Jungian Thoughts

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 interruption. In world history, however, human beings have been fighting each other much more often than they have been peaceful. Thus, the great American philosopher and psychologist, William James, said, “History is a bath of blood.” (“Moral Equivalent of War,” 1910) We have actually become better at killing each other over the millennia, with mor

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,...

By George Elder, 12/25/23 Christmas, of course, is the “Mass of Christ” that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, the divine Savior in...