Jungian Thoughts

By George Elder, 1/16/25 When Israel’s military response to Hamas’ exceptional brutality became exceptional itself, I began to wonder if...

By George Elder, 12/25/24 The following requires reading or re-reading of last year’s post, “Christmas, 2023.” In it, I quote Jung: Thus...

By George Elder, 10/9/24 “War is hell,” we sometimes hear. It gives the impression that normally we are at peace while war is an...

By George Elder, 8/10/24 The word “cult” is a neutral term in the field of religious studies. It usually refers to a religion’s external...

By George Elder, 6/26/24 When referring briefly to the “Lord’s Prayer” in my last Post, I realized that I have written little about...

By George Elder, 5/30/24 One of the difficulties of psychology is that one may have to unsay what was said—given the differences among...

By George Elder, 4/25/24 Jung was familiar with all of the material in my first essay on this topic. (Please, re-read.) In fact, Edward...

By George Elder, 3/25/24 In Western philosophy, the “problem of opposites” is as old as the fragments of Heraclitus’ thought around 500...

By George Elder, 2/23/24 A few days after I finished my recent Posts on “The God Within,” I was watching a documentary entitled, “For All...

By George Elder, 1/27/24 Jung’s discovery that “God” is within the human psyche had its precedents. Perhaps the earliest was in India,...