"Whereas the personal unconscious consists for the most part of "complexes", the content of the collective unconscious is made up essentially of "archetypes". The concept of the archetype, which is an indispensable correlate of the idea of the collective unconscious, indicates the existence of definite forms in the psyche which seem to be present always and everywhere. Mythological research calls them 'motifs'; in the psychology of primitives they correspond to Levy-Bruhl's concept of "representations collectives," and in the field of comparative religion they have been defined by Hubert and Mauss as 'categories of the imagination'... My thesis, then, is as follows: In addition to our immediate consciousness, which is of a thoroughly personal nature and which we believe to be the only empirical psyche (even if we tack on the personal unconscious as an appendix), there exists a second psychic system of a collective, universal, and impersonal nature which is identical in all individuals." The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (1934)
Monday: Study Groups
1. Women’s Study Group on the Feminine( Meets every Monday evening)
Monday, September 6th, 7:30 PM at 408 Franklin Street
An ongoing study group. Members select and read various books of interest to the group. If you are interested, please call Barbara Moot at 716-854-7457.
It’s a great time to join! On Sept. 13 the study group will begin reading Drinking the Greene Lyon’s Blood: Five Women Dream the Transformation of the Inner Masculine. This book includes personal essays by four women therapists writing from a Jungian perspective. There is an informative introduction by Jean Norelli, the leader of a group which has been reading C.G. Jung’s Collected Works for fourteen years. Please call so we can reserve your book!