Jung on religion Flashcards
What does Jung say about religion?
religion is a positive thought and necessary for human growth. We contain repressed memories in our personal unconscious
What does Jung say about collective unconscious?
Universal and shared by the whole human race
We contain primordial images that derive from our ancestral past not from our own but instead pre human experiences
These shape our behaviour and deep emotions
What does Jung say about archetypes?
Original pattern, images in the unconscious mind
What is our pattern of behaviour?
The persona
the shadow
the anima/animus
the self
What is the persona?
Different social masks, we wear in different social situations
What is the shadow?
A darker side of the character we prefer not to reveal
What is the anima/animus?
Inner attitudes that take on the characteristic of the opposite sex
anima- woman in the unconscious of every man
animus- man in the unconscious of every woman
What is the self?
Midpoint of the personality balancing the unconscious and concious- representing harmony
Why do we struggle to find our true self?
Ego gets fused to a certain person thag we create to meet peoples expectations
What are our integrations?
Brings wholeness/ balance individatiom
How does Jung say religious tradition is?
Includes archetypes, find god withon
Why does jung’s theory have a lack of evidence?
Unprovable can’t be falsified
June singer “collective unconscious lies beyond the conceptual limitations of individual human conciousness… make controlled experiments to prove the existence of the collective unconscious
Why is one of Jung’s challenges a shared experience?
Theory of archetypes is unnecessary; humans share same experiences and come from a community not suprising
What does Jung say about god as a product?
Even though god is a positive aspect of the human mind, still points out unsure whether there is a god
What is the reductionist challenges?
Too reductionist, reducing god to a product of the human mind isnt deep. martin buber- jung fails to understand and uniqueness of a religious experience and effect on religious believers
