Jung for Beginners

Carl Gustav Jung merged Eastern mysticism with Western psychology, brought scientific respectability to religion, laid the foundation for ''the New Age,'' and is second only to Freud in influence and importance in the world of psychoanalysis. Many consider him a genius, but many others and clinical psychologist Jon Platania, PhD, presents Jung as a somewhat opportunistic and dissociated character whose most famous historical events were his break with Freud and his questionable sojourn with the psychological elite of the German Third Reich. On the other side of Jung''s complex genius, there is a deeply spiritual man who laid the groundwork for a more optimistic approach to our modern understanding of the human psyche in both theology and psychology. He is remembered by many as the Swiss Doctor of the. Platania then takes us on a tour of the work that made Jung one of the pillars of modern psychology. And what a body of work it is. Jung''s open-mindedness was astonishing. Wherever he went-Calcutta, Egypt, Palestine, Kenya-Jung learned something that expanded his views. His open-ended psychology incorporated Yoga, meditation, prayer, alchemy, mythology, astrology, numerology, the I Ching-even flying saucers! He taught us that psychology and religion can not only coexist peacefully together, but that they can enhance us, inspire us, and help us complete, for all of his brilliance, reduced us to little more than vessels of hormones with high IQs. Jung, for all of his flaws, gave us back our souls.Author: Jon Platania,author,Illustrated by Joe Lee,author Contributors: Jon Platania,author,Illustrated by Joe Lee,author Binding: paperback Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: Release Date: Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis Published/Release Date: 20 Dec 2011 Format: Paperback / softback Publisher/Studio/Brand: For Beginners Author/Director/Artist: Jon Platania Dimension (cm): 229x153x12 mm Package Dimension (cm): 15x245x47 mm Item Weight (g): 1050 Package Weight (g): 259