Carl
Jung
1875 — 1961
Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and explorer of the unconscious. Jung broke with Freud
to found analytical psychology — a framework that took seriously the symbols, myths, and archetypes
that surface in dreams, religion, and the recurring stories humanity tells itself.
He gave us the collective unconscious, the shadow, the anima and
animus, introversion and extroversion, and the concept of
individuation — the lifelong process of becoming, fully and authentically, oneself.
He spent his life trying to understand what human beings are doing when they dream, create myths,
build religions, and fall into madness. He believed the unconscious was not an enemy to be
conquered but a conversation partner to be heard.
He is still listening.