/lit/ - Literature

>Perhaps we may sum up this general phenomenon as Ergriffenheit — a state of being seized or possessed. The term postulates not only an Ergriffener (one who is seized) but, also, an Ergreifer (one who seizes). Wotan is an Ergreifer of men, and, unless one wishes to deify Hitler– which has indeed actually happened — he is really the only explanation. It is true that Wotan shares this quality with his cousin Dionysus, but Dionysus seems to have exercised his influence mainly on women. The maenads were a species of female storm-troopers, and, according to mythical reports, were dangerous enough. Wotan confined himself to the berserkers, who found their vocation as the Blackshirts of mythical kings.

>A mind that is still childish thinks of the gods as metaphysical entities existing in their own right, or else regards them as playful or superstitious inventions. From either point of view the parallel between Wotan redivivus and the social, political and psychic storm that is shaking Germany might have at least the value of a parable. But since the gods are without doubt personifications of psychic forces, to assert their metaphysical existence is as much an intellectual presumption as the opinion that they could ever be invented. Not that “psychic forces” have anything to do with the conscious mind, fond as we are of playing with the idea that consciousness and psyche are identical. This is only another piece of intellectual presumption. “Psychic forces” have far more to do with the realm of the unconscious. Our mania for rational explanations obviously has its roots in our fear of metaphysics, for the two were always hostile brothers. Hence,anything unexpected that approaches us from the dark realm is regarded either as coming from outside and, therefore, as real, or else as an hallucination and, therefore, not true. The idea that anything could be real or true which does not come from outside has hardly begun to dawn on contemporary man.

damn i thought this nigga was just an offshoot of freud but he wrote essays on wotan and cultural critique
what are his best works?

I'm a non-Christian dualist how much would Jung appeal to me?

I am very interested in author Carl Jung. I very specifically want to learn about his ideas on synchronicities. Which works of his talk about the phenomena?

I am very interested in author Carl Jung. I very specifically want to learn about his ideas on synchronicities. Which works of his talk about the phenomena?

>>17723427

>Symbolically equating mythology and human actions isn't psychology

Pic related would like to have a word with you

What did he think about Islam?

Was he a true genius, or just a schizo?
What are his most important books? Where do you go after reading him?

>>17337413
>schizo
He was a schizo who managed to make sense of his visions because of his gigantic intellect. If you want his raw schizo visions start with The Red Book.

>The peculiar nature of introverted intuition, if it gains the ascendancy, produces a peculiar type of man: the mystical dreamer and seer on the one hand, the artist and the crank on he other. The artist might be regarded as the normal representative of this type, which tends to confine itself to the perceptive character of intuition. As a rule, the intuitive stops at perception; perception is his main problem, and—in the case of a creative artist—the shaping of his perception. But the crank is content with a visionary idea by which he himself is shaped and determined. Naturally the intensification of intuition often results in an extraordinary aloofness of the individual from tangible reality; he may even become a complete enigma to his immediate circle. If he is an artist, he reveals strange, far-off things in his art, shimmering in all colours, at once portentous and banal, beautiful and grotesque, sublime and whimsical. If not an artist, he is frequently a misunderstood genius, a great man "gone wrong," a sort of wise simpleton, a figure for "psychological" novels.

>He reflects on the meaning of his vision, and is less concerned with developing its aesthetic possibilities than with the moral effects which emerge from its intrinsic significance. His judgment allows him to discern, though often only darkly, that he, as a man and a whole human being, is somehow involved in his vision, that it is not just an object to be perceived, but wants to participate in the life of the subject. Through this realization he feels bound to transform his vision into his own life. But since he tends to rely most predominately on his vision, his moral efforts become one-sided; he makes himself and his life symbolic—adapted, it is true, to the inner and eternal meaning of events, but unadapted to present-day reality. He thus deprives himself of any influence upon it because he remains uncomprehended. His language is not the one currently spoken—it has become too subjective. His arguments lack the convincing power of reason. He can only profess or proclaim. His is "the voice of one crying in the wilderness."

No, his "successor" was. Freud was and is right.

>>17116933
Yes the mere mention of Jung triggers me. His face literally screams reddit. Anything with that "mystic aura" is literal reddit. Denial of reality, ironically just like the trannies they criticize so much. Fuck just thinking of Jung makes the image of that faggot Peterson slowly pop up in my mind, the ultimate paragon of midwittery, pseudry, pseudo-depth... and then his image changes again. It morphs into that fucking orange alien. A swarm of basedjaks surrounds the alien, with their mouths open. All I can think of is the fucking alien just staring at me, emanating pure stupidity yet also power. I deeply envy it. I wish I could be so fucking stupid, so fucking cringe, so fucking evidently idiotic, yet still be this powerful. It's a level of pure metaphysical retardation that baffles me so much it starts to dominate me. I'll fucking admit it. Reddit lives rent free in my head. I vehemently reject anything that has a mere odor of reddit. The problem is that it's so powerful that it permeates even completely different ideologies. The hatred of trannies can be reddit as well. It is even one of the most alarmingly reddit things I see all the time. You can just imagine the redditor writing "tranny" and getting his dopamine fix, his adrenaline shot from GASP saying something his colony would reject. I can't even trust tranny haters anymore. Now Jung... Just look at this motherfucker. Look at the stuff he preaches. You can just imagine, just PICTURE endless Jung quotes posted everywhere on reddit. Comments claiming he's a genius. Reddit gold awarded to these comments. The pure lack of self-awareness, worshipping this charlatan just because he sounds "deep". Then there's fucking Peterson. Literal evidence that tradfaggot and christfaggot LARPers carry the torch of reddit deep inside them, despite their denial. Their oh so dangerous to modernity ideology is present all over reddit. "Based Jung! He's so smart and based and hates trannies! I said the funny word I'm a 4channer! Peterson is based haha!" I see through you. I see through all of you. You all have the reddit virus. You all are basedjaks. All I see when I read your post are bald men with their mouth open. I can literally see universes forming inside your face-hole when you type in "Jung". Don't think I haven't noticed. I can see it in you. I can see you and other thousands of gaping mouths orbiting this giant soulless alien, staring at me. Staring at me always. I fucking hate all of you. I fucking hate Jung. Never post this fucking hack again. Freudfags are fine. Lacanfags are fine. Jung is just reddit. I SMELL the reddit in him. Do not fucking post him. Stop corrupting this board. There are things that simply have the reddit essence, the touch. And I'm the one who knows. One day I'll find all of you and destroy you. And the fucking smug alien will leave my head. For now, I'll just shit on every mention of this hack, and the lobster hack, and anything that carries this redditor essence.

>>17041412
I think it's cringe.

>>17028901
330

>>16961979
>By whom exactly?
But you already know that.

>Not every man of real intellectual power can be an animus, for the animus must be a master not so much of fine ideas as of fine words—words seemingly full of meaning which purport to leave a great deal unsaid. He must also belong to the "misunderstood" class, or be in some way at odds with his environment, so that the idea of self-sacrifice can insinuate itself. He must be a rather questionable hero, a man with possibilities, which is not to say that an animus projection may not discover a real hero long before he has become perceptible to the sluggish wits of the man of "average intelligence.

What did he mean by this?

>>16773076
The part Jung comes in a few years later and btfo's all of it.
>nothing personell kid

Jung was a Chad in every sense of the word.

>>16095684
>simple as
If only.

Okay but what's the difference between signs and symbols?

>“No amount of insight into the relativity and fallibility of our moral judgement can deliver us from these defects, and those who deem themselves beyond good and evil are usually the worst tormentors of mankind, because they are twisted with the pain and fear of their own sickness”.

>>15758034
Average IQ by board:
>/a/ 85
>/pol/ 86
> /v/ 88
>/sp/90
>/r9k/ 90
> /his/ 97
>/lit/ 106
>/sci/ 113
>/x/ 1,815, highly weighted by those who have ascended and merged conciousness with entities from inner space. Median, 90.

Where do I start with Jung? I found out about him through Campbell's Hero of a Thousand Faces.

He seems very interesting. I also love Persona 4. But he wrote so much, and it's hard to break in.

>>15733924
You're telling me a literary tour de force is written on that tiny rock with those massive symbols.