Analytical Psychology

 Rests on assumption that occult phenomena can and do influence the

lives of everyone
 Each person is motivated not only by repressed experiences but also by
certain emotionally toned experiences inherited from our ancestors
 Collective Unconscious
 Includes elements that we have never experienced individually but
which have come down to us from our ancestors
 Archetype , highly developed elements of collective unconscious ;
self-realization most inclusive archetype which is achieved by
attaining a balance between various opposing forces of personality

Levels of Psyche

Consciousness
 Ego is the center of consciousness but not core of personality
 Ego is not the whole personality but must be completed by more
comprehensive self
 In a psychologically healthy person, ego take a secondary position to
unconscious
 Consciousness plays minor role in analytical psychology
 Healthy individuals are in contact with conscious world but will allow
themselves to experience unconscious self to achieve individuation
 Conscious images are sensed by ego

Personal Unconscious
 Embraces all repressed, forgotten, subliminally perceived
experiences of individual
 Repressed infantile memories, impulses, forgotten events,
experiences originally perceived below threshold of consciousness
 Personal unconscious formed by individual experiences and is unique to
each of us
 Contents of personal unconscious are called Complexes
 Complexes: emotionally toned conglomeration of associated ideas, very
personal but might derive from humanity’s collective experience

Collective Unconscious
 Roots from ancestral part of entire species
 Most controversial, most distinctive concept
 Contents are inherited and passed from one generation to the next as
psychic potential
 Contents are not dormant but actively influence people’s thoughts,
emotions, and actions
 Collective unconscious responsible for myths, legends, religious beliefs
 Produces big dreams
 Focuses on humans’ innate tendency to react a particular way
whenever their experiences stimulate a biologically inherited
response tendency

Archetypes
 Ancient archaic images deriving from collective unconscious
 Generalized and derive from contents of collective unconscious
 Instinct: an unconscious physical impulse toward action and archetype
is the psychic counterpart to instinct
 Have biological basis but originate through the repeated experiences of
humans’ early ancestors
 Potential for countless archetypes exists within a a person
 A personal experience corresponds to latent primordial image, archetype
is activated
 Cannot be directly represented but when activated, expresses itself
through several modes, primarily dreams, fantasies, and delusions
 Dreams are main source of archetypal material

Notable Archetypes:

A) Persona
 Side of personality shown to world
 Personality no. 1
 Everyone should project a particular role dictated by society

B) Shadow
 Archetype of darkness and repression, represents qualities we do not
wish to acknowledge but attempt to hide from ourselves and others
 Consists of morally objectionable tendencies as well as number of
constructive creative qualities that we are reluctant to face
 Knowing our shadow is first test of courage

C) Anima
 Feminine side of men that originates from collective unconscious
 Gaining this is second test of courage
 Men can only recognize anima if comfortable with shadow
 Irrational moods and feelings

D) Animus
 Masculine archtype in women
 Symbolic of thinking and reasoning
 Belongs to collective unconscious and originates from encounters of
prehistoric women with men
E) Great Mother
 Pre-existing concept of mother associated with both positive and negative
feelings ;
 Fertility and Nourishment versus Power and Destruction
 Jung saw his mother as: loving and nurturing ; uncanny, archaic, ruthless
 Fertility and power combine to form rebirth : represented through
processes such as reincarnation, baptism, individuation or self-realization
 People are moved by desire to be reborn: to reach self-realization,
nirvana, heaven, or perfection

F) Wise Old Man

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