Introverted Sensation
We could say that introverted sensation transmits an image which does not so much reproduce the object as spread over it the patina of age-old subjective experience and the shimmer of events still unborn. – C.G. Jung (CW 6, par 649) With this article, and the one to follow next month, we examine the type that […]
Introverted Thinking in the Shadow II
The unconscious thinking reaches the surface in the form of obsessive ideas which are invariably of a negative and depreciatory character – C.G. Jung In the last article, we looked at normal introverted thinking and introverted thinking in the shadow. In this article, we turn to introverted thinking as it might be projected, either as […]
Introverted Thinking in the Shadow
“What he dislikes most of all is introverted thinking – thinking about philosophical principles or abstractions or basic questions of life.” – Marie-Louise von Franz In this article, we will consider introverted intuition in its normal conscious position, and also in its more primitive, or inferior position in the shadow. In the next article, we […]
Extraverted Intuition in the Shadow II
“. . . the archaic intuitions come to the surface and exert their pernicious influence, forcing themselves on the individual and producing compulsive ideas of the most perverse kind” – C.G. Jung In the shadow, types are less differentiated and assume a symptomatic, autonomous relationship to consciousness, being often projected onto other people, objects or […]
Extraverted Intuition in the Shadow
“Whereas true extraverted intuition is possessed of a singular resourcefulness, a ‘good nose’ for objectively real possibilities, this archaicized intuition has an amazing flare for all the ambiguous, shadowy, sordid, dangerous possibilities working in the background” – C.G. Jung Among the functions of consciousness, intuition holds a special place. With intuition, “a content presents itself […]
Introverted Intuition in the Shadow II
“… intuition, the noblest gift of man, [turns] into meddlesome officiousness, poking into every corner; instead of gazing into the far distance, it descends to the lowest level of human meanness.”– C.G. Jung In the previous article, we focused on the basic principles governing introverted intuition and some notions of how it manifests in the […]
Introverted Intuition in the Shadow
Anne Rodrigues Although his intuition may be stimulated by external objects, it does not concern itself with external possibilities but with what the external object has released within him. – C.G. Jung (CW 6, par. 656) Introverted intuition may be one of the most difficult types to understand. As a quintessential type, both functionally and directionally […]
Extraverted Sensation in the Shadow II
“If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and to love their fellow men better.” – C.G. Jung In the last article, we reviewed the primitive attributes of extraverted sensation as a shadow type. In this article, […]
Extraverted Sensation in the Shadow
The unconscious personality can best be described as an extraverted sensation type of a rather low and primitive order. – C.G. Jung With this article, we continue our series on the “shadow” or “inferior” types. Realistic Sensation Extraverted sensation is the type most fully oriented to what we normally think of as “real”–sensual perception […]
Extraverted Thinking in the Shadow II
Although the unconscious thinking is archaic, its reductive tendencies help to compensate the occasional fits of trying to exalt the ego into the subject. If this should nevertheless happen as a result of complete suppression of the counterbalancing subliminal processes, the unconscious thinking goes over into open opposition and gets projected. – C.G. Jung […]