Jung’s Encounter with the Soul of India

Ashok Bedi
Independent study
Online

Overview

Carl Jung visited India for three months in 1937-38 and made several observations about India, exploring his ambivalence about Hinduism and Yoga.  He also expressed awe at the mystery of Buddhism, as well as a fascination with the Eros of Islam. Jung asserted that in the dreamlike world of India, the primitive and the civilized aspects coexist without a split. India offers an “Other Way” of civilizing people, without suppression, violence or rationalism. In contrast, the Western person lives in the rational/cultural world, with the primitive aspect of psyche dissociated in the unconscious – without the modulating impacts of culture and consciousness. We will explore Jung’s encounter with the soul of India in the context of contemporary analytical thought.

Learning Objectives
This video will help you summarize Jung’s hypothesis about India’s psyche from an Analytical perspective.

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