“…according to Jung, there is a deeper “layer” in the psyche, which is supra-personal and shared by all humanity. This layer is formed of virtual paths which are called archetypes and represent empty forms that function as sediments of experiences constantly revived by humanity (Jung, 2022, p.80).”

Check out my new article about the meaning of life through the lenses of Analytical Psychology:

https://markfelixrossbach.substack.com/p/meaning-of-life-and-the-self

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The problem with methods, techniques and habits that are imposed as universal constants so that we can achieve a healthy life is that we forget about the individual.
We forget that although the categorization of aspects of suffering has its importance, these abstract categories for human suffering, such as “depression”, “anxiety”, etc., never understand life in its complexity.
That is why it is important to recover the complex and profound perspectives on life.#

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To understand what is meant with “consciousness” and the “unconscious” in analytical psychology, is not only crucial for a theoretical understanding of Jung’s writings, but can also help us broaden the dialogue with areas like anthropology and philosophy.

This is why I wrote this brief blog article with some general perspectives on the topic.

https://open.substack.com/pub/markfelixrossbach/p/consciousness-and-the-unconscius?r=25c6sx&utm_medium=ios

#psychology #philosophy #consciousness

I find it interesting, but not surprising, the growing presence of narratives that contain pseudo-reductivisms, that transform all suffering and difficulties in life into epiphenomena of neural activities.

The popularization of these materialist assumptions not only generates a broad sense of validity for these “dopaminergic logics”, but perpetuates a narrow and limited view of suffering and life. The mechanistic interpretation of life is renewed with updated discourses…