Friday 17 February 2017

Carl Jung on the "Trickster" - Anthology


[The trickster] is a forerunner of the savior . . . . He is both subhuman and superhuman, a bestial and divine being, whose chief and most alarming characteristic is his unconsciousness. ~Carl Jung, CW 9i, para 472.
Milk, as lac virginis, virgin's milk, is a synonym for the aqua doctrinae one of the aspects of Mercurius, who had already bedeviled the Bollingen stones in the form of the trickster. ~Carl Jung, Letters Vol. II, Pages 615-616
It is clear that the devil has been up to his tricks again. As soon as one notices that, one should say no more but withdraw into oneself. ~Carl Jung, Letters Vol. I, Pages 250-252
The personality of the patient demands all the resources of the doctor's personality and not technical tricks. ~Carl Jung, CW 10, Para 338
Be the man through whom you wish to influence others. Mere talk has always been counted hollow, and there is no trick, however artful, by which this simple truth can be evaded in the long run. The fact of being convinced and not the thing we are convinced of—that is what has always, and at all times, worked. ~Carl Jung, CW 16, Para 167
The unconscious itself is neither tricky nor evil - it is Nature, both beautiful and terrible. . . . The best way of dealing with the unconscious is the creative way. . . ~Carl Jung, Letters Vol. 1, Pages 108-109.

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