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Pauli on Synchronicity
Pauli on Synchronicity Teun Lammers 11922583 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wouter Hanegraaff Second Examiner: Dr. Carolina Ivanescu Religious Studies Master Thesis Western Esotericism August 2019 Index Introduction 2 Why Pauli? 5 Die Geiβel Gottes 6 The other Pauli 8 The Problem 11 The Psychophysical Problem 17 No Scientific Picture 18 The Measurement Problem 20 Detached Observer 22 The ‘Cut’ 24 Opposites Unite 25 The Psyche 26 The Cosmic Order 30 The Symbolic Wave Function 31 The Conscious Order 32 Mathematical Reality 32 Archetype 34 Synchronicity 38 Everyday World 38 Pauli-effect 40 Meaning-Correspondence 41 Statistical Correspondence 43 The General Acausal Order 44 Conclusion 46 Bibliography 48 1 Introduction The first poem I ever text messaged my soon to be girlfriend was ‘Roll the dice’ by Charles Bukowski. With its strong appeal on following your own course through life no matter the consequences, and lines like ‘You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire’ it served me as a small mantra when I was in fact changing my life for the better. On our second date we went to the nearest café from her house, appropriately named ‘Bukowksi’, when she mentioned there was one poem hanging from an old typewriter next to the bar. Surprisingly it turned out to be ‘Roll the dice’. This remarkable coincidence gave the poem some special meaning for the both of us. However the climax came, when after some time of proper courtship, we were making love for the first time and suddenly out of nowhere the raw voice of Bukowksi started reciting our poem with its epic first lines ‘if you’re going to try, go all the way, otherwise don’t even start’. -
Ancient Egypt
Cosmology & Culture Lecture 3 Wednesday April 15, 2009 Medieval & Renaissance Cosmology, Stuff of the Universe UCSC Physics 80C Medieval Period 524 Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy summarizes classical heritage 622 Muhammad flees Mecca, begins preaching Islam 732 Martel halts Muslim invasion at Tours; Bede’s History 800 Chalemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor 1066 Norman conquest of England 1086 Domesday Book – census of all taxable property in England 1095 First Crusade 1170 University of Paris, then Oxford; rediscovery of Aristotle 1215 King John of England signs Magna Carta at Runnymede 1270 Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica 1280 Jean de Meun, Roman de la Rose; Moses de Leon, Zohar ~1320 Dante, Divine Comedy; Meister Eckhart, Christian mystic 1335 First public striking clock, in Milan; William of Ockham, philosopher 1347-51 Black Death sweeps Europe ~1350 Petrarch, Italian humanist scholar ~1400 Chaucer, Canterbury Tales Renaissance 1455 Gutenberg Bible – printing revolution c.1500 Leonardo, Michangelo, Raphael, Machiavelli, Erasmus, More 1517 Luther’s 95 Theses begins Reformation 1543 Copernicus, De Revolutionibus 1600 Bruno burned at stake in Rome; Shakespeare, F. Bacon, Gilbert 1600-1700 Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Leeuwenhoek, Hooke, Newton, … THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION Dante’s Cosmos Monastic Life 10 Medieval Monk’s Contemplation Imagine that it is the year 1200 CE, and you are a monk in a monastery somewhere in Europe. You have just awakened in your cell. It is pitch black and very cold. You wrap yourself tightly in your woolen habit and fling open the window. The moon has not yet set. The world outside is silent and the sky sparkles with stars. -
An “Archetypal Memory” Advantage?
Behav.Sci.2013, 3, 541–561; doi:10.3390/bs3040541 OPEN ACCESS behavioral sciences ISSN 2076-328X www.mdpi.com/journal/behavsci Article Symbol/Meaning Paired-Associate Recall: An “Archetypal Memory” Advantage? Milena Sotirova-Kohli 1,*, Klaus Opwis 1, Christian Roesler 1, Steven M. Smith 2, David H. Rosen 3, Jyotsna Vaid 2 and Valentin Djonov 4 1 Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Missionstrasse60/62, Basel 4055, Switzerland; E-Mails: [email protected] (K.O.); [email protected] (C.R.) 2 Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; E-Mails: [email protected] (S.M.S.); [email protected] (J.V.) 3 School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA; E-Mail: [email protected] 4 Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, Balzerstrasse 2, Bern 3000, Switzerland; E-Mail: [email protected] * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]. Received: 29 August 2013; in revised form: 25 September 2013 / Accepted: 27 September 2013 / Published: 9 October 2013 Abstract: The theory of the archetypes and the hypothesis of the collective unconscious are two of the central characteristics of analytical psychology. These provoke, however, varying reactions among academic psychologists. Empirical studies which test these hypotheses are rare. Rosen, Smith, Huston and Gonzales proposed a cognitive psychological experimental paradigm to investigate the nature of archetypes and the collective unconscious as archetypal (evolutionary) memory. In this article we report the results of a cross-cultural replication of Rosen et al. conducted in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. -
C.G. Jung and the Red Book
C.G. Jung and the Red Book http://www.gnosis.org/redbook/ Lectures presented by Lance S. Owens, MD Directory: Jung and Gnostic Tradition main page Introduction to the Red Book Lectures Jung and the Traditon of There are two sets of lectures presented below (in mp3 audio format), all Gnosis Lectures recorded during the original presentations. The first series of four lectures was presented at Westminster College to the general public in January Other Web Lectures and February of 2010, shortly after the Red Book was published. It provides a useful introduction to Jung and his Red Book ( Liber Novus ). Return to The second series of seven seminar evenings with a total of fourteen Gnosis Archive lectures was presented at Westminster College from September 2011 to May 2012. The seminar group was composed mostly of psychologists in clinical practice. This is a much more in-depth consideration and reading of the Red Book, and reflects an additional two years of my own deepening study of the text. Each of the lectures runs between about 70 and 90 minutes. It is my hope that you will find them useful. You are welcome to email question or comments to Lance Owens MD. Jung and Aion: Time, Vision and a Wayfaring Man , a major article by Dr. Owens discussing themes in Liber Novus and their effect in Jung's later work, is now available online in pdf format . The article was originally published in Psychological Perspectives (Journal of the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles), Fall 2011. Recent Presentations by Dr. -
Carl Jung, the Red Book, and The"Collective Unconscious"
Swiss American Historical Society Review Volume 53 Number 1 Article 4 2-2017 Privilege as Blind Spot: Carl Jung, The Red Book, and the"Collective Unconscious" Laura L. M. Fair-Schulz Department of Fine Art and Department of Psychology State University of New York College at Potsdam William E. Herman Department of Fine Art and Department of Psychology State University of New York College at Potsdam Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review Part of the European History Commons, and the European Languages and Societies Commons Recommended Citation Fair-Schulz, Laura L. M. and Herman, William E. (2017) "Privilege as Blind Spot: Carl Jung, The Red Book, and the"Collective Unconscious"," Swiss American Historical Society Review: Vol. 53 : No. 1 , Article 4. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review/vol53/iss1/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Swiss American Historical Society Review by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Fair-Schulz and Herman: Privilege as Blind Spot Privilege as Blind Spot: Carl Jung, The Red Book, and the"Collective Unconscious" by Laura L. M. Fair-Schulz and William E. Herman Department of Fine Art and Department of Psychology State University of New York College at Potsdam " It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves." - Carl Jung, Psychological Reflections "He who is reluctant to recognize me is against me." - Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks Carl Gustav Jung's monumental Liber Novus or The Red Book journal, begun in 1914 and published posthumously in 2009, presents the viewer with a dazzling array of painted images. -
A DANGEROUS METHOD a Sony Pictures Classics Presentation a Jeremy Thomas Production
MOVIE REVIEW Afr J Psychiatry 2012;15:363 A DANGEROUS METHOD A Sony Pictures Classics Presentation A Jeremy Thomas Production. Directed by David Cronenberg Film reviewed by Franco P. Visser As a clinician I always found psychoanalysis and considers the volumes of ethical rules and psychoanalytic theory to be boring, too intellectual regulations that govern our clinical practice. Jung and overly intense. Except for the occasional was a married man with children at the time. As if Freudian slip, transference encountered in therapy, this was not transgression enough, Jung also the odd dream analysis around the dinner table or became Spielrein’s advisor on her dissertation in discussing the taboos of adult sexuality I rarely her studies as a psychotherapist. After Jung’s venture out into the field of classic psychoanalysis. attempts to re-establish the boundaries of the I have come to realise that my stance towards doctor-patient relationship with Spielrein, she psychoanalysis mainly has to do with a lack of reacts negatively and contacts Freud, confessing knowledge and specialist training on my part in everything about her relationship with Jung to him. this area of psychology. I will also not deny that I Freud in turn uses the information that Spielrein find some of the aspects of Sigmund Freud’s provided in pressuring Jung into accepting his theory and methods highly intriguing and at times views and methods on the psychological a spark of curiosity makes me jump into the pool functioning of humans, and it is not long before the of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic theory and two great minds part ways in addition to Spielrein ‘swim’ around a bit – mainly by means of reading or surfing the going her own way. -
European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy
European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy XI-2 | 2019 Pragmatism and Theories of Emergence The Throne of Mnemosyne Pragmatism and Emergence as Aspects of Organic Memory Kermit Snelson Electronic version URL: http://journals.openedition.org/ejpap/1628 DOI: 10.4000/ejpap.1628 ISSN: 2036-4091 Publisher Associazione Pragma Electronic reference Kermit Snelson, « The Throne of Mnemosyne », European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy [Online], XI-2 | 2019, Online since 24 December 2019, connection on 16 June 2020. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/ejpap/1628 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/ejpap.1628 This text was automatically generated on 16 June 2020. Author retains copyright and grants the European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. The Throne of Mnemosyne 1 The Throne of Mnemosyne Pragmatism and Emergence as Aspects of Organic Memory Kermit Snelson Introduction 1 This paper will argue that Peirce was a strong emergentist and that his pragmaticism was a corollary of this underlying cosmological commitment. Before proceeding with this argument, however, it is necessary to explain the methodology used. First, the methodology itself seeks to illustrate the close relationship between emergence and pragmatism by recognizing that the significance of inquiry lies not in “results,” which are always provisional, but rather in the vitality of the semiotic processes of which these results are emergent properties. Second, any claims that this paper makes to originality do not depend on its observation that Peirce’s pragmaticism results from his strong emergentist cosmology, a conclusion which is arguably self-evident, but on its analysis of this cosmology in terms of the historical context. -
The Priest, the Psychiatrist and the Problem of Evil
THE PRIEST, THE PSYCHIATRIST AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL PUNITA MIRANDA PHANÊS • VOLUME 2 • 2019 • PP. 104–143 https://doi.org/10.32724/phanes.2019.Miranda THE PRIEST, THE PSYCHIATRIST, AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL 105 ABSTRACT This paper clusters around the problem of evil within the framework of depth psychology. The first part briefly introduces the narrative of the Book of Job as an example to contextualise how the ultimate question of God’s relation to evil remained unanswered and was left open-ended in Christian theology. The second part offers a historical reconstruction of the unresolved polemic over the nature of evil between Carl Jung and the English Dominican scholar and theologian Victor White (1902-1960). It explores their different speculations and formulations concerning evil and its psychological implications, until their final fall-out following White’s harshly critical review of Jung’s most controversial work on religion, Answer to Job. The final section of this paper introduces further reflections on a challenging theme that is no less resonant and relevant in today’s world of terrorism in the name of religion than it was in a post-war Europe struggling to recover from totalitarianism and genocide. KEYWORDS Carl Jung, Victor White, Book of Job, Answer to Job, evil. PHANÊS Vol 2 • 2019 PUNITA MIRANDA 106 God has turned me over to the ungodly and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked. All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target; his archers surround me. -
The Philadelphia Jung Seminar Syllabus 2021-2022
The Philadelphia Jung Seminar Syllabus 2021-2022 PAJA supports diversity, pledges equity, and fosters inclusivity. We strive for personal and cultural sensitivity in all our endeavors. We encourage students of any race, color, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity and national or ethnic origin to participate in our programs. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2021-2022 academic year will be presented by video conference. Analysts in in training join the Philadelphia Jung seminar for the Saturday presentation from 9:00AM to 4:00PM. Fall Semester 2021 JUNG IN CONTEXT (Part One) Friday, September 10, 2021 Introduction to Jung in Context Mark Winborn, PhD, NCPsyA This seminar will introduce the history of Analytical Psychology and the development of Jung’s major theoretical constructs. Particular attention will be placed on the development of Jung’s theoretical system within the framework of his ongoing debate (from afar) with Freud over the nature of the psyche. We will also address the impact their split on the broader psychoanalytic world. Finally, we outline, compare, and contrast the major schools of Analytical Psychology: the classical model, the Jungian developmental model (Michael Fordham), Archetypal Psychology (James Hillman), and the work of Wolfgang Giegerich. Seminar Objectives: 1. Develop an understanding of the history of Analytical Psychology and its relationship with Freudian psychoanalysis. 2. Develop familiarity with the major constructs of Jung’s Analytical Psychology. 3. Develop an understanding of the different schools within Analytical Psychology. Required Readings: Eisold, K. (2002). Jung, Jungians, and Psychoanalysis. Psychoanal. Psychol, 19(3):501-524 Jung, C.G. Analytical Psychology: Notes of the Seminar Given in 1925, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989. -
The Synchronicity of Hope and Enhanced Quality of Life in Terminal Cancer
University of Central Florida STARS Honors Undergraduate Theses UCF Theses and Dissertations 2016 The Synchronicity of Hope and Enhanced Quality of Life in Terminal Cancer Brianna M. Terry University of Central Florida Part of the Nursing Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the UCF Theses and Dissertations at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Undergraduate Theses by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Recommended Citation Terry, Brianna M., "The Synchronicity of Hope and Enhanced Quality of Life in Terminal Cancer" (2016). Honors Undergraduate Theses. 75. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses/75 THE SYNCHRONICITY OF HOPE AND ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE IN TERMINAL CANCER by BRIANNA TERRY A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Honors in the Major Program in Nursing in the College of Nursing and in the Burnett Honors College at the University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Summer Term, 2016 Thesis Chair: Dr. Susan Chase Abstract Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of death worldwide. The rate of mortality is currently approximately 171.2 out of every 100,000 individuals with a terminal cancer diagnosis annually. Individuals with terminal cancer diagnoses facing probable mortality utilize various coping mechanisms or internal resources in an attempt to maintain an internal sense of well-being, commonly referred to as quality of life (QOL). -
Carl Gustav Jung's Pivotal Encounter with Sigmund Freud During Their Journey to America
Swiss American Historical Society Review Volume 54 Number 2 Article 4 6-2018 The Psychological Odyssey of 1909: Carl Gustav Jung's Pivotal Encounter with Sigmund Freud during their Journey to America William E. Herman Axel Fair-Schulz Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review Part of the European History Commons, and the European Languages and Societies Commons Recommended Citation Herman, William E. and Fair-Schulz, Axel (2018) "The Psychological Odyssey of 1909: Carl Gustav Jung's Pivotal Encounter with Sigmund Freud during their Journey to America," Swiss American Historical Society Review: Vol. 54 : No. 2 , Article 4. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review/vol54/iss2/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Swiss American Historical Society Review by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Herman and Fair-Schulz: The Psychological Odyssey of 1909: The Psychological Odyssey of 1909: Carl Gustav Jung's Pivotal Encounter with Sigmund Freud during their Journey to America by William E. Herman and Axel Fair-Schulz The year 1909 proved decisive for our relationship. - Carl Gustav Jung's autobiography. Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1961) M any volumes in the scholarly literature explore the complex evolution of the relationship between Carl Gustav Jung and Sigmund Freud as well as the eventual split between these two influential contributors to psychoanalytic thought and more generally to the field of psychology and other academic fields/professions. The events that transpired during the seven-week journey from Europe to America and back in the autumn of 1909 would serve as a catalyst to not only re-direct the lives of Jung and Freud along different paths, but also re-shape the roadmap of psychoanalytic thinking, clinical applications, and psychology. -
The Mariner's Way of Individuation
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies Volume 34 Article 6 Iss. 1-2 (2015) 1-1-2015 The aM riner’s Way of Individuation: An Insight into the Jungian Principle of Acausality Parisa Shams University of Western Australia Farideh Pourgiv Shiraz University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/ijts-transpersonalstudies Part of the Philosophy Commons, Psychology Commons, and the Religion Commons Recommended Citation Shams, P., & Pourgiv, F. (2015). Shams, P., & Pourgiv, F. (2015). The am riner’s way of individuation: An insight into the Jungian principle of acausality. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 34(1-2), 45–54.. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 34 (1). http://dx.doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2015.34.1-2.45 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals and Newsletters at Digital Commons @ CIIS. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Journal of Transpersonal Studies by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ CIIS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Mariner’s Way of Individuation: An Insight into the Jungian Principle of Acausality Parisa Shams Farideh Pourgiv University of Western Australia Shiraz University Perth, Australia Shiraz, Iran As a Romantic poet who was especially interested in the workings of the mind, Coleridge, in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, has dealt with notions, ideas, and images that lend themselves to a Jungian reading, specifically from the perspective of the principle of synchronicity which is to be the focus of this analysis.