It was a discovery, not

It was a discovery, not Post Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 8:52:51 +0000
By guiding students through such simple experiments as these the geometrician prepares them to try all possi- ble combinations and recombinations of figures. One can imagine, for example, that the first student of geometry who explicitly formulated the statement that an indefinite number of lines can be drawn through a single point re- garded the fact as a discovery. It was a discovery, not of an obscure fact, but a discovery in explicit form of a fun- damental fact which all along had been present in experi- ences, but was now brought to attention as of sufficient importance to be treated as a distinct and explicit matter of comment.

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1. - " In this work Post Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:27:06 +0000
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE UNCONSCIOUS THAT humanity is seeking a new message, a new light upon the meaning of life, and something tangible, as it were, with which it can work towaids a larger under- standing of itself and its relation to the universe, is a fact I think none will gainsay Therefore, it has seemed to me particularly timely to introduce to the Eng- lish-speaking world Dr Jungs remarkable book, " Wand- lungen und Symbole der Libido." In this work he has plunged boldly into the treacherous sea of mythology and folklore, the productions of the ancient mind and that of the common people, and turned upon this vast material the same scientific and painstaking method of psychologic analysis that is applied to the modern mind, in order to reveal the common bond of desire and longing which unites all humanity, and thus bridge the gaps presumed to exist between ancient and widely separated peoples and those of our modern time.

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2. - The difficulties in translating Post Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:15:30 +0000
The discoveiy of this under- current affecting and influencing ancient peoples as well as modern serves as a foundation or platform from which he proceeds to hold aloft a new ideal, a new goal of attainment possible of achievement and which can be in- tellectually satisfy ; ng, as well as emotionally appealing: the goal of moral autonomy. This book, remarkable for its erudition and the tre- mendous labor expended upon it, as well as for the new light which it sheds upon human life, its motives, its needs and its possibilities, is not one for desultory read- ing or superficial examination Such an approach will prevent the reader from gaining anything of its real value, but for those who can bring a serious interest and willingness to give a careful study to it the work will prove to be a veritable mine capable of yielding the greatest riches. The difficulties in translating a book such as this are almost insuperable, but I have tried faithfully to express Dr Jungs thought, keeping as close to the original text as possible and, at the same time, rendeiing the difficult material and complicated German phrasing as simply and clearly as (he subject-matter would allow In all this work I owe much to Miss Helen I Brayton, without whose faithful assistance the work would never have been completed I wish to acknowledge my gratitude to Mr Louis Untermeyer, whose help in rendering the poetic quotations into English verse has been invaluable, and to express as well my gratitude to other friends who have assisted me in various ways from time to time.

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3. - It has in fact led Post Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:01:37 +0000
WHEN Professor Freud of Vienna made his early discoveiies in the realm of the neuroses, and announced that the basis and origin of the various symptoms grouped under the terms hysteria and neuroses lay in unfulfilled desires and wishes, unexpressed and unknown to the patient for the most part, and concerned chiefly with the jsexual instinct, it was not realized what far- reaching influence this unpopular and bitterly attacked theory would exert on the understanding of human life in general. For this theoiy has so widened in its scope that its application has now extended beyond a particular group of pathologic states. It has in fact led to a new evalua- tion of the whole conduct of human life; a new compre- hension has developed which explains those things which formerly were unexplained, and there is offered an understanding not only of the symptoms of a neurosis and the phenomena of conduct but the product of the mind as expressed in myths and religions.

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4. - To add to the general Post Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:49:57 +0000
This amazing growth has proceeded steadily in an ever-widening fashion despite opposition as violent as any of which we have knowledge in the past. The criti- cism originally directed towards the little understood and much disliked sexual conception now includes the further teachings of a psychology which by the application to it of such damning phrases as mystical, metaphysical and sacrilegious, is condemned as unscientific. To add to the general confusion and misundertanding surrounding this new school of thought there has arisen a division amongst the leaders themselves, so that there now exist two schools led respectively by Professor Sigmund Freud of Vienna and Dr Carl Jung of Zurich, referred to in the literature as the Vienna School and the Zurich School It is very easy to understand that criticism and opposi- tion should develop against a psychology so difficult of comprehension, and so disturbing to the ideas which have been held by humanity for ages; a psychology which furthermore requires a special technique as well as an observer trained to recognize and appreciate in psycho- logic phenomena a verification of the statement that there is no such thing as chance, and that every act and every expression has its own meaning, determined by the inner feelings and wishes of the individual.

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5. - The result of digging down Post Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:33:06 +0000
It is not a simple matter to come out boldly and state that every individual is to a large extent the determiner of his own destiny, for only by poets and philosophers has this idea been put forth not by science ; and it is a brave act to make this statement with full consciousness of all its meaning, and to stand ready to prove it by scientific reasoning and procedure Developed entirely through empirical investigation and through an analysis of individual cases, Freudian psy- chology seems particularly to belong to that conception of Max Mullets that " An empirical acquaintance with facts rises to a scientific knowledge of facts as soon as the mind discovers beneath the multiplicity of single productions the unity of an organic system." I Psychoanalysis is the name given to the method de- veloped for reaching down into the hidden depths of the individual to bring to light the underlying motives and determinants of his symptoms and attitudes, and to reveal the unconscious tendencies which lie behind actions and reactions and which influence development and determine the relations of life itself. The result of digging down into the hidden psyche has been to produce a mass of mateiial from below the threshold of consciousness, so astonishing and disturbing and out of relation with the pieviously held values, as to arouse in any one unfamiliar with the process the strongest antagonism and criticism.

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6. - As Dr Jung says Post Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:17:37 +0000
Although originally studied only as a therapeutic method for the sick it was soon realized through an analysis of normal people how slight were the differences in the content of the unconscious of the sick and of the normal The differences observed were seen to be rather in the reactions to life and to the conflicts produced by contending forces in the individual. These conflicts, usually not fully perceived by the in- dividual, and having to do with objectionable desires and wishes that are not in keeping with the conscious idea of self, produce marked effects which are expressed either in certain opinions, prejudices, attitudes of conduct, faulty actions, or in some definite pathologic symptom. As Dr Jung says, he who remains Jiealthy has to struggle with the same complexes that cause the neurotic to fall ill.

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7. - It appears to Post Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:59:41 +0000
In a valuable book called " The Neighbor," written by the late Professor N Shaler of Harvard University, there occurs this very far-reaching statement: "jit is hardly too much to say that all the important errors of conduct, all the burdens of men or of societies are caused by the inadequacies in the association of the primal animal emotions with those mental powers which have been so rapidly developed in mankind." This statement, reached by a process of reasoning and a method of thought and study entirely different from psychoanalysis, nevertheless so completely ex- presses in brief form the very basis of the postulates developed through psychoanalysis that I quote it here Such a statement made in the course of a general exam- ination of human relations does not arouse opposition nor seem to be so difficult of acceptance. It appears to be the individual application of these conceptions that has roused such bitter antagonism and violent denuncia- tions.

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8. - Marvelous results have re- warded Post Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:40:46 +0000
Rightly understood and used, psychoanalysis may be compared to surgery, for psychoanalysis stands m the same relation to the personality as surgery does to the body, and they aim at parallel results. It is well recognized that in the last analysis nature is the real physician, the healer of wounds ; but prior to the development of our modern asepsis and surgical technique the healing produced by nature was most often of a very faulty and imperfect type hideous scars, distorted and crippled limbs, with functions impaired or incapacitated, resulted from the wounds, or else nature was unable to cope with the hurt and the injured one succumbed Science has been steadily working for centuries with the aim of understanding nature and finding means to aid and co-operate with her so that healing could take place with the least possible loss of function or permanent mjuiy to the individual. Marvelous results have re- warded these persistent efforts, as the brilliant achieve- ments of surgery plainly indicate Meantime, however, little thought was given to the possibility of any scientific method being available to help man overcome the wounds and conflicts taking place in his soul, huits which retarded his development and prog- ress as a peisonality, and which frequently in, the struggle resulted in physical pains and symptoms of the most varied character V That was left solely to religion and metaphysics.

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9. - Here, as in no other Post Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:22:52 +0000
Now, however, this same assistance that surgery has given to the physical body, psychoanalysis attempts to give to the personality. That it cannot always succeed is as much to be expected, and more, than that surgery does not always succeed, for the analytic work requires much of the individual No real result can be attained if he has not already developed a certain quality of character and intelli- gence which makes it possible for him to submit himself to a facing of his naked soul, and to the pain and suffering which this often entails. Here, as in no other relation in life, an absolute truth and an absolute honesty are the only basis of action, since deception of any kind deceives no one but the individual himself and acts as a boomerang, defeating his own aims.

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10. - For in this new direc- Post Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:06:07 +0000
Such deep searching and penetrating into the soul is not something to be undertaken lightly nor to be con- sidered a trivial or simple matter, and the fact is that where a strong compulsion is lacking, such as sickness or a situation too difficult to meet, much courage is required to undertake it. In order to understand this psychology which is per- vading all realms of thought and seems destined to be a new psychological-philosophical system for the under- standing and practical advancement of human life, it will be necessary to go somewhat into detail regarding its development and present status. For in this new direc- tion lies its greatest value and its greatest danger.

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