C.G Jung and the Occult

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C.G Jung and the Occult

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So I think the relation of the occult phenomenas and psychology is undeniable. I think Jung is one of the most occult related and "different" psychologists who instead of trying to deny the occult scientifically or show that occult is nothing but "some science" is just trying to "prove" the occult scientifically. If you are familliar with his works you will probably know what I mean. I recommend reading the Portable Jung to get familliar with his works. And if you read his autobiography one can see that he clearly understood that modern-day materialistic science approach is very limited. If you are familiar with him would you consider sharing your thoughts about this matter?
For example I noticed that Jung's process of Individuation seems to be some universal Initiation. For example most occult initiations that I read dealt with as Jung would say some archetypal situations. They present some myth, give the morale of it then tell you to meditate and think about it in some way, and some practice related to that. Antd in his autobiography Jung states that the highest point of the Individuation is when one is able to materialise his unconscious contents. In his late years once he was able to do so accidentally.
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The idea of archetypes lead me to some great discoveries.

Jung blends well with Joseph Campbell

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Yes, Jung cites Joseph Campbell often. But I didn't read his works yet, any suggestion from what work to start ?
And would care to share the discoveries you mentioned?

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This is a little off-topic, but I have this book somewhere - I haven't opened it in years, but I'll try and find it - but it's Jung's writings on mandalas. In the book, there are numerous color prints of mandalas drawn by his patients, and I remember looking at a few of them and thinking that there was no doubt in my mind that they were drawn by Crowley. At the time I was really into Crowley, so I could have been biased, but as I remember it there was little doubt in my mind. I'll try and find the book and maybe post the mandalas in question. Did Crowley undergo Jungian psychotherapy? [question]
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Yes there are similiarities in the works of both. At the very least they had many same inspirations. However I've never heard if they ever met. And just did some internet search. And well I found this citation

Aleister Crowley was probably right to say that in Jung's work "we see Science gracefully bowing her maiden brows before her old father, Magic".

But it seems improbable that they ever met.

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Hey all,

Jung is popular in some alchemical circles as well. Couple quotes from him:
Alchemy, as a nature philosophy of great consideration in the Middle Ages, throws a bridge to the past, the gnosis, and also to the future, the modern psychology of the unconscious.
Only by discovering alchemy have I clearly understood that the Unconscious is a process and that ego's rapports with the unconscious and his contents initiate an evolution, more precisely a real metamorphoses of the psyche.
Free yourself from the seduction of words.

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Joseph Campbell focused on myth.

I recommend reading the hero with a thousand faces or the power of myth.

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So I pulled out that book and looked at the mandalas and none of them seemed overwhelmingly to have been drawn my Crowley. I don't know why I remembered it that way. Pay no attention to me. [tongue]
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corvidus wrote:Hey all,

Jung is popular in some alchemical circles as well. Couple quotes from him:
Alchemy, as a nature philosophy of great consideration in the Middle Ages, throws a bridge to the past, the gnosis, and also to the future, the modern psychology of the unconscious.
Only by discovering alchemy have I clearly understood that the Unconscious is a process and that ego's rapports with the unconscious and his contents initiate an evolution, more precisely a real metamorphoses of the psyche.
Carl Jung wrote an essay entitled Psychology and Alchemy after many years of studying the old science. That may explain his popularity
in some Alchemical circles. ;) While nearly all scholars and scientists believe that Alchemy was nothing more than a rudimentary attempt to experiment with elements in the hope of turning lead into gold and a blend with some spirituality to create elixirs that don't exist,
Jung take a different route and interpret Alchemy according to modern psychology and the process of individuation, as part of his theory.

That essay can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Alchem ... 0691018316

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