The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche pdf

Carl Gustav Jung, is a Swiss psychologist and founder of analytical psychology. Young says his intellectual life began with a dream he had at the age of three. He received a scholarship at the University of Basel to study medicine and his father died at the age of 20. Jung loved university life and devoured philosophical works, especially the works of Kant and Nietzsche, in addition to medical books and references, and he studied spirituality and supernatural phenomena. Young became a member of the Society for Public Speaking and Debating called the Zuqengia Club. Young was able to reveal something that was admired and appreciated by all: the human spirit. His ideas advocated the existence of two directions of the soul. One towards life affairs and the other towards the realm of spirituality. There, some things happened to Young and Young thought he should attend the necromancy. For two years, Young had been attending these sessions, with his cousin Helen Preswork being her psychic, and her late father, Samuel Preswork, being her mentor. And he stopped going to those sessions when Helen started to get caught up in these invocations and Young didn't know Helen was in love with him and everything she did to get his attention. Thus, Young had two personalities. The first character was immersed in life matters, and her feelings could explode in any emotional situation. As for the second character, she believes in superstitions and the world of the paranormal, as Jung felt that he was connected to the other world. He searches for the nature of that strange thing that enters the body at birth and leaves at death, and this led him to realize that his desired goal is psychiatry, which, starting in 1890, he began studying as a science and a profession at the same time. Jung began training in psychiatry in 1900, when he became an assistant at the Bergolslie Mental Hospital, a clinic attached to the University of Zurich and was under the direction of Dr. Eugene Blölru. Young's research continued under the supervision of this doctor until Jung developed in this field.

The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche pdf by Carl G. Jung

Bollingen Series XX
The Structure & Dynamics of the Psyche is one of the better volumes of the Princeton/Bollingen Collected Works.
1st comes "On Psychic Energy", the most difficult essay in the volume. Generally, it discusses the "canalization of libido". Jung redefines "libido" by moving away from its purely sexual connotation. For him, libido is simply a generic form of psychic energy which can be redirected into both sexual & non-sexual activities, such as religious rituals, dances, incantations & chants. Only when the intrinsic need for ritual is supressed does the libido tend to direct its energies into sexual perversion. Altho the concept is interesting, the writing style of this essay is rather opaque.
Next comes an essay called "The Transcendent Function", which basically deals with the healing breakthru which is the goal of the patient in psychotherapy.
Next is an essay dealing with "Complex Theory". This essay deals with word-association tests in which the experimenter observes the subjects reactions & hesitations when given a word that evokes embarrassing or painful memories.
Next are three short but profound & informative essays.
Then comes the centerpiece, a potent & spectacular classic of 20th century psychology entitled "On the Nature of the Psyche". This, along with "Answer to Job", is one of Jung's best essays. It deals with a wide range of topics, including the limitations & paradoxes associated with epistemology, & the dualistic & paradoxical interrelationship between the subjective/inner psyche & the objective/outer world. This essay has much to say about the limitations of our subjectivity, & the degree to which we depend on other people & the outside world to attain consciousness. Jung does an excellent job in demarcating the thin line which divides the outer world & the sum of our subjective perceptions. This essay is a mind warping trip into a sea of paradoxical mysteries of the psyche.
After a short essay dealing with spirits, come a series of three: "Spirit & Life", "Basic Postulates of Analytical Psychology" & "Analytical Psychology & Weltanschauung". These deal with the delicate issue of fate & determinism vs free will, & the idea of achieving an objective attitude, a Weltanschauung. Jung warns against attempting to unite everyone under one objective attitude or "ism". This can only lead to repression, nationalistic, racist, patriotic bias & war. According to him, when one nation unites under an "ism" or worldview which is erronously believed to be objective & appropriate for everyone, we'll end up with a repression of indivdual, diverse opinions at best, & at worst, will have a worldwide tragedy resulting from the quest to force this attitude on other people. According to Jung, democracy also counts as one of those "ism's" that we shouldn't try to force on others.
Next we have three more short essays which are very good, especially "The Soul & Death".
Finally, we have "Syncronicity", a fascinating essay dealing with paranormal psychic phenomena such as ESP.
Overall, The Structure & Dynamics of the Psyche is a true magnum opus of psychology, recommended to anyone willing to take on a challenge for the pursuit of self-knowledge.