Carl Jung: Illuminating The Mystery of The Subconscious Mind

And answering the call to psychological wholeness

Who Is Carl Jung?

Carl Jung, born in 1875 in Switzerland, was a psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology. In 1895, Jung began to study psychiatry and medicine at the University of Basel, inspired by its combination of the biological and spiritual.

He eventually left academia and began a clinical practice out of his own home. It was around that time that Sigmund Freud got wind of some of Jung’s publications, and their professional relationship bloomed for about six years.

Jung learned from Freud, and helped propagate Freud’s psychology, psychoanalysis. That is, until Jung published Psychology of The Unconscious: A Study of The Transformations and Symbolisms of The Libido, where he clearly defined the differences between their psychological beliefs.

Freud thought psychology centered around the sexual urge, which could make sense from one evolutionary perspective. Jung, however, recognized libido as important, but thought psychology was much deeper, choosing instead to focus his writings on the “collective unconscious,” the parts of our mind we inherit from our ancestors.