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The Unconscious



The concept of the unconscious refers to the processes of the mind that occur outside of our conscious awareness, but still affect our motivations and behavior. These include automatic reactions, subliminal beliefs and perceptions, repressed feelings, hidden desires, and latent phobias. Popularized by both Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung in the early twentieth century, the concept of the unconscious can be likened to the part of an iceberg that lies beneath the water, whereas the conscious mind is represented by the part above it. The unconscious continues to be explored by modern psychologists, especially the role it plays in the creation of bias, memory, and learning, as well as how unconscious beliefs can contribute to anxiety, depression, and other forms of mental or emotional distress.

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Jungian Analyst Marion Woodman on the American Psyche

Our unpublished 1994 interview takes on new meaning in the Trump Era and beyond.

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FindCenterThe interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.

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Man and His Symbols

Man and His Symbols owes its existence to one of Jung's own dreams. The great psychologist dreamed that his work was understood by a wide public, rather than just by psychiatrists, and therefore he agreed to write and edit this fascinating book.

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The Life, Work, and Theories of Sigmund Freud

Psychology's most famous figure is also one of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. Sigmund Freud's theories and work helped shape our views of childhood, personality, memory, sexuality, and therapy.

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The Interpretation of Dreams: The Psychology Classic (Capstone Classics)

Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams introduced his ground-breaking theory of the unconscious and explored how interpreting dreams can reveal the true nature of humanity.

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Ralph Metzner: Jung, Hofmann and the Philosopher’s Stone

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The Undiscovered Self: With Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams

These two essays, written late in Jung's life, reflect his responses to the shattering experience of World War II and the dawn of mass society.

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Jungian Archetypes: Self, Persona, Shadow, Anima/Animus

Few people have had as much influence on modern psychology as Carl Jung; he has coined terms such as extraversion and introversion, archetypes, anima and animus, shadow, and collective unconscious, among others.

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WVC 2019 - Ann Shulgin

Watch the legendary author and psychedelic therapist Ann Shulgin speak about "The Shadow" at the 2019 Women's Visionary Congress in Oakland, California.

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Jung on Active Imagination

All the creative art psychotherapies (art, dance, music, drama, poetry) can trace their roots to C. G. Jung's early work on active imagination. Joan Chodorow here offers a collection of Jung's writings on active imagination, gathered together for the first time.

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