- [eBook] 융의 영혼의 지도
- 머레이 스타인 (지은이),김창한 (옮긴이)문예출판사2019-03-25
- 원제 : Jung’s Map of the Soul
[eBook] 융의 영혼의 지도
머레이 스타인 (지은이),김창한 (옮긴이)문예출판사2019-03-25 원제 : Jung’s Map of the Soul
종이책 페이지수 : 344쪽
책소개
융 심리학 전문가 머리 스타인 박사가 30년 가까이 연구한 결과물을 쉬운 언어와 적절한 비유로 설명한 개론서. 융 심리학의 깊고 넓은 배경과 바탕은 그의 세계를 이해하려는 일반 독자들에게 막막한 벽과도 같다. 머리 슈타인은 몇십 년 동안 융의 심리학을 깊이 있게 연구하고 이해한 내용을, 누구나 쉽게 이해할 수 있는 언어와 표현, 비유들로 재미있게 설명해준다.
저자는 융의 분석 심리학 이론을 지도 제작 과정에 빗대어 그 영혼의 맨 위 표면에 해당하는 자아에서 출발해 콤플렉스, 리비도 이론, 그림자, 아니마/아니무스, 자기, 개성화, 동시성 등 점점 더 복잡한 영역들로 탐구해 들어간다. 그 결과는 그저 밋밋한 2차원 평면 지도가 아니라 융 심리학을 입체적이고 역동적으로 보여주는 3D 지도이다. 총 9장으로 되어 있으며 서론과 융 심리학에서 사용되는 주요 용어 설명이 본문의 앞뒤에 놓인다.
목차
서론
1장 표층 (자아의식적)
자아와 의식의 관계 / 자아의 위치 / 심리 유형 / 개인적 자유
2장 내면의 거주자 (콤플렉스)
무의식에 도달하기 / 콤플렉스 / 무의식의 수준 / 정신 이미지 / 성격의 파편 / 콤플렉스의 구조 / 콤플렉스 분출
3장 정신 에너지 (리비도 이론)
성과 리비도 / 정신 에너지의 변화 / 모델로서의 물리학 / 에너지의 원천 / 정신 에너지 측정 / 몸과 마음의 통합 / 에너지, 운동, 방향 / 변화와 상징
4장 정신의 경계 (본능, 원형, 집단 무의식)
원형(정신의 보편자) / 무의식 / 본능 / 원형과 본능의 관계
5장 타자와의 드러내고 감추는 관계 (페르소나와 그림자)
자아의 그림자 / 그림자 형성 / 페르소나 / 페르소나의 두 원천 / 페르소나 발달 / 페르소나 변화 / 페르소나와 그림자의 통합
6장 심층의 내부에 이르는 길 (아니마와 아니무스)
아니마와 아니무스의 정의 / 젠더, 그리고 아니마와 아니무스 / 아니마/무스 발달 / 아니마/무스와 함께 의식 고양 / 성과 관계들
7장 정신의 초월적 중심과 전일성 (자기)
융의 자기 경험 / 자기에 대한 융의 정의 / 자기의 상징 / 정신의 중심적 신비로서의 자기
8장 자기의 출현 (개성화)
심리학적 수명 / 개성화 / 의식의 다섯 단계 / 개성화의 한 사례 연구 / 자기의 운동
9장 시간과 영원에 대해 (동시성)
혼돈 속 형태 / 동시성의 관념 발달 / 동시성과 인과성 / 동시성과 원형 이론 / 마음과 물질 / 절대지(絶對知) / 새로운 패러다임 / 우주론
접기
책속에서
P. 13
정신에 대한 융의 연구는 매우 개인적인 일이기도 했다. 무의식의 마음을 탐험하는 일은 단지 환자나 실험 대상에 한정되어 이뤄진 것이 아니었다. 그는 자신을 실험 대상으로 삼아 분석하기도 했다. 사실 얼마 동안은 자기 스스로 주요 연구 대상이 되었다. 주의 깊게 자신의 꿈을 관찰하고 적극 상상 active imagination 기법을 발전시킴으로써, 자신의 내면세계라는 숨겨진 공간 깊숙이 들어가는 길을 찾아냈다. 환자들과 자신을 이해하기 위해 융은 인간의 문화, 신화, 종교에 대한 비교 연구를 가능하게 하는 해석 방법을 발전시켰다. 접기
P. 21
이 책은 일종의 안내서다. 내가 기대하는 진짜 독자는 융이 설파한 것을 알고 싶어 하지만 그 광대한 저작과 복잡한 사유에 아직 제대로 입성조차 하지 못한 초보자들이다. 물론 그에 대한 이해의 초보적 단계를 넘어선 사람들 역시 이 책을 읽고 얻는 것이 있기를 바란다.
P. 48~49
내향적 사고의 사람이 강한 사회화가 필요한, 아니면 가가호호 방문하며 신문 구독신청을 받는 일을 하는 외향적 영역을 담당할 경우 일의 효율성은 현저히 떨어진다. 그래서 그는 어찌할 바를 모른 채 상당한 불안과 스트레스를 자주 받는다. 만일 이러한 내향적 사람이 외향적 태도를 선호하는 문화 또는 내향성을 부정적으로 강화하는 가정에서 태어난다면, 그의 자아는 억지로 외향성을 발전시켜 환경에 적응해야 한다. 이것은 상당히 큰 대가를 요구한다. 내향적인 사람은 외향적인 것에 적응하는 데 만성적이고 크나큰 심리적 스트레스를 감수해야 한다. 그의 자아 적응은 자연스럽게 이뤄지지 않으므로 인위적으로 환경에 적응해야 한다.
그는 적응을 제대로 하지 못하겠지만, 어쩔 수 없이 하긴 해야 한다. 이러한 사람의 자아는 불리한 상황에서 기능하게 되는데, 이는 선천적으로 외향적인 인간이 내향적 문화에서 불리한 조건을 취하는 것과 같은 맥락이다. 접기
P. 62
융은 콤플렉스가 무의식에 존재한다는 점을 공고히 한 후에도 콤플렉스에 대한 연구를 더 진척해가기를 원했다. 그는 단어 연상 실험 같은 도구를 이용해 콤플렉스들을 면밀히 측정할 수 있었다. 융은 정확한 측정을 통해 모호한 직관과 추론적 이론을 과학적 자료로 변환할 수 있었는데, 이는 융의 과학적 기질과 무관하지 않았다. 융은 특별한 콤플렉스가 생성하는 지표 수와 이러한 지표를 통해 볼 수 있는 마음의 동요가 주는 심각성을 합산하기만 하면, 이 콤플렉스가 부과하는 감정의 양을 측정할 수 있다고 보았다. 이것은 그에게 이 콤플렉스에 묶여 있는 정신 에너지의 상대량 relative quantity을 알려주는 것이었다. 접기
P. 290
융은 원인과 결과로 추론하는 것이 궁극적이라는 생각에 의문을 던지면서, 현대 물리학이 자신의 동맹자임을 발견했다. 왜냐하면 물리학은 인과적 설명 대신 통계적 확률만 있는 사건과 과정이 있다는 점을 밝혀냈기 때문이다.
더보기
저자 및 역자소개
머레이 스타인 (Murray Stein) (지은이)
저자파일
신간알리미 신청
머리 스타인 박사는 예일대와 취리히 융 연구소, 시카고 대학에서 공부했다. 20년 이상 트레이닝 애널리스트로 활동해왔으며, 현재는 시카고에 있는 융 연구소에서 가르치고 있다. 그의 수많은 저작 중에는 《전체성 실습(Practicing Wholeness)》(1996), 《변화: 자기의 출현(Transformation : Emergence of the Self)》(1998)을 비롯해 권위 있는 편집으로 알려진 선집 《융의 심리학적 분석(Jungian Analysis)》(제2판, 1995) 등이 있다. 스타인 박사는 국제정신분석심리학회 부회장을 맡고 있기도 하다. 접기
최근작 : <융의 영혼의 지도>,<해의 양심과 달의 양심> … 총 136종 (모두보기)
김창한 (옮긴이)
저자파일
신간알리미 신청
캐나다 캘거리대학 종교학과 박사 과정을 졸업(종교학 박사)했다. 캘거리대학, 엠브로즈대학, 부스대학 등에서 세계종교와 신종교 등을 가르쳤으며, 현재는 부스대학 강사로 있다.
출판사 제공
책소개
융 심리학의 최고 전문가 머리 스타인 박사가
‘융의 영혼의 지도’를 30년 가까이 연구해 내놓은 쉽고도 깊이 있는 개론서
프로이트와 더불어 20세기 가장 유명하고 영향력 있는 심리학자이자 ‘분석 심리학(Analytical Psychology)’ 창시자인 칼 구스타프 융의 이론을, 융 심리학 최고 전문가로 꼽히는 머리 슈타인 박사가 쉬운 언어와 적절한 비유로 설명한 개론서. ‘영혼의 지도’라는 제목이 시사하듯이, 저자는 융의 분석 심리학 이론을 지도 제작 과정에 빗대어 그 영혼의 맨 위 표면에 해당하는 자아(ego)에서 출발해 콤플렉스, 리비도(libido) 이론, 그림자(shadow), 아니마/아니무스, 자기(自己, self), 개성화(Individuation), 동시성(synchronicity) 등 점점 더 복잡한 영역들로 탐구해 들어간다. 그 결과는 그저 밋밋한 2차원 평면 지도가 아니라 융 심리학을 입체적이고 역동적으로 보여주는 3D 지도이다. ‘융의 영혼의 지도를 30년 가까이 연구해 정제한 결실’이라는 자신에 찬 서론이 허언이 아님을 충실한 내용으로 잘 보여주고 있는 책.
절묘한 묘사와 비유로 융의 학문세계에 대한 벽을 허물며
미지의 정신세계에 대한 친절한 안내자 역할을 해주는 책!
칼 융의 사상과 이론은 현대에도 여전히 막강한 영향력을 행사하고 있고, 대중의 높은 관심과 인기를 얻고 있다. 그러나 심리학뿐 아니라 철학, 신학, 사회학, 인류학, 신경과학, 천문학, 물리학 등 다양한 학문 분야를 아우르고 가로지르는 융 심리학의 깊고 넓은 배경과 바탕은 그의 세계를 이해하려는 일반 독자들에게 막막한 벽과도 같다. 게다가 그의 분석심리학은 한두 해가 아닌 60여 년에 걸친 온축의 결과이고, 그것이 무려 18권의 두텁고 밀도 높은 저작으로 남아 있기에 그의 사상을 조금이라도 용이한 경로로 이해하고자 하는 사람들에게 융은 시쳇말로 ‘넘사벽’이나 다름없다. 머리 슈타인은 그 벽을 낮춘다. 아니, 허물어준다. 몇십 년 동안 융의 심리학을 깊이 있게 연구하고 이해한 내용을, 누구나 쉽게 이해할 수 있는 언어와 표현, 비유들로 재미있게 설명해준다.
이 책을 읽으며 경험하게 되는 매력 중 하나는 적절하고 절묘한 묘사와 비유다. 예를 들면, 무의식의 세계를 “미스터리의 바다” 로 표현하거나, 융을 내면세계 (inner world)의 크리스토퍼 콜럼버스, 무의식의 세계에 대한 탐험가이자 지도 제작자로 표현한 것, “존 글렌과 닐 암스트롱이 외부 우주의 개척자들이라면, 융은 우리 내부에 존재하는 미지 세계의 개척자, 용감하고 대담한 항해자다”라는 표현, “모든 심리학은 개인적 고백이다”라는 대목 등이다. 융이 여러 저작들에서 표현한 용어를 충실히 따르면서도, 그에 대한 설명은 일반인도 이해하기 쉽도록 다듬었다. 때로 가벼운 에세이처럼, 대개는 별다른 부담 없이 편안하게 읽히는 이 책은, 웬만큼 철저하고 깊이 있게 융을 연구하고 이해한 사람이 아니라면 도저히 이렇게 쉽게 쓰지 못했을 것이라는 점을 곳곳에서 보여준다. 거칠고 딱딱하고 팍팍한 음식을, 잘게 부수고, 부드럽게 빻고, 적당히 양념을 섞어 누구나 서슴없이 맛나게 먹을 수 있도록 재가공하는 과정이 연상되는 대목이다.
융은 한국에도 널리 알려진 인물이고, 여러 논문이나 저작, 블로그 등에 다양한 층위의 난이도와 정확성 혹은 부정확성으로 소개되어 있다. 그처럼 불균질적이고 파편화된 지식 시장에서, 머리 슈타인의 《융의 영혼의 지도》는 단연 충실하고 종합적인, 그러면서도 더없이 대중적으로 잘 요약 정리된 융 입문서로 자리 잡을 수 있을 것으로 전망한다.
■ 구성과 차례
《융의 영혼의 지도》는 총 9장으로 되어 있으며 표면(surface)에서 시작해 점점 더 내면 깊숙이 파고든다. 이 책을 쓰게 된 동기를 잘 보여주는 서론과 융 심리학에서 사용되는 주요 용어 설명이 본문의 앞뒤에 놓인다.
■ 카를 구스타프 융 Carl Gustav Jung, 1875~1961
스위스의 정신과 의사. 1900년 무렵 스위스 바젤대학에서 기초의학 공부를 마쳤고, 1905년부터 취리히 부르크흴츨리 진료소에서 정신의학 수련을 받았다. 1907~1913년 프로이트와 교류했으며, 오랫동안 심층적인 자아 분석을 하는 데 몰두했다. 이후 자신만의 특징적인 심리학 이론인 분석심리학을 들고 나왔으며, 1921년 《심리 유형(Psychological Types)》이라는 책을 통해 이를 세상에 알렸다. 융은 새롭게 발견한 무의식의 특성들을 ‘콤플렉스(complexes)’라고 명명했을 뿐 아니라 정신병과 정신분열증에 대한 이론을 발전시켰으며, 당시 새롭게 등장한 정신분석학 운동의 지도자로 뚜렷이 부각되었다. 1961년 쿠스나흐트에서 사망했다. 접기
북플 bookple
방탄소년단 덕에 좋은 책도 읽게되네요.. 결제하러갑니다 슝슝 구매
앙팡 2018-12-15 공감 (54) 댓글 (1)
Thanks to
공감
방탄소년단 신곡을 기다리며 ..... 미리 읽어보려 구매하네요
나를 자꾸만 공부시키는 방탄소년단!!!
나를 좀더 좋은 사람으로 만들어주는 존재입니다 구매
hoya7005 2019-03-28 공감 (15) 댓글 (0)
Thanks to
공감
방탄이들덕분에 좋은 공부 하네요.저에게 도움이 될것같아요. 구매
coolrosemj 2019-03-31 공감 (12) 댓글 (0)
Thanks to
공감
융의 전반적인 사상의 흐름을 잘 정리했다. 쭉 읽어보기 좋다. 구매
reddish0123 2015-11-02 공감 (10) 댓글 (0)
Thanks to
공감
탄이들 덕분에 강제 철학공부하게 됐숨돠! 구매
nergul123 2019-04-22 공감 (5) 댓글 (0)
====
마이리뷰
구매자 (4)
====
[마이리뷰] 융의 영혼의 지도 새창으로 보기 구매
알듯 말듯..끝부분은 아인슈타인의 상대성 이론과 어우러져 미궁으로 빠진 책..내가 학교에서 배운 융은 융이 아니다라는 결론만 얻었다..앤서니 스토선생님 책을 다시 읽어야 되나보다ㅠㅜ
vilimoon 2016-03-22 공감(13) 댓글(0)
계기는 방탄때문이었지만 좋은 책이에요 새창으로 보기 구매
심리학은 교양수업으로만 들었었는데 다시 한번 이렇게 접하게되니 좋네요한번쯤 볼만 합니다
한원진 2020-08-05 공감(1) 댓글(0)
Thanks to
공감
[마이리뷰] 융의 영혼의 지도 새창으로 보기 구매
처음에 좀 어려웠는데 나름 재미있게 읽었습니다.
드라마 2019-07-24 공감(0) 댓글(0)
Thanks to
공감
나와 나의 그림자를 마주하는 순간 진정한 내가 된다 새창으로 보기 구매
이 글에는 스포일러가 포함되어 있습니다. 보시겠습니까?
회색 영역을 클릭하면 내용을 확인할 수 있습니다.
루나 2020-12-30 공감(0) 댓글(0)
Thanks to
공감
Jung's Map of the Soul: An Introduction
by
More than a mere overview, the book offers readers a strong grounding in the basic principles of Jung's analytical psychology in addition to illuminating insights.
Probably the best one-volume English language summary of Jung's thought. . . Stein develops the cartographical metaphor of the title by beginning with the "surface" (ego) of the psyche and exploring successively more complex areas, including complexes, libido thoery, shadow, "anima/us," the self, individuation, and synchronicity. The map soon resembles the multidisciplinary chart of a solar system more than it does a flat map. In each subject area, Stein draws heavily on papers that Jung wrote late in his life, but he sets these in the context of Jung's earlier developing thought. This method allows the author to demonstrate the interconnectedness and coherence of Jung's mature work. -- Choice, 10/15/98
Stein could just as aptly have named his introductory guide "Jung's Art of the Soul," for the course the founder of analytical psychology charted also has the intuitive sweep of an artist on an inner journey integrated within a systematic framework of techniques. Though acknowledging Jung's creative, intuitive approach to fathoming the mysteries of the individual and collective human psyche, the author presents a solid case for the basic coherency and empirical underpinnings of the great psychoanalyst's theory-counter to those who viewed him as more of a mystic or philosopher who espoused: "As within, so without." Territory consciously omitted from this psychic map concern his analytic practice and interpretation of culture, history, and religion. Organized like a graduate thesis, all the major concepts that evolved over Jung's lengthy career are lucidly summarized with some contextual details: ego-consciousness, complexes, libido theory, archetypes, persona/shadow, anima/animus, the self, individuation, and synchronicity. While this presentation is eminently more accessible than most Jungian texts-and Stein does preface it with personal remarks about his long-time attraction to Jung-those who seek a sense of Jung's own voice and personal development in his quest for answers to many of life's enigmas will have their appetites whet to explore further. -- From Independent Publisher (less)
Probably the best one-volume English language summary of Jung's thought. . . Stein develops the cartographical metaphor of the title by beginning with the "surface" (ego) of the psyche and exploring successively more complex areas, including complexes, libido thoery, shadow, "anima/us," the self, individuation, and synchronicity. The map soon resembles the multidisciplinary chart of a solar system more than it does a flat map. In each subject area, Stein draws heavily on papers that Jung wrote late in his life, but he sets these in the context of Jung's earlier developing thought. This method allows the author to demonstrate the interconnectedness and coherence of Jung's mature work. -- Choice, 10/15/98
Stein could just as aptly have named his introductory guide "Jung's Art of the Soul," for the course the founder of analytical psychology charted also has the intuitive sweep of an artist on an inner journey integrated within a systematic framework of techniques. Though acknowledging Jung's creative, intuitive approach to fathoming the mysteries of the individual and collective human psyche, the author presents a solid case for the basic coherency and empirical underpinnings of the great psychoanalyst's theory-counter to those who viewed him as more of a mystic or philosopher who espoused: "As within, so without." Territory consciously omitted from this psychic map concern his analytic practice and interpretation of culture, history, and religion. Organized like a graduate thesis, all the major concepts that evolved over Jung's lengthy career are lucidly summarized with some contextual details: ego-consciousness, complexes, libido theory, archetypes, persona/shadow, anima/animus, the self, individuation, and synchronicity. While this presentation is eminently more accessible than most Jungian texts-and Stein does preface it with personal remarks about his long-time attraction to Jung-those who seek a sense of Jung's own voice and personal development in his quest for answers to many of life's enigmas will have their appetites whet to explore further. -- From Independent Publisher (less)
Paperback, 192 pages
Published December 30th 1998 by Open Court (first published March 1st 1998)
Original Title
Jung's Map of the Soul: An Introduction
Edition Language
English
Recommend This Book None of your friends have reviewed this book yet.
Ask the Goodreads community a question about Jung's Map of the Soul
Be the first to ask a question about Jung's Map of the Soul
Showing 1-30
Read to better understand the new BTS album, which is named after this book. Surprisingly thorough for such a concise book, it’s a good entrance point if you’re interested in learning about Jung. I didn’t bother with the last chapter, which goes into borderline religious stuff, but the parts on the soul are a satisfying read on both a psychiatrical and a philosophical aspect.
Thank you BTS for introducing me to this book. It was an amazing read and brought me closer to understanding myself.
`Ultimately,' wrote Jung, `every individual life is at the same time the eternal life of the species.'
This is a readable (almost) introduction to the whole of Jung’s cosmology. Partly defensive in its arguments, the book proves useful when it sticks to just presenting Jung’s thoughts and not trying to show how it is still in sync with latest research (esp when it tries to link psychology to modern physics!). Jung and Freud are best read as imaginative writers and it would probably be even more fun to read them while viewing them as collaborators or co-myth-makers. Stein tries his best to hold back from attacking Freud and explaining Jung, but the proverbial slips are a few too many.
The good part is that Stein is a good cartographer. Stein constructs the cosmology slowly with a lot of care and precision. He starts with the Ego and slowly introduces us to its Shadow. Then the Persona and the Animus are introduced. Finally the Self is brought in, the most delicate and easy to misunderstand concept kept for the last. Then we move out of the mind and into the realm of the outer world via Synchronicity and start exploring ESP and such phenomena. In the end, we conclude with the awesome picture of the Collective Unconscious that stretches from inside our psyche to encompass and create/effect the whole universe. It is myth-making at its magnificent best, who wouldn’t be impressed? I was. (less)
This is a readable (almost) introduction to the whole of Jung’s cosmology. Partly defensive in its arguments, the book proves useful when it sticks to just presenting Jung’s thoughts and not trying to show how it is still in sync with latest research (esp when it tries to link psychology to modern physics!). Jung and Freud are best read as imaginative writers and it would probably be even more fun to read them while viewing them as collaborators or co-myth-makers. Stein tries his best to hold back from attacking Freud and explaining Jung, but the proverbial slips are a few too many.
The good part is that Stein is a good cartographer. Stein constructs the cosmology slowly with a lot of care and precision. He starts with the Ego and slowly introduces us to its Shadow. Then the Persona and the Animus are introduced. Finally the Self is brought in, the most delicate and easy to misunderstand concept kept for the last. Then we move out of the mind and into the realm of the outer world via Synchronicity and start exploring ESP and such phenomena. In the end, we conclude with the awesome picture of the Collective Unconscious that stretches from inside our psyche to encompass and create/effect the whole universe. It is myth-making at its magnificent best, who wouldn’t be impressed? I was. (less)
I have now come to terms with the fact that I will never understand Jung completely. His writing is like a sprawl, going in many directions, and Murry Stein in a way affirms the fact that Jung, equally interested in spirituality and mysticism, has left myriad small lamps in the dark alley of the human soul, ever attracting young and curious minds to investigate further. To make sense of his writing is a job in itself.
This is a good primer to start with. Basic theories are explained well, and if there is something I want to take from this book, something which reinforces the central idea in all the Eastern religions, be it Hinduism, Taoism, or Buddhism, it is this passage:
"The infant is at first literally not able to distinguish where it leaves off and where mother begins. The infant's world is highly unified. In this sense the first stage of consciousness anticipates the final stage: ultimate unification of the parts into a whole. At the beginning, however, it is unconscious wholeness, whereas at the end the sense of wholeness is conscious."
Briefly expanded below are the stages of consciousness (please note that the stages are much more complex but I am providing a jist here):
Stage 1. Unconscious wholeness. The infant described above.
Stage 2. The infant becomes aware of certain places where its own physical being collides with outside objects. Recognizes difference between the "self" and the "other". Some objects in the world now are more important than others because they carry projections of libidinal investment. Parents become major early carriers of archetypal projections. "Daddy can do anything!" or "Mother knows everything!"
Stages 3. The shocking realization that one's parents clearly don't know everything and are anything but godlike. At this stage, the world looses much of its naive enchantment. Omnipresence and omnipotence are no longer granted to human beings (parents), but such qualities are projected onto abstract entities such as God, Fate, and Truth. Philosophy and theology become possible. Projections are invested not so much in persons but in principles and symbols and teachings.
Stage 4. The radical extinction of projections, even the theological ones. This leads to the creation of an "empty center", which Jung identifies with modernity. This is the "modern man in search of soul". Humans come to see themselves as cogs in a huge socio-economic machine, and seek meaning. One either settles for moments of pleasure or despair. Gods no longer inhabit the heavens. Values are understood to be manufactured. "Maybes" and "Not sure" take hold over the discourse. While this is an advance of consciousness in a personal sense, it is dangerous for the potential for megalomania, because of the "Anything goes!" attitude. This is Nietzsche's Superman.
Not everyone make it to Stage 4. Societies insist on clinging to Stage 2 and 3 out of fear of the corrosive effects of Stage 4. But it is a real psychological achievement when projections have been removed to this extent. Individuals start taking personal responsibilities for their destinies.
(This stage is similar to what existentialists talk about, especially Sartre's stance on total responsibility and his argument that in man's realization of total freedom comes the fear that there is no one to look after him, that he is responsible for all his actions. He summed it up thus: we are condemned to be free)
Stage 5. Here a person starts merging the conscious and the unconscious. A state similar to the ones Yogis or Buddhists try to attain in the East. In a sense, Jung is theorizing that which cannot be explained when a state of completeness is reached. He goes on to say that higher stages of consciousness are possible, via Kundalini Yoga and the like. In a sense, one gains wider ecological relation between the psyche and the world, so that responsibility of everything around oneself - people, planet, tress, animals - comes as a natural state. One is whole again :-)
Thanks to Murry Stein we have proper descriptions of the above 5 stages, worked out from various essays and papers written by Jung.
Jung's idea of synchronicity considers the larger interaction between the psyche and the world. When asked by a student about the boundary of the self Jung has been said to have replied: it is boundless. Isn't it the goal of a meditating Buddhist?
Towards the sunset of his life Jung had turned completely away from the sciences and was charting the territory already walked upon by mystics. His ideas on individuation and the stages of consciousness could easily pass on as a spiritual sermon. And that's where, I believe, his validity ended for hard sciences. I wonder whether recent neurologists make any use of his theories. They might enjoy reading him for the exact same reasons we laypersons do: for the ferocity of his imagination. (less)
This is a good primer to start with. Basic theories are explained well, and if there is something I want to take from this book, something which reinforces the central idea in all the Eastern religions, be it Hinduism, Taoism, or Buddhism, it is this passage:
"The infant is at first literally not able to distinguish where it leaves off and where mother begins. The infant's world is highly unified. In this sense the first stage of consciousness anticipates the final stage: ultimate unification of the parts into a whole. At the beginning, however, it is unconscious wholeness, whereas at the end the sense of wholeness is conscious."
Briefly expanded below are the stages of consciousness (please note that the stages are much more complex but I am providing a jist here):
Stage 1. Unconscious wholeness. The infant described above.
Stage 2. The infant becomes aware of certain places where its own physical being collides with outside objects. Recognizes difference between the "self" and the "other". Some objects in the world now are more important than others because they carry projections of libidinal investment. Parents become major early carriers of archetypal projections. "Daddy can do anything!" or "Mother knows everything!"
Stages 3. The shocking realization that one's parents clearly don't know everything and are anything but godlike. At this stage, the world looses much of its naive enchantment. Omnipresence and omnipotence are no longer granted to human beings (parents), but such qualities are projected onto abstract entities such as God, Fate, and Truth. Philosophy and theology become possible. Projections are invested not so much in persons but in principles and symbols and teachings.
Stage 4. The radical extinction of projections, even the theological ones. This leads to the creation of an "empty center", which Jung identifies with modernity. This is the "modern man in search of soul". Humans come to see themselves as cogs in a huge socio-economic machine, and seek meaning. One either settles for moments of pleasure or despair. Gods no longer inhabit the heavens. Values are understood to be manufactured. "Maybes" and "Not sure" take hold over the discourse. While this is an advance of consciousness in a personal sense, it is dangerous for the potential for megalomania, because of the "Anything goes!" attitude. This is Nietzsche's Superman.
Not everyone make it to Stage 4. Societies insist on clinging to Stage 2 and 3 out of fear of the corrosive effects of Stage 4. But it is a real psychological achievement when projections have been removed to this extent. Individuals start taking personal responsibilities for their destinies.
(This stage is similar to what existentialists talk about, especially Sartre's stance on total responsibility and his argument that in man's realization of total freedom comes the fear that there is no one to look after him, that he is responsible for all his actions. He summed it up thus: we are condemned to be free)
Stage 5. Here a person starts merging the conscious and the unconscious. A state similar to the ones Yogis or Buddhists try to attain in the East. In a sense, Jung is theorizing that which cannot be explained when a state of completeness is reached. He goes on to say that higher stages of consciousness are possible, via Kundalini Yoga and the like. In a sense, one gains wider ecological relation between the psyche and the world, so that responsibility of everything around oneself - people, planet, tress, animals - comes as a natural state. One is whole again :-)
Thanks to Murry Stein we have proper descriptions of the above 5 stages, worked out from various essays and papers written by Jung.
Jung's idea of synchronicity considers the larger interaction between the psyche and the world. When asked by a student about the boundary of the self Jung has been said to have replied: it is boundless. Isn't it the goal of a meditating Buddhist?
Towards the sunset of his life Jung had turned completely away from the sciences and was charting the territory already walked upon by mystics. His ideas on individuation and the stages of consciousness could easily pass on as a spiritual sermon. And that's where, I believe, his validity ended for hard sciences. I wonder whether recent neurologists make any use of his theories. They might enjoy reading him for the exact same reasons we laypersons do: for the ferocity of his imagination. (less)
Mar 12, 2019Shikshya Shakya marked it as to-read
Came here after hearing that bts is releasing their new album The map of soul : Persona
"Jung's Map of the Soul" is an excellent book summarizing the theories of Carl Jung. It was suggested as reading in the first year of the graduate Masters program I completed in Depth Psychology, but it was not the most introductory book on the syllabus and most of us read it after first reading a few other more simplified works by other authors on Jung. It is now, my favorite book of its type and I think truly prepares one to have the theoretical background to read and understand Jung's Collected Works. Stein does an excellent job of describing very complex Jungian concepts, including the psychoid aspect of the psyche (which I could never understand until I read Stein), the shadow, animus/anima, instincts, archetypes, the collective unconscious, individuation, and the self-regulating system of the psyche. If you will be digging into reading Jung's Collective Works, then I suggest you do as I did and purchase Stein's book as a constant reference to help with interpretations. In particular, I found Stein's writing invaluable in assisting me to interpret Jung's writing on the relationship of the psyche and body-mind relationships as it relates to human instinct and somatic life-energy.
Martha Love,
coauthor of What's Behind Your Belly Button? A Psychological Perspective of the Intelligence of Human Nature and Gut Instinct and
Increasing Intuitional Intelligence: How the Awareness of Instinctual Gut Feelings Fosters Human Learning, Intuition, and Longevity (less)
Martha Love,
coauthor of What's Behind Your Belly Button? A Psychological Perspective of the Intelligence of Human Nature and Gut Instinct and
Increasing Intuitional Intelligence: How the Awareness of Instinctual Gut Feelings Fosters Human Learning, Intuition, and Longevity (less)
I have spent an incredible month with the complexity of Jungian theories. I almost gave up and postponed the reading a lot but the curiosity has defeated me. One of the references of BTS ‘complicated’ theory. A must read book if you have enormous curiosity with what behind BTS amazing connected line stories.
This book will give explanation about the collected works of C.G Jung as one of the influential person psychology field. If you are still feel strange with his name (caz i am) here is the short biography about him. C.G Jung was born in 1875 and graduated in 1900 in University of Basel, Switzerland as a doctor. Jung ever worked with Sigmund Freud and has several research collaborations from 1907 until 1913. He was known with his famous book “Psychological Types” in 1930. He dedicated his life in psychology until his death in 1961.
This book is categorized as self-improvement book which it means there is something this book will offer to the readers. Map of the Soul delivers to you about Jung’s theories in human personality and it gives clear summary of Jung works that was written by the author, Murray Stein with his 30 years experience in Jungian world. The book also leads me to getting know inside and deep of myself. A secret of self I never realized before.
However, I can say that it is categorized as a medium-hard book caz it might be difficult for some readers who have never or the first time to read a psychology book just like me. Also its added with many unfamiliar Jungian vocabulary for me. I should flip to the glossary many times to get the meaning of specific words. Moreover, it is also hard to follow the explanation and statement of the author and it takes much time to understand what the author gonna send to the readers. I am sure it will be great if you can fully understand the concept from Jung inside the book there will be something amazing behind that.
In this review, I will give you a summary of the book and also a brief explanation of BTS theory related with this book. Jung argue that human personality contains with several layers.
1. Persona
The first layers is Persona. The origin of Persona is based on roman term “the mask”. It uses for the actor who play in theater. Persona can simply defined as a ‘social mask’ this is what face that we use to meet the social world around us. Persona means how someone as it appears, not as it really is. Persona is a social construction to adopt in any situation, so thats why it is called as a situational character. Angel outside, evil inside. Who knows? Someone can be bad or good in any situational place. This personality is in accordance with moral and social norms.
The spoiler of BTS previous album Map of the Soul: Persona was actually already showed in Fake Love MV extended ver. . At the end of the video it shows Jungkook and some people wearing a mask. It represent Persona and it was true.
Also if you remember BTS performance at Melon Music Award 2018 , the intro also showed someone wearing a mask in front of the mirror and it changed several times which it means the way a person act in society can be different depends on the situation and how we should behave to be accepted. So one person can have a lot of faces. Interesting...
Taken from BTS speech at the United Nations for UNICEF , through his speech, the leader of BTS distinguishes himself into two. Kim Namjoon and also RM of BTS. “Kim Namjoon” can be assumed as his real self, a representation of human and RM of BTS is how he should act like BTS members.
Here is from the latest album Map of The Soul : Persona in 'Persona' Comeback trailer performed by RM. The lyrics really represent the Persona. If you listen to it and read the lyrics, it will clearly shows how RM feels with himself.
Alsooo again, if you remember Melon Music Award 2019 , the intro 'Persona' performed by RM also spoiled the next album MAP OF THE SOUL : 7.
2. Shadow
This sub personality is a pair of Persona but it is the opposite of the persona personality. 'Dark, immoral, heartless, cold are the proper name for this personality. Shadow is a part of ourselves that we hide and don’t want to show it to the world because it is a shameless part and it is not the best presentation of ourselves. Shadow as the deepest of bad personality. If the characters is integrated then someone will be very different from the average person.
This book explain that people will tend to cover up this characters from others with only come into being with honesty, empathy, and caring attitude. Shadow is formed from the development of Ego where everything which refused by Ego will become Shadow. It also can be considered as something which is not allowed by Persona. Both of it, Persona and Shadow are something ‘strange’ in Ego.
How it can showed up? The personality of Shadow will appear to the surface in certain conditions. In accordance with the examples presented in this book, Stein take the story of Mephistopheles in the works of Goethe, Faust (German folklore) , as a classic story of the Shadow’s figure. It is told that Fraust, an intellectual feel frustrated with all of his life. Mephistopheles invites Fraust to come out and enjoy what he has never before been through. Under the guidance of Mephistopheles, Fraust underwent a change in opposite character which was not supposed to be done by an intellectual. If someone fully imprison the Shadow, life will be on moral, but it is not complete. However, being open too much with Shadow can cause someone tainted with immorality.
In some cases, the dark side of human can be much extreme and negatively charged with high intensity so that it is impossible to integrated with any social accepted, Persona. This can be see in the movie of Joker. Joker 2019 portrayed more in-depth into psychology of the main character. Arthur grew up as a people pleaser, as what his mom wants. Arthur's clown represents his public face and the symbol of Persona, a face that he shows to other people. Besides, his uncontrolled laugh and immoral actions represent the inner of himself, the Shadow.
In the case of BTS theories, here BTS MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 'Interlude : Shadow' Comeback Trailer performed by Suga. Look into the lyrics, he tells to us about his struggle with Shadow.
However, beside all of the bad things about Shadow, the acceptance that it is a part of ourselves is the things we should do.
3. Anima/Animus
This is a complex problem. Jung’s thoughts are more complex than expected. I will try to present a brief explanation and hopefully it can be understood.
Different from Persona and Shadow which is separated in good vs. bad then distinguisher between Anima and Animus is polarization of masculine and feminine. The core is Anima ~ femininity | Animus ~ masculinity. Is this can be related with gender issue? or whether Jung is a supporter of stereotypes? The book will be explain more further to answer the questions. Each anima/us is on the subconscious of human. Every human has the characteristic that related with anima/us. Based on the book, Jung argued that every gender has the component and qualities of masculinity as well as femininity at once. Stein in accordance of Jung works link it with the fact that every sex has the genetic material both masculine and feminine. The empiric difference is how much women and men have it.
Explaining with several examples might be easier to understand, right? So, why we choose that person as our life-partner and not someone else? This has been arranged by imagination in our mind. Through this book, Jung argued that why ‘strong women’ is not interesting for men? And why ‘strong women’ tend to have interest in ‘weak men’. Sometimes they are being obsessed and filled with fantasy imagination to save that men from being alcoholic or other flaws. Or again, the ‘weak women’, her subconscious will filled too with imagination of competent men and find herself being crazily interested with heroic person. So, then in here they search something missing in theirself. The point is through this book in anima/us section, you will understand why we tend to search someone as our opposite self.
4. The Self
Last layers. No lie, this is the most hardest part to follow the arguments of the author. Jung’s
explanation is some kind of complicated to follow along. Stein as the author (which i believe) already tried to represent Jung’s collected works in an easier explanation. As what i read, this is kind of have a relation with God and religious things. Manifest of The Self itself is what Jung called Individuation. Individuation as a process of journey from childhood, a self-discovery step by step into the whole human.
The last two layers is still kind of blur to have a connection with BTS theories. It might becomes the next album concept.
If you want to dive into Jung world, next book to read is Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. Jung. And some books of Sigmund Freud can be added to your list.
whoopp what a long text.,.,!!!
[probably__will be updated soon]
(less)
This book will give explanation about the collected works of C.G Jung as one of the influential person psychology field. If you are still feel strange with his name (caz i am) here is the short biography about him. C.G Jung was born in 1875 and graduated in 1900 in University of Basel, Switzerland as a doctor. Jung ever worked with Sigmund Freud and has several research collaborations from 1907 until 1913. He was known with his famous book “Psychological Types” in 1930. He dedicated his life in psychology until his death in 1961.
This book is categorized as self-improvement book which it means there is something this book will offer to the readers. Map of the Soul delivers to you about Jung’s theories in human personality and it gives clear summary of Jung works that was written by the author, Murray Stein with his 30 years experience in Jungian world. The book also leads me to getting know inside and deep of myself. A secret of self I never realized before.
However, I can say that it is categorized as a medium-hard book caz it might be difficult for some readers who have never or the first time to read a psychology book just like me. Also its added with many unfamiliar Jungian vocabulary for me. I should flip to the glossary many times to get the meaning of specific words. Moreover, it is also hard to follow the explanation and statement of the author and it takes much time to understand what the author gonna send to the readers. I am sure it will be great if you can fully understand the concept from Jung inside the book there will be something amazing behind that.
In this review, I will give you a summary of the book and also a brief explanation of BTS theory related with this book. Jung argue that human personality contains with several layers.
1. Persona
The first layers is Persona. The origin of Persona is based on roman term “the mask”. It uses for the actor who play in theater. Persona can simply defined as a ‘social mask’ this is what face that we use to meet the social world around us. Persona means how someone as it appears, not as it really is. Persona is a social construction to adopt in any situation, so thats why it is called as a situational character. Angel outside, evil inside. Who knows? Someone can be bad or good in any situational place. This personality is in accordance with moral and social norms.
The spoiler of BTS previous album Map of the Soul: Persona was actually already showed in Fake Love MV extended ver. . At the end of the video it shows Jungkook and some people wearing a mask. It represent Persona and it was true.
Also if you remember BTS performance at Melon Music Award 2018 , the intro also showed someone wearing a mask in front of the mirror and it changed several times which it means the way a person act in society can be different depends on the situation and how we should behave to be accepted. So one person can have a lot of faces. Interesting...
Taken from BTS speech at the United Nations for UNICEF , through his speech, the leader of BTS distinguishes himself into two. Kim Namjoon and also RM of BTS. “Kim Namjoon” can be assumed as his real self, a representation of human and RM of BTS is how he should act like BTS members.
Here is from the latest album Map of The Soul : Persona in 'Persona' Comeback trailer performed by RM. The lyrics really represent the Persona. If you listen to it and read the lyrics, it will clearly shows how RM feels with himself.
Alsooo again, if you remember Melon Music Award 2019 , the intro 'Persona' performed by RM also spoiled the next album MAP OF THE SOUL : 7.
2. Shadow
This sub personality is a pair of Persona but it is the opposite of the persona personality. 'Dark, immoral, heartless, cold are the proper name for this personality. Shadow is a part of ourselves that we hide and don’t want to show it to the world because it is a shameless part and it is not the best presentation of ourselves. Shadow as the deepest of bad personality. If the characters is integrated then someone will be very different from the average person.
This book explain that people will tend to cover up this characters from others with only come into being with honesty, empathy, and caring attitude. Shadow is formed from the development of Ego where everything which refused by Ego will become Shadow. It also can be considered as something which is not allowed by Persona. Both of it, Persona and Shadow are something ‘strange’ in Ego.
How it can showed up? The personality of Shadow will appear to the surface in certain conditions. In accordance with the examples presented in this book, Stein take the story of Mephistopheles in the works of Goethe, Faust (German folklore) , as a classic story of the Shadow’s figure. It is told that Fraust, an intellectual feel frustrated with all of his life. Mephistopheles invites Fraust to come out and enjoy what he has never before been through. Under the guidance of Mephistopheles, Fraust underwent a change in opposite character which was not supposed to be done by an intellectual. If someone fully imprison the Shadow, life will be on moral, but it is not complete. However, being open too much with Shadow can cause someone tainted with immorality.
In some cases, the dark side of human can be much extreme and negatively charged with high intensity so that it is impossible to integrated with any social accepted, Persona. This can be see in the movie of Joker. Joker 2019 portrayed more in-depth into psychology of the main character. Arthur grew up as a people pleaser, as what his mom wants. Arthur's clown represents his public face and the symbol of Persona, a face that he shows to other people. Besides, his uncontrolled laugh and immoral actions represent the inner of himself, the Shadow.
In the case of BTS theories, here BTS MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 'Interlude : Shadow' Comeback Trailer performed by Suga. Look into the lyrics, he tells to us about his struggle with Shadow.
However, beside all of the bad things about Shadow, the acceptance that it is a part of ourselves is the things we should do.
3. Anima/Animus
This is a complex problem. Jung’s thoughts are more complex than expected. I will try to present a brief explanation and hopefully it can be understood.
Different from Persona and Shadow which is separated in good vs. bad then distinguisher between Anima and Animus is polarization of masculine and feminine. The core is Anima ~ femininity | Animus ~ masculinity. Is this can be related with gender issue? or whether Jung is a supporter of stereotypes? The book will be explain more further to answer the questions. Each anima/us is on the subconscious of human. Every human has the characteristic that related with anima/us. Based on the book, Jung argued that every gender has the component and qualities of masculinity as well as femininity at once. Stein in accordance of Jung works link it with the fact that every sex has the genetic material both masculine and feminine. The empiric difference is how much women and men have it.
Explaining with several examples might be easier to understand, right? So, why we choose that person as our life-partner and not someone else? This has been arranged by imagination in our mind. Through this book, Jung argued that why ‘strong women’ is not interesting for men? And why ‘strong women’ tend to have interest in ‘weak men’. Sometimes they are being obsessed and filled with fantasy imagination to save that men from being alcoholic or other flaws. Or again, the ‘weak women’, her subconscious will filled too with imagination of competent men and find herself being crazily interested with heroic person. So, then in here they search something missing in theirself. The point is through this book in anima/us section, you will understand why we tend to search someone as our opposite self.
4. The Self
Last layers. No lie, this is the most hardest part to follow the arguments of the author. Jung’s
explanation is some kind of complicated to follow along. Stein as the author (which i believe) already tried to represent Jung’s collected works in an easier explanation. As what i read, this is kind of have a relation with God and religious things. Manifest of The Self itself is what Jung called Individuation. Individuation as a process of journey from childhood, a self-discovery step by step into the whole human.
The last two layers is still kind of blur to have a connection with BTS theories. It might becomes the next album concept.
If you want to dive into Jung world, next book to read is Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. Jung. And some books of Sigmund Freud can be added to your list.
whoopp what a long text.,.,!!!
[probably__will be updated soon]
(less)
This book seems like a very good summary of Jung’s work.
But I don’t know enough about the source texts to comment with authority beyond that.
The author Murray Stein is clearly a brilliant and a very competent intellectual, scholar and writer.
That being said. Speaking cautiously and purely from my own admittedly limited knowledge of Jung’s ideas.
I didn’t care much for this book or the subject matter.
Much of Jung’s ideas leave me cold as a corps.
The aspects of Jung’s work that I do find useful and interesting (beyond a historical sense) are isolated and taken with such liberal modifications on my part, that they doubtlessly bear little to no resemblance to Jung’s actual use or intent.
Take Jung’s ideas about ‘collective unconscious’ as an example. I find this idea somewhat useful and interesting.
I relate to this idea as (more or less) the implicit pressure culture and social factors exert on our thinking, feeing, perceiving and behavior.
But I get the sense that Jung thought of collective unconscious in a quasi ‘magical’ way, at least new age adepts of his work relate to the concept in that way, and that that type of thinking doesn’t interest me.
So why did I read this (long) book on a subject that doesn’t interest me much?
I read it in part for the historical value and in part because other aspects of psychoanalytic theory have recently become surprisingly interesting and useful in my work as a therapist, so I’m trying new things.
I also read it because I read one of Murray Stien’s other books, Transformation: Emergence of the Self and I was blown away by it.
Anyway.
That’s all I have for you good folks.
A cautiously tepid 3 meh-face emojis 😐😐😐 (less)
But I don’t know enough about the source texts to comment with authority beyond that.
The author Murray Stein is clearly a brilliant and a very competent intellectual, scholar and writer.
That being said. Speaking cautiously and purely from my own admittedly limited knowledge of Jung’s ideas.
I didn’t care much for this book or the subject matter.
Much of Jung’s ideas leave me cold as a corps.
The aspects of Jung’s work that I do find useful and interesting (beyond a historical sense) are isolated and taken with such liberal modifications on my part, that they doubtlessly bear little to no resemblance to Jung’s actual use or intent.
Take Jung’s ideas about ‘collective unconscious’ as an example. I find this idea somewhat useful and interesting.
I relate to this idea as (more or less) the implicit pressure culture and social factors exert on our thinking, feeing, perceiving and behavior.
But I get the sense that Jung thought of collective unconscious in a quasi ‘magical’ way, at least new age adepts of his work relate to the concept in that way, and that that type of thinking doesn’t interest me.
So why did I read this (long) book on a subject that doesn’t interest me much?
I read it in part for the historical value and in part because other aspects of psychoanalytic theory have recently become surprisingly interesting and useful in my work as a therapist, so I’m trying new things.
I also read it because I read one of Murray Stien’s other books, Transformation: Emergence of the Self and I was blown away by it.
Anyway.
That’s all I have for you good folks.
A cautiously tepid 3 meh-face emojis 😐😐😐 (less)
Murray Stein explains the basics of Jung on an introductory level, offering reiterations of Jung in a modern understanding as well as Jung’s contemporary.
I also really enjoyed the examples provided by Stein himself of Jung’s presence in modern culture, and applying his way of thinking to it, comparing well known stories and literature to archetypes, etc.
Reading Jung through this book, at times Carl Jung seems to me a scientist, at others a mystic, but this is essentially what Stein is trying to clarify.
Stein covers a broad amount of Jung’s theories and works, and while I am left with what could be a satisfactory understanding, I still feel curious to read more in depth on several subjects and works of Jung. This is a good thing, in my book.
I would look forward to coming back to this book sometime, especially should I have read and learned more about Jungian Psychology by then, and see how I experience this book the second time around. Perhaps I could appreciate how much Stein has summarised and explained Jung collectively even more than the first time. (less)
I also really enjoyed the examples provided by Stein himself of Jung’s presence in modern culture, and applying his way of thinking to it, comparing well known stories and literature to archetypes, etc.
Reading Jung through this book, at times Carl Jung seems to me a scientist, at others a mystic, but this is essentially what Stein is trying to clarify.
Stein covers a broad amount of Jung’s theories and works, and while I am left with what could be a satisfactory understanding, I still feel curious to read more in depth on several subjects and works of Jung. This is a good thing, in my book.
I would look forward to coming back to this book sometime, especially should I have read and learned more about Jungian Psychology by then, and see how I experience this book the second time around. Perhaps I could appreciate how much Stein has summarised and explained Jung collectively even more than the first time. (less)
It's magnificent ...more
Carl Jung has been my favorite author for many many years now. No matter how many times you'd read any of his books, there's always something tremendous and new that comes to mind with every page. However, I've always had this feeling of being unsure if I understood what he is meaning to say and thought that I was maybe following my own speculative line of thought based on the premises presented in his work. For this reason, I decided to pick this book up and give it a read, and I am quite impressed by how comprehensive it is! I'd recommend this to anyone that is starting to read Jung, or trying to go over his ideas quickly, even if they're familiar with his work already. It definitely makes me feel a little bit more secure going back to read his books again. (less)
Stein does an excellent job of summarizing Jung's views and research on the human soul and related topics. The book will give you much insight into Jung's contributions to psychology, and insight into how Jung's theories and writings have impacted the world as we know it. (less)
Better than Freud for sure. That is all.
a brief introduction
This one’s a really good introduction to the ideas of Jung. Murray did a very unique thing, in that he unified Jung’s seemingly disparate ideas into a coherent Whole—a terrifying Map of the Psyche that makes sense from a phenomenological, social, and even biological perspective. Thank you YouTube’s Academy of Ideas for recommending the book! A must-read for Jordan Peterson fans.
4 Stars
Reading the first five chapters of this book catapulted me straight back to my educational theory classes I took at high school. Whereas we talked and learned a lot about Freud's approach to psychotherapy and analysis, I can't recall a single class during which our teacher mentioned Jung. Maybe he did mention him in passing because not only does Jung's Persona, Ego, and Shadow display a slight resemblance to Freud's Ego, Id, and Super-Ego, Jung and Freud were actually friends for a few years and corresponded regularly.
Jung then lost me in chapter six and seven. I got back on track in chapter eight but was a little lost again in chapter nine.
Even though the book was rather heavy and sometimes difficult to wrap my head around, it was interesting, informative, and at times even mind-blowing. It's fascinating how the human mind works. This is definitely not for BTS fans only. ;) (less)
Reading the first five chapters of this book catapulted me straight back to my educational theory classes I took at high school. Whereas we talked and learned a lot about Freud's approach to psychotherapy and analysis, I can't recall a single class during which our teacher mentioned Jung. Maybe he did mention him in passing because not only does Jung's Persona, Ego, and Shadow display a slight resemblance to Freud's Ego, Id, and Super-Ego, Jung and Freud were actually friends for a few years and corresponded regularly.
Jung then lost me in chapter six and seven. I got back on track in chapter eight but was a little lost again in chapter nine.
Even though the book was rather heavy and sometimes difficult to wrap my head around, it was interesting, informative, and at times even mind-blowing. It's fascinating how the human mind works. This is definitely not for BTS fans only. ;) (less)
Murray Stein is like the teacher with a calm presence, who's class you look forward to because of their firm grasp of the concepts and their clear explanations. Prior to reading this book, even if I had an inkling of Jung's theories and cosmology, Stein's writing helped me get a good understanding of Jung's works. I appreciate the way the author delved into each concept in systematic stages to make a coherent whole. The more complex parts of Jung's theories would require some re-reading from my end but I'd still recommend Stein to anyone looking into understanding Jung a little bit better. (less)
not bad, but i certainly hoped to receive more.
there are better introductions to jung. but, honestly, considering how many overviews and para-phrasings there are to the analytical psychology that he developed, i think the most useful thing remains reading the actual source.
there are better introductions to jung. but, honestly, considering how many overviews and para-phrasings there are to the analytical psychology that he developed, i think the most useful thing remains reading the actual source.
Incredibly interesting and eye opening. My little brain can't properly comprehend it all lol ...more
It was a great book and it has thought me many things. It was (for me) however a pretty hard book to get through sometimes. But I had lot of fun reading it.
This is a great secondary source on Jung, which does a good job of mapping out his often dissonant thoughts and theories. I've read a fair amount of Jung's writings by now, so I was already somewhat familiar with most of the concepts the book discusses. Nevertheless, it was helpful to see these different concepts pulled together into a readable and comprehensive introduction, as Stein has accomplished here.
Of particular interest to me were the analyses of Jung's conception of ego-consciousness, libido and psychic energy. It was useful to get an overview of the properties of ego-consciousness in Jung because I, like so many others, have thought of him primarily as a psychologist of the unconscious, and so i've tended to glaze over his writings on the ego. But of course, the ego is quite important, because it is the mirror and focal point by which the unconscious is able to reflect upon itself and make itself known. It was also helpful to read about the nature of Jung's divergence from Freud regarding the centrality of sexual desire in psychological life.
I have a lot of sympathy for Freud, who is often thought naive for reading sexuality into places where it doesn't belong. If one takes a classical Darwinian view and considers the primary goal of any organism to be the perpetuation of the species through reproduction, it would make sense to put sex at the center of the human psyche, and to make it the central phenomenon towards which the rest of psychological life is (consciously or unconsciously) oriented.
Jung, however, thought that although sexuality may have preoccupied our whole psychology in the manner described by Freud in primitive times, the development of the collective consciousness of humanity has allowed for images, archetypes, and metaphors that were once sexually-based to become separated and independent from their libidinal roots. Art and music, for example, may have originally been completely libidinal agents, but they are naturally not thought to be so now, even though art and music can be erotic.
Also significant is Stein's analysis of Jung's conception of the Self as something which goes far beyond what we normally think of when we consider the concept of selfhood. The Self extends far beyond our consciousness, and may, in Jung's understanding, actually be limitless. The Self seems to me to be almost a world of its own, rather than an agent within a world. To me, this seems to be where Jung is at his most mystical. (less)
Of particular interest to me were the analyses of Jung's conception of ego-consciousness, libido and psychic energy. It was useful to get an overview of the properties of ego-consciousness in Jung because I, like so many others, have thought of him primarily as a psychologist of the unconscious, and so i've tended to glaze over his writings on the ego. But of course, the ego is quite important, because it is the mirror and focal point by which the unconscious is able to reflect upon itself and make itself known. It was also helpful to read about the nature of Jung's divergence from Freud regarding the centrality of sexual desire in psychological life.
I have a lot of sympathy for Freud, who is often thought naive for reading sexuality into places where it doesn't belong. If one takes a classical Darwinian view and considers the primary goal of any organism to be the perpetuation of the species through reproduction, it would make sense to put sex at the center of the human psyche, and to make it the central phenomenon towards which the rest of psychological life is (consciously or unconsciously) oriented.
Jung, however, thought that although sexuality may have preoccupied our whole psychology in the manner described by Freud in primitive times, the development of the collective consciousness of humanity has allowed for images, archetypes, and metaphors that were once sexually-based to become separated and independent from their libidinal roots. Art and music, for example, may have originally been completely libidinal agents, but they are naturally not thought to be so now, even though art and music can be erotic.
Also significant is Stein's analysis of Jung's conception of the Self as something which goes far beyond what we normally think of when we consider the concept of selfhood. The Self extends far beyond our consciousness, and may, in Jung's understanding, actually be limitless. The Self seems to me to be almost a world of its own, rather than an agent within a world. To me, this seems to be where Jung is at his most mystical. (less)
Friendly and sincere introduction to Jung's thought. The title is not a one-off ; the author actually proceeds into Jung's universe as if it was a map. I.e. he starts with the surface layer of the psyche (the ego) and proceeds all the way downwards to the notion of synchronicity, which apparently marks the psychic unity of subject/object. You can tell that the author is defensive over the reputation of Jung being considered something of a 'mystic' (as opposed to more 'scientific' psychiatrists who take the opportunity to pump you with drugs), because he peppers his otherwise excellent book with constant reminders that Jung was a scientist with a scientific temperament who was engaged in science, and so science.
But this is the best one-volume introduction to Jung ; the only other one I can think of would be the surprisingly adequate 'A Graphic Guide to Jung'. Of course, since Jung's thought stems from and then branches away from Freud, some basic knowledge of the Austrian professor's work is necessary. (less)
But this is the best one-volume introduction to Jung ; the only other one I can think of would be the surprisingly adequate 'A Graphic Guide to Jung'. Of course, since Jung's thought stems from and then branches away from Freud, some basic knowledge of the Austrian professor's work is necessary. (less)
I don't know of a better introduction to Jung's thought as a whole, which as anyone who's ever tried to enter it through any of Jung's works other than Memories, Dream, Reflections can be pretty opaque). Stein introduces key concepts like Ego, Persona, Shadow, Anima/us, Archetype, Self, Individuation, and Synchronicity. He sticks close to Jung's most accessible texts, mostly essays boiling down the complexity of the full-length books. And throughout he does a good job of grounding the ideas in Jung's overall process.
There are a number of places where I found myself arguing a bit with the text, but the arguments were with Jung, not Stein. I realized the extent to which my understanding of Ego and Shadow have evolved in relationship to feminism and Buddhism. James Hillman's The Underworld and the Dream comes closer to the Jung that I actually live with, but that's for another discussion.
Good intro to Jung. (less)
There are a number of places where I found myself arguing a bit with the text, but the arguments were with Jung, not Stein. I realized the extent to which my understanding of Ego and Shadow have evolved in relationship to feminism and Buddhism. James Hillman's The Underworld and the Dream comes closer to the Jung that I actually live with, but that's for another discussion.
Good intro to Jung. (less)
This is the first psychological book that I chose to read.
To be honest it was hard and challenging. There were some words that are familiar to me when I was in high school. But I wasn't paying attention that much when I was in high school, so I thought it would be nice to understand those words better through this book.
It took time to finish because I keep checking the previous page and re-read the last sentence. In my words, I think it's safe to say it's hard to understand this in the first reading. But probably not for some people :)
Despite the hardship, I made it to the end hoping that I could understand myself better. For a peaceful soul. (less)
To be honest it was hard and challenging. There were some words that are familiar to me when I was in high school. But I wasn't paying attention that much when I was in high school, so I thought it would be nice to understand those words better through this book.
It took time to finish because I keep checking the previous page and re-read the last sentence. In my words, I think it's safe to say it's hard to understand this in the first reading. But probably not for some people :)
Despite the hardship, I made it to the end hoping that I could understand myself better. For a peaceful soul. (less)
It's a pretty functional book for what it's supposed to be. You really do get a bird's eye view of Jung's whole psychological approach here and Stein should be commended for that! Still, I found a lot of his explanations a little lacking and his own prose a little dry. The ideas themselves were fascinating, I just thought they were conveyed with a clinical precision that Jung himself might've balked at. But who am I? Regardless, I'd still say it's a pretty good intro or refresher to Jung's general worldview. (less)
This is my 1st book I have finished on Jung. The introduction made by Mureau Stein is consecive, clear and easy to follow. She goes on laying down the key concepts of Jung's psyche theory. I must say I am impressed by this man, he not only theorized psychological structures but he had implemented the archetypes, psychological types, collective Unconscious, synchronicity, physics and cosmology in his work. It is intimidating to say at least.
Great book, highly recommend it. (less)
Great book, highly recommend it. (less)
