Carl Jung on Intuition, Individuality & Healing
Presenter:
The Jungian Aion
Time:
52:53
Summary
In this rare and insightful 1957 interview, that I have restored and printed accurate subtitles on, Dr. Richard Evans is interviewing Carl Gustav Jung, the most influential psychologist to have ever existed. Filmed at Jung's home in Küsnacht, Switzerland, this interview offers a unique glimpse into Jung's thoughts on the unconscious, intuition, synchronicity, healing and his groundbreaking theories that continue to shape modern psychology.
Transcript
Dr, you, we have been discussing some of the factors in the development of the personality of the individual. We and you have very kindly elaborated for us on some of your fundamental concepts, such as the archetype and the Anima and the Animus. Now another concept or idea that seems to be a very interesting one in your work is the persona. I wonder if you would mind telling us a little bit about how you construe this term, persona.What is this?
A Practical concept we need in elucidating people's relation. I noticed with my patients, particularly with people that are in public life, that they have a certain way of presenting themselves. For instance, take the doctor, he has a certain way versus he has good bedside manners, and he behaves as one expects a doctor behaves. He may even identify himself with it and believe that He is what he appears to be. He must appear in a certain form, unless people don't believe that he is a doctor. And so when he is a professor, he is also supposed to behave in a certain way so that it is plausible that he is a professor.