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BUILT ENVIRONMENT &

SPATIAL CULTURE
Lecture 9, 28-032014

Carl Gustav Jung (1871 1965)

Jung was chosen by Freud to succeed him in his psychoanalytic


empire! However Jung disagreed with Freud on several issues:
Dream interpretation
The scope and extension of the unconsious
The significance of sex and sexuality in a persons life
The Rational vs Spiritual debate
Jung was eventually expelled from Freuds circle and formed
his own branch of psychoanalysis called Analytic Psychology

Introduction to Jungian principles of Archetype, Collective


Unconscious & Primordial images

C.G. Jung (1875-1961)

Concept of Collective Unconscious


A part of the unconscious mind, shared by a society, a people, or all
humankind, that is the product of ancestral experience and
contains such concepts as science, religion, and morality.
Freuds unconscious

Jungs unconscious

Personal
Subjective
Consists
of
images,
memories,
feelings
and
ideas which were once
conscious but are now
repressed,
meaning
not
directly
accessible
to
consciousness
Psychologically created after
birth of the individual

Collective, universal
Objective
Consists of motifs, ideas,
images,
personalities,
moods, places, visions and
spirits we have never known
in day-to-day life
We are born with this,
predates the individual

Concept of Archetype
Archetypes
areautonomousstructures
within
the
collective
unconscious. They are patterns and symbols that keep recurring
world-wide in all people's psyche and have been reappearing from
time immemorial. We know them from myths, fairy tales, sagas,
legends and stories told the world over.

A myth is in fact "a dream being experienced by a whole culture.


Inevitably archetypal figures appear in personal dreams which closely
resemble mythic figures, which leads to a natural interest in
experience of religion as a psychological phenomenon.

Freud
had
assumed
the
unconscious to be a personal thing
contained within an individual.
Jung, on the other hand, saw the
personal unconscious mind as
sitting atop a much deeper
universal layer of consciousness,
the collective unconscious the
inherited part of the human
psyche
not
developed
from
personal experience.

The Collective
Unconscious

Forms of Archetypes
The Shadow- The 'shadow',
which is always of the same sex,
is the dark side of the person,
characterized
by
inferior,
uncivilized or animal qualities
which the 'ego' wishes to hide
from others. It is not wholly bad
however, but primitive and
unadapted; it can vitalize life if
honestly faced up to.
All the demonic things by which
human
beings
betray
their
inhumanity to other beings. We
encounter it in other people,
things and places where we
project it.

Forms of Archetypes
The Anima & Animus
Anima in men and Animus in women, or, the Soul, and is the route to
communication with the collective unconscious. It represents ourtrue
self.
A perfect partnership between man and woman can occur when not
only are our physical forms compatible but also the anima and
animus. Thus you might find your soul-mate.

Forms of Archetypes
The Self
It does not refer to the individual self but to the whole of the
personality;
ego,
consciousness
personal
and
collective
unconscious. For Jung, the self is not just 'me' but God. It is the
spirit that connects and is part of the universe. It is the coherent
whole that unifies both consciousness and unconsciousness. It may
be found elsewhere in such principles as nirvana and ecstatic
harmony.

Other Archetypal characters


Family archetypes
The father: Stern, powerful, controlling
The mother: Feeding, nurturing, soothing
The child: Birth, beginnings, salvation
Story archetypes
The hero: Rescuer, champion
The maiden: Purity, desire
The wise old man: Knowledge, guidance
The magician: Mysterious, powerful
The earth mother: Nature
The witch or sorceress: Dangerous
The trickster: Deceiving, hidden
Animal archetypes
The faithful dog: Unquestioning loyalty
The enduring horse: Never giving up
The devious cat: Self-serving

PRIMORDIAL IMAGES

Archetypes
I have often been asked where the archetypes or primordial
images come from. It seems to me that their origins can only be
explained from assuming them to be deposits of the constantly
repeated experiences of humanity

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