Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) The Father of Psychology.

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Carl Jung is the man who next to Sigmund Freud  exercised the biggest influence on post-modern society. Although he was borne into a conservative Christian Swiss family and his father was a Protestant preacher in time he digressed from cynicism, to gnosticism and eventually became anti-Christian. At first he practised as a medical doctor according to his training. In time however he became more intrigued with psychiatry and the unconsciousness of the human mind.  His writings and theories where at first strongly promoted by Freud who saw in him a disciple and protege. Because Freud was Jewish he was seeking a Gentile whom he could groom to take over from him. A new mindset had to be developed that would overthrow the prevailing Christian morals that stood in the way of a new world universal belief system. Psychoanalysis was the latest buzz-word and it had to be dressed up as the very latest scientific discovery. Understanding the chemistry and mystical secrets of the mind is what these men and their followers believed, would pave the way to solving man’s universal problems. Jung and Freud spent longs hours analysing each other.  Their group of friends and collogues would have regular meetings when they would present papers, share ideas and develop new theories.

We know that Freud was obsessed with sexual liberation, the use of psychoactive drugs, hypnotism and an initiate in the Jewish Kabbalah  which was ancient occult knowledge. We will see from extracts from Jung’s  book titled Memories, Dreams, Reflections that he also had a strong aversion to Christianity and a fascination with spirit guides. Both these men where also influenced by the works of Nietzsche who declared: God is Dead!  With God out of the picture man could live a much better life no longer being constrained by what was considered to be sinful and immoral according to Christian values. However in the place of this a new and belief system, for want of a better word, religion, had to be created. Psychiatry would be the medical cure and psychology would create the new and better philosophy for daily living. Having said this let’s take a look at what Jung had to say;

“Lord Jesus seemed to me in some ways a god of death, helpful, it is true, in that he scared away the terrors of the night, but himself uncanny, a crucified and bloody corpse.” (p. 13, MDR = Memories, Dreams, Reflections )

“I made every effort to force myself to take the required positive attitude to Christ. But I could never succeed in overcoming my secret distrust.” (p. 14, MDR)

During his very early years, even by the age of six, Jung was fascinated by illustrations of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva: “I had an obscure feeling of their affinity with my ‘original revelation’” (p. 17, MDR). That “original revelation” is recorded in Jung’s memoirs. It is a highly obscene vision he experienced at age three, a demonic combination of obscenity with worship, wherein a ritual phallus is enthroned.

Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) The Father of Psychology.