Skip to main content

Imitation and the Archetypal Adult




In The Cycle of Life: Themes and Tales of the Journey, I mention five pathologies that I relate to the idea of the Archetypal Adult. In this brief presentation I mention an additional one, which Jung speaks about – imitation. In the Red Book he writes, “The new God laughs at imitation and discipleship.”

In Two Essays in Analytical Psychology he writes,
"The human being has one faculty which, though it is of the greatest utility from the collective point of view, is immeasurably detrimental from the standpoint of individuality; the faculty of imitation. Collective psychology can never dispense with imitation, for without it the organization of the masses, that of the state and of society, is quite simply impossible. Society is organized, indeed, less by law than by the propensity to imitation, implying equally suggestibility, suggestion, and moral contagion."
            
Imitation is a shadow-side of the self. The Self means authenticity, and in its wholeness it includes its opposite – imitation.

This beautiful ten-minute video, which you can watch here, was created by Karol Domanski and Adam Kosciuk.



Comments

  1. Are you a Coinbase user? Are you in terms of storing crypto currency in your Coinbase account? If you don’t know how to handle such errors on your own there is no need to worry at all as you can take assistance from the professionals by dialing Coinbase phone number 877-209-3306. The professionals are functional throughout the year to assist you and make sure that you get every solution easily without making many efforts. Users undergo many Coinbase issues while accessing Coinbase account. To fix all the issues, you can approach Coinbase customer care number. The experts will give step by step assistance if required by the users and also deliver accessible and immaculate solutions instantly. The helpline number is open always and they have a team of adroit individuals that offer outstanding and easy solutions to the query reported. They are present 24/7 round the clock with full dedication.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Dear friends and colleagues, My website, www.eshalit.com/ (also at www.eshalit.co.il/ ) has now been upgraded. I invite you to visit – and will be happy to receive any comment you may have. You will find details about my books, contents, reviews and excerpts. ____ One of the features is open ends , with access to excerpts from books, book chapters, published papers and journal articles. Most of the material can be accessed directly from the page, while some of it requires login. ____ At et ceteri (from Latin: 'and others'), you will find announcements of organizations, lectures, et cetera, pertaining to psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, such as the Jungian program scheduled to open at Bar Ilan University, and the upcoming exhibition of Jung's Red Book in Zurich, et cetera. I believe that much, perhaps most value, and great treasures, are to be found with the other (s). ____ Another feature is town square , a place where you can look at the stuff others bring to the ci...