Jung

Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist born on July 26, 1875, in Kesswil, Switzerland. As the only son of a Protestant clergyman, Jung was a quiet, observant child who packed certain loneliness as a single child. However, he spent hours observing the role of the adults around him, something that no doubt shaped his later career and work. This was most likely a result of his isolation. In 1900, Jung graduated the University of Basel and attained his M.D. two years later from the University of Zurich. While attending the University of Zurich, Jung worked on the staff at Burgholzli Asylum, where he was greatly influenced by Eugene Bleuler, an innovative psychologist who arranged the groundwork for what is now considered classical studies of mental illness. Jung's growing reputation as a psychologist and his work dealing with the subconscious eventually led him to the ideas of Sigmund Freud and, later, to the man himself.    

Jung believed that symbol creation was a key in understanding human nature. Jung defines symbols as the best possible expression for something fundamentally unfamiliar. He was concerned with investigating the similarity of symbols that are located in different religious, mythological, and magical systems which varies throughout cultures and time periods. In order to justify the similarities in symbols occurring across different cultures and time periods he suggested the existence of two layers of the unconscious psyche. The first of the two layers was the individual unconscious. It contains what the individual has gained in his or her life, yet has been overlooked or stifled. The second layer is the aggregate oblivious which contains the memory follows normal to all mankind. These encounters structure models. These are inborn inclinations to encounter and symbolize certain circumstances distinctly. There are numerous prime examples, for example, having folks, finding a mate, having youngsters, and going up against death. Exceptionally mind boggling prime examples are found in all fanciful and religious frameworks. Close to the end of his life Jung included that the most profound layers of the oblivious capacity freely of the laws of space, time and causality. This is the thing that offers ascend to paranormal wonders. The main components of personality according to Jung are the introvert and the extrovert. The introvert is quiet, withdrawn and interested in ideas rather than people. While the extrovert is outgoing and socially oriented. For Jung a person that had a healthy personality can realize these opposite inclinations within him/her and can express each. Dreams serve to reward for any neglected parts of the personality.