Originally presented by Mike Forte at the Dorset NLP Forum, Dorset, UK in January 2012. Presentation on aspects of Carl Jung, his teachings and applications of these. This includes an overview of some of Jung's key principles, the uses of the Tarot and Mandalas.
Archetypes, Tarot and Mandalas Archetypes, Tarot and Mandalas (...and synchronicity... and collective unconscious... and... Individuation...) (...and synchronicity... and collective unconscious... and... Individuation...) A lucky dip of Jungian thought... A lucky dip of Jungian thought... No psycho No psycho-therapists were harmed therapists were harmed in the preparation of this in the preparation of this presentation presentation No psycho No psycho-therapists were harmed therapists were harmed in the preparation of this in the preparation of this presentation presentation NLP Dorset Forum - Thursday January 26th 2012 1
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Archetypes, Tarot and Mandalas Archetypes, Tarot and Mandalas (...and synchronicity... and collective unconscious... and... Individuation...) (...and synchronicity... and collective unconscious... and... Individuation...)
A lucky dip of Jungian thought...A lucky dip of Jungian thought...
Archetypes, Tarot and Mandalas Archetypes, Tarot and Mandalas (...and synchronicity... and collective unconscious... and... Individuation...) (...and synchronicity... and collective unconscious... and... Individuation...)
A lucky dip of Jungian thought...A lucky dip of Jungian thought...
No psychoNo psycho--therapists were harmed therapists were harmed in the preparation of this in the preparation of this
presentationpresentation
No psychoNo psycho--therapists were harmed therapists were harmed in the preparation of this in the preparation of this
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A (not so) Jung man’s confession:A (not so) Jung man’s confession:I am certainly not an expert...I am certainly not an expert...
I don’t understand most of it...I don’t understand most of it...The more I learn the less I understand...The more I learn the less I understand...
I can share what I have found...I can share what I have found...I am a Fool at the beginning of a very long journey...I am a Fool at the beginning of a very long journey...
There are patterns and themes emerging...There are patterns and themes emerging...If you want to explore with me then I would love that...If you want to explore with me then I would love that...Come lo stolto nel tarocchi... Like the Fool in the TarotCome lo stolto nel tarocchi... Like the Fool in the Tarot
{welcome everywhere}{welcome everywhere}
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...So who was ...So who was Carl Gustav Jung...?Carl Gustav Jung...?
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Carl Gustav Jung Carl Gustav Jung Born July 26, 1875 Born July 26, 1875 -- Died June 6, 1961, in ZurichDied June 6, 1961, in Zurich. .
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... about Carl (Karl) Gustav Jung... about Carl (Karl) Gustav Jung
• Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of analytical psychology. • Jung is one of the best known researchers in the field of dream analysis
and symbolisation. • Spent a lot of his time studying Eastern and Western philosophy, alchemy,
astrology, and sociology, as well as literature and the arts.• Individuation is the central concept of Jung’s analytical psychology.• Many psychological concepts were first proposed by Jung, including the
archetype, the collective unconscious, the complex, and synchronicity. A popular psychometric instrument, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), has been principally developed from Jung's theories.
• His interest in philosophy and the occult led many to view him as a mystic although Jung's ambition was to be seen as a man of science.
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...tell me more......tell me more...
• In 1895, Jung studied medicine at the University of Basel. In 1900, he worked in the Burghölzli, a psychiatric hospital in Zurich, with Eugen Bleuler. His dissertation, published in 1903, was titled "On the Psychology and Pathology of So-Called Occult Phenomena." This is when he met, treated and (allegedly) had an affair with Sabina Spielrein
• In 1906, he published Studies in Word Association and later sent a copy of this book to Sigmund Freud.
• A close friendship developed and spanned some six years . • In 1912 Jung published Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido (known in English as
Psychology of the Unconscious) resulting in a theoretical divergence between him and Freud and consequently a break in their friendship, both stating that the other was unable to admit he could possibly be wrong.
• After this falling-out, Jung went through a pivotal and difficult psychological transformation. Henri Ellenberger called Jung's experience a "creative illness" and compared it to Freud's period of what he called “neurasthenia and hysteria”.
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• During World War I Jung was drafted as an army doctor and soon made commandant of an internment camp for British officers and soldiers (Swiss neutrality obliged the Swiss to intern personnel from either side of the conflict who crossed their frontier to evade capture). Jung worked to improve the conditions for these soldiers stranded in neutral territory; he encouraged them to attend university courses.
• Jung continued to publish books until the end of his life, including Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies (1959), which analyzed the archetypal meaning and possible psychological significance of the reported observations of UFOs.
• He also enjoyed a friendship with an English Roman Catholic priest, Father Victor White, who corresponded with Jung after he had published his controversial Answer to Job.
• In 1944, Jung published Psychology and Alchemy, where he analysed the alchemical symbols and showed a direct relationship to the psychoanalytical process.
• Jung died on 6 June 1961 at Küsnacht, after a short illness.
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...tell me more......tell me more...
SummarySummary
• Jung's work on himself and his patients convinced him that life life has a spiritual purpose beyond material goals. has a spiritual purpose beyond material goals.
• Our main task, he believed, is to discover and fulfil our deep discover and fulfil our deep innate potential. innate potential.
• Based on his study of Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Gnosticism, Taoism, and other traditions, Jung believed that Jung believed that this journey of transformation, which he called individuation, this journey of transformation, which he called individuation, is at the mystical heart of all religionsis at the mystical heart of all religions. It is a journey to meet the self and at the same time to meet the Divine.
•• Unlike Sigmund Freud, Jung thought spiritual experience was Unlike Sigmund Freud, Jung thought spiritual experience was essential to our wellessential to our well--being.being.
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UK Release Date : 12th February 2012UK Release Date : 12th February 2012
Genes = origins of Genes = origins of physical physical characteristics, a characteristics, a biological unitbiological unit
Memes = origins of Memes = origins of behaviour, behaviour, a unit of a unit of cultural transmission, or cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation*a unit of imitation*
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*Richard Dawkins*Richard Dawkins –– The Selfish GeneThe Selfish Gene
There is, however...There is, however...
a very a very disturbingdisturbing but but ... ...
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Genes + Memes ≠ 1Genes + Memes ≠ 1
So... Where’s the gap...So... Where’s the gap...
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Could it be an inherited memory...Could it be an inherited memory...
A Collective Unconscious...?A Collective Unconscious...?NLP Dorset Forum - Thursday January 26th 2012 17
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Drawn through the Myths of Time...Drawn through the Myths of Time...
Nikolaas Tinbergen/ Nikolaas Tinbergen/ Konrad Lorenz / Konrad Lorenz / Paul EkmanPaul Ekman––Evolutionary Psychology / Evolutionary Psychology / The Human Condition / The Human Condition / Cultural Universals / MicroCultural Universals / Micro--Expressions / EthologyExpressions / Ethology
Joseph Campbell / Joseph Campbell / Alexander EliotAlexander Eliot--The Hero’s Journey / The Hero’s Journey / The Monomyth / The Monomyth / Global MythsGlobal Myths
Clare Graves / Ken Wilber /Clare Graves / Ken Wilber /Don BeckDon Beck––Spiral Dynamics /Spiral Dynamics /Theory of Everything / Theory of Everything / AQAL / IntegralAQAL / Integral
Schools of thought onSchools of thought onInherited social memory...Inherited social memory...
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The UnconsciousThe Unconscious :A basic tenet: All products of the unconscious are symbolic and can be taken as guiding messages. What is the dream or fantasy leading the person toward? The unconscious will live, and will move us, whether we like it or not.
Personal unconscious: Personal unconscious: That aspect of the psyche which does not usually enter the individual's awareness and which appears in overt behaviour or in dreams. It is the source of new thoughts and creative ideals, and produces meaningful symbols.
Collective unconscious: Collective unconscious: That aspect of the unconscious which manifests inherited, universal themes which run through all human life. Inwardly, the whole history of the human race, back to the most primitive times, lives on in us.
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These symbolic primordial images reflect basic patterns or universal themes common to us all which are present in the unconscious and exist outside space and time.
We’re all preWe’re all pre--programmed to look for programmed to look for archetypes in our everyday lives, because they archetypes in our everyday lives, because they serve as a framework for our understanding of serve as a framework for our understanding of the world.the world.
ArchetypesArchetypes
Archetypes are innate, universal prototypes for ideas and may be used to interpret observations. A group of memories and interpretations associated with an archetype is a complex ( e.g. a mother complex associated with the mother archetype). Jung treated the archetypes as psychological organs, analogous to physical ones in that both are constructs that arose through evolution.
Jung identified five major archetypes, but also believed that there was no limit to the number that may exist:
•The Self / Ego, the regulating center of the psyche and facilitator of individuation, •The Shadow, the opposite of the Ego image, often containing qualities with which the ego does not identify, but which it possesses nonetheless. The shadow can manifest itself in projection of our own, unrecognised characteristics onto others…•The Anima, the feminine image in a man's psyche, or •The Animus, the masculine image in a woman's psyche, •The Persona, the image we present to the world, usually protecting the Ego from negative images (like a mask), and considered another of 'the sub-personalities, the complexes’
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Jungian ArchetypesJungian Archetypes
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Although archetypes can take on innumerable forms, there are a few particularly notable, recurring archetypal Images…
Jung also outlined what he called archetypes of transformation, which are situations, places, ways, and means that symbolise the transformation in question.
•• The ChildThe Child•• The The HeroHero•• The The Great MotherGreat Mother•• The The Wise Old Wise Old Woman / Woman /
Man / AnimalMan / Animal•• The Damsel in distressThe Damsel in distress
••The The Trickster or FoxTrickster or Fox•• The The Devil or SatanDevil or Satan•• The The ScarecrowScarecrow•• The The MentorMentor•• RebirthRebirth
Common Archetypes Common Archetypes
Archetypal Character Description ExamplesThe Hero A larger-than-life character that often goes on some kind of
journey or quest. In the course of his journey, the hero demonstrates valued qualities and abilities
King Arthur, Odysseus, Luke Skywalker, Frodo
The Father Figure The protector and leader Mufasa from The Lion King The Mother Figure The protective nurturer and gentle provider Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath The Fatal Woman or Temptress
A woman who uses her power (intellect, magic, or most of all, beauty) to make men, especially the Hero, weak
Circe and the Sirens in The Odyssey, Lady Macbeth, Morgan le Fey
The Witch A woman, often a hag (she may be disguised as a beautiful young woman), who attempts to trap and destroy the hero.
The Wicked Stepmother in fairy tales
Monster/Villain The antagonist, especially in opposition to the hero. The Big Bad Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood, The Giant in Jack and the Beanstalk
The Innocent An inexperienced male or female character that is exposed to the evils in the world
Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, Little Red Riding Hood
The Alter Ego or Double Reveals the dual nature of man Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Gollum and Schmiegel
Helpers : Wise Old Woman / Man / Animal
Characters that assist or guide the protagonist Merlin, Yoda and Obi Wan Kenobi in Star Wars, Grandmother Willow in Pocahontas
The Trickster/The Fool Characters who trick others to get them to do what s/he wants – they can be both virtuous and nefarious.
Puss-in-Boots, Road Runner, Fred & George Weasley
The Underdog Characters who are always in the wrong place at the wrong time, but who usually win something of value in the end.
The Ugly Duckling, The Frog Prince, Neville Longbottom
...Some other key ...Some other key Jungian terms...Jungian terms...
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• Jung believed that a human being is inwardly whole, but that most of us have lost touch with important parts of our selves. • Through listening to the messages of our dreams and waking imagination, we can contact and reintegrate our different parts. • The goal of life is individuation, the process of coming to know, giving expression to, and harmonising the various components of the psyche. • If we realise our uniqueness, we can undertake a process of individuation and tap into our true self. • Each human being has a specific nature and calling which is uniquely their own, and unless these are fulfilled through a union of conscious and unconscious, the person can become sick.
• Jung argued that the alchemical process was the transformation of the impure alchemical process was the transformation of the impure soul (lead) to perfected soul (gold), and a metaphor for the individuation processsoul (lead) to perfected soul (gold), and a metaphor for the individuation process..
••ArchetypesArchetypes seek seek actualisationactualisation within the context of an individual's within the context of an individual's environment and environment and determine the degree of individuationdetermine the degree of individuation. Jung also used the . Jung also used the terms "evocation" and "constellation" to explain the process of actualisation. terms "evocation" and "constellation" to explain the process of actualisation.
••Thus for example, Thus for example, the mother archetype is actualised the mother archetype is actualised in the mind of the child in the mind of the child by the evoking of innate by the evoking of innate anticipations of the maternal archetype anticipations of the maternal archetype when the child when the child is in the is in the proximity of a maternal figure proximity of a maternal figure who corresponds closely enough to its who corresponds closely enough to its archetypal templatearchetypal template. .
••This This mother archetype mother archetype is built into the is built into the personal unconscious personal unconscious of the child as a of the child as a mother complexmother complex. Complexes are functional units of the personal unconscious, in . Complexes are functional units of the personal unconscious, in the same way that archetypes are units for the collective unconscious.the same way that archetypes are units for the collective unconscious.
SynchronicitySynchronicity is the experience of two or more events two or more events that are apparently causally unrelated apparently causally unrelated or unlikely to occur together by chance and that are observed to occur together in a meaningful a meaningful manner.manner.
It was a principle that Jung felt gave conclusive evidence for his concepts of archetypes and the collective unconscious, in that it was descriptive of a governing dynamic that underlies the whole of human experience and history - social, emotional, psychological, and spiritual.
Concurrent events that first appear to be coincidental but later turn out to be causally related are termed incoincidentincoincident.
...Using the Tarot ...Using the Tarot ––The Jungian Approach...The Jungian Approach...
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...”You and I are multi...”You and I are multi--faceted people. faceted people. The Tarot cards mirror aspects of our The Tarot cards mirror aspects of our personalities that require contemplation,personalities that require contemplation,interpretation and understanding...”interpretation and understanding...”
A Jungian view of Tarot...A Jungian view of Tarot...
(incidentally... Sigmund Freud also used the Tarot...!)(incidentally... Sigmund Freud also used the Tarot...!)
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The Playing Card Deck The Playing Card Deck ––The Minor ArcanaThe Minor Arcana
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MBTI and the Tarot SuitsMBTI and the Tarot Suits(Minor Arcana)(Minor Arcana)
MyersMyers--Briggs Type Indicator /Briggs Type Indicator /KierseyKiersey--BatesBates
“...Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages be held by anybody else, these pages must showmust show...”
David Copperfield – Charles DickensDickens’ most autobiographical work, a classic ‘coming-of-age story that traces a
boy’s struggle to find his place in the world and to master his “undisciplined heart.”
Dickens said: ...” I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child and his name is DAVID COPPERFIELD”...
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A Fool’s Journey...A Fool’s Journey...
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The Major ArcanaThe Major Arcana
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ChildhoodChildhoodThe SelfThe Self
AdolescenceAdolescence
AdulthoodAdulthood Old AgeOld Age
QabalisticQabalistic or Alchemical Approach or Alchemical Approach ––The 4 Stages of LifeThe 4 Stages of Life
