Jung claimed that a spiritual life lies buried in the unconscious and could be dug up and brought before consciousness with therapeutic results. He used this method with his patients in clinical practice, and he believed the same method could be applied to whole societies. Jung argued that the hubris of rationality prevented many in today’s world from acknowledging the spiritual dimension of our lives, and that repressing the spiritual (Jung) was as harmful as repressing the sexual (Freud). His psychology was the first in the modern era to insist on the importance of spirituality in life, mental health and psychotherapy. This chimes in with trends in the 21st century, and so this century could see Jung’s work rise to unprecedented prominence.
Jung, Spirituality and the Modern Situation
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David Tacey