994.
External links
- Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism A pictorial and written archive of mythological, ritualistic, and symbolic images from all over the world and from all epochs of human history.
- The Collective unconscious Theatre
- Kaleidoscope Forum Jungian Discussion Forum. All levels of discourse welcomed.
- finishmynovel.com An Online Novel being directed by the Collective Unconscious.
Footnotes
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