In 1913, psychologist Carl Jung fell away from the world and lost himself within his own mind. For five years, he wandered his unconscious and struggled with a seemingly endless series of mental images. When he finally returned to the everyday world, he brought back with him the knowledge of these mental images .
These mental images were the archetypes. In this episode, I explore and explain their story.
Table of Contents: Chapter I: Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud (7:21) Chapter II: Looking out for Snakes (28:17) Chapter III: Archetypes (46:15) Chapter IV: The Hero Myth (1:09:31) Chapter V: Heracles vs. Ladon (1:21:29) Chapter VI: Conclusion and the Self (1:35:40)
Topics: Dragons!, Evolutionary Theory, Hero Myth, Jung's Personal History, Psychoanalysis, Self Development
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Apollodorus, The Library
Campbell, Joseph (1949), The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Clay, Catrine (2016), Labyrinths: Emma Jung, Her Marriage to Carl, and the Early Years of Psychoanalysis - (Jung's Chekhov's gun(23:55)) - (This is my major source for Jung's life story)
Conan Doyle, Arthur, A Study in Scarlet - (27:00)
Emre, Merve (2018), The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing
Hesiod, Theogony
Hazelden Betty Ford website: "Jung, Oxford Group helped influence spiritual roots of AA",
Isbell, Lynne A. (2009), The Fruit, the Tree, and the Serpent, Harvard University Press - (pg. 147(42:15))
Jung, C.G., The Collected Works of C.G.Jung - (uncaring of popularity(4:45): CW 8, para 406) - (psychological truth(26:12): CW 5, para 4) - (dream's function(28:10): CW 5, para 5) - (opinion on instincts(29:23): CW 9.I, para 92) - (Christianity's motifs outside Christianity(44:14): CW 11, para 340) - (archetypes as typical events(47:30): CW 5, para 450) - (archetypes definition(50:05): CW 18, para 523) - (archetypes def. cont.(50:20): CW 18, para 539) - (life's purpose(59:00): CW 12, para 330) - (goal of individuation(59:35): CW 7, para 373) - (disturbing archetypes(1:00:25): CW 9.II, para 13) - (shadow's demonization(1:01:00): CW 7, para 152) - (archetypes as projections(1:01:40): CW 7, para 152) - (anima's idealized image(1:03:15): CW 7; para 334) - (rational v. emotional(1:05:40): CW 7, para 331) - (hero as mother/old man(1:07:05): CW 7, para 379) - (great mother as witch(1:08:25): CW 9.I, para 188) - (old man as magic man(1:08:40): CW 7, para 153) - (ceremony's purpose(1:10:45): CW 5, para 450) - (hero as mother/old man(1:14:30): CW 7, para 378) - (hero myth as solar myth(1:16:50): CW 5, para 299) - (hero possession(1:37:55): CW 7, para 385) - (self as all-encompassing(1:43:35): CW 14, para 776) - (self guides life's purpose(1:43:50): CW 7, para 404) - (self as objective standpoint(1:44:45): CW 11, para 428) - (relating to self quote(1:45:50): CW 11, para 427)
Jung, C.G. (1963), Memories, Dreams, Reflections - (quotes not from Collected Works are from this)
Ovid, Metamorphoses
Psychology Today, "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" blurb on their website
Star Chart phone app - (Source for Constellation)
Stevens, Anthony (1982), Archetype: A Natural History of the Self - (Archetypes as grooves in earth metaphor(48:55)) - (This source helped me understand archetypes)
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