The Middle Pillar by Israel Regardie

Author:Israel Regardie
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
ISBN: 1567181406
Publisher: Llewellyn - A
Published: 2002-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

The works of Swiss psychologist C. G. Jung (1875-1961) can be seen as part of the apex of the occult revival of the late nineteenth century. Using the new vocabulary employed by Sigmund Freud, Jung described that knowledge of the human psyche which mystics and magicians had gathered since ancient times. What had once been veiled in occult jargon and symbolism, and thus viewed as superstition and nonsense by the public at large, was now for the first time expressed in such a manner that psychologists and other intellectuals sat up and took notice. Jung’s exploration of psychology in conjunction with his study of the paranormal made his theories the crucial link between psychology and magic. However, his interest in occult matters was one of the primary reasons for his ultimate break with Freud.

The difference between Freud’s and Jung’s approaches to psychology was primarily Jung’s view that the human psyche was a whole organism and Freud’s belief that it was not. Freud extrapolated a rather disorderly picture of the psyche wherein autonomous components of the mind battled for dominance. Jung saw the psyche as being complete in itself from birth, the various elements of the psyche attempted to work harmoniously together, and their natural inclination was toward unity. While both men recognized two basic halves of the psyche (conscious and unconscious), Jung further divided the unconscious into two levels—personal and collective. In addition, Freud was more concerned with his patient’s past, while Jung emphasized the patient’s future development.

Whereas Freud referred to his method as psychoanalysis, Jung preferred the phrase analytical psychology.

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