C.G.Jung Helpdesk

“Through our senses we experience the known, but our intuitions point to things that are unknown and hidden, that by their very nature are secret.” C.G. Jung

For Jung, there exist many pathways how experiences can reach our consciousness. The most mysterious being intuition, which is, as he says, “perception through the unconscious,” seeing the possibilities of things, even more so then the thing itself. Join to find out more about this special function and what life is to someone, for whom intuition is their superior function.

“As a rule, people who have a certain maturity, who are philosophically inclined, more or less successful in the world and not too neurotic share my views.” - C.G. Jung

In my journey to read and understand everything from Jung, there are still some concepts that I have a hard time to wrap my head around. I am feeling that has to do with inconsistencies in some concepts and I will try to explore those in this event. Join me in this investigation.

“The idea in the dream is that something has happened, a new worm has suddenly appeared, the worm which seemed to be a terrific danger; yet we saw that it also has a very positive meaning, the beginning of higher consciousness. That is why so many people are afraid of higher consciousness. For it bears a greater responsibility and danger.” - C.G. Jung

“Man against nature” is one of the archetypal stories that humanity has. While the Steven Spielberg movie “Jaws” from 1975 seems to be just like that, there is an additional, psychological layer there that could have contributed to the massive success that resulted in the birth of the term “Blockbuster”. Join the event to find out more.

PLEASE NOTE: This event is a purely intellectual investigation into Jung’s thoughts and opinions about psychological therapy and therapists. The event is not an instruction for neither diagnosis nor treatment. If you have the feeling to be personally affected in your psychological health, please consider contacting a certified professional. No piece of content of the event should be taken as medical advice.

“As we know, a complex can be really overcome really only if it is lived out to the full. In other words, if we are to develop further we have to draw to us and drink down to the very dregs what, because of our complexes, we have held at a distance.” - C.G. Jung

Even during all his tumultuous life and shifts in scientific interests, Jung stayed a therapists and treated patients. With his contributions to psychoanalysis and the founding of the school of analytical psychology he established certain ideas and corner stones of therapy and therapists. This event will deal with there topics.

“It is not possible to live too long amid infantile surroundings, or in the bosom of the family, without endangering one’s psychic health. Life calls forth to independence, and anyone who does not head this call because of childish laziness or timidity is threatened with neurosis.” C.G. Jung

What do you get when you combine romance and spectacle? One of the most successful movies of all time and a great display of the individuation process of a trapped woman. Viewed through a Jungian lens, one can observe the positive encounter with her animus, finding life and fighting for it.Caution: There will be tons of spoilers. I recommend watching the movie before the event.

“The smaller the personality, the dimmer and more unconscious it becomes, until finally it merges indistinguishable with the surrounding society, thus surrendering its own wholeness and dissolving into the wholeness of the group. In the place of the inner voice there is the voice of the group with its conventions, and vocation is replaced by collective necessities” C.G. Jung

Jung deals a lot with the internal world, our psychology, but he also wrote extensively about the social world and our role in it. Join to find out what happens when individuals come together to melt into something we call “the group”.

“Everything unknown and empty is filled with psychological projection: it is as if the investigator’s own psychic background were mirrored in the darkness. What he sees in matter, or thinks he can see, is chiefly the data of his own unconscious which he is projecting into it.” C.G. Jung

Jung and his ideas were already hard to understand in his time and while the concepts of psycho analysis found a strong footing in modern discourse and culture, getting an unobstructed view on Jung and his work is still difficult. One of my motivations for starting the C.G. Jung Helpdesk was to provide the clearest view possible, which sadly also includes challenging the notions and interpretations that people already have. So this is what this event will be about, drawing a line between what Jung said and those after him thought to understand.

“Once the unconscious gets into active opposition to consciousness, it simply refused to be suppressed.” C.G. Jung

While failing at the box-office when it was released, David Fincher’s “Fight Club”, based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk, became a hit and cultural phenomenon on home video. Viewed through a Jungian lens, there is a lot to explore and there is still something to add to the countless interpretations about its meaning.Caution: There will be tons of spoilers. I recommend watching the movie before the event.

“There, in the East, is the metaphysical philosophy, and that is what we call psychology” C.G. Jung

While the march of modernity made cultures seem more and more homogenised, was Jung in his time still able to see and perceive cultures in their more unique expression. Deeply concerned with the decay of European civilisation during both world wars, he spent much time investigating the roots of western civilisation and with his investigations into eastern philosophy trying to found out more about human nature.

“Freud’s only interest is where things come from, never where they are going.” C.G. Jung“Freud's original idea of the unconscious was that it was a sort of receptacle or storehouse for repressed material, infantile wishes, and the like. But the unconscious is far more than that: it is the basis and precondition of all consciousness.” C.G. Jung

Nothing stings harsher than deceit and deceived Freud felt after the friendship with Jung ended. Jung sacrificed his academic career and his reputation to pursue what he felt was his true calling; and made him to the person that we know today.