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To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.mythology,sci.skeptic,alt.psychology.jung From: "Alex Sumner"Subject: Re: Evidence Supporting Collective Unconscious/Archetypes? Anybody? (was Demonstrating) Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 00:27:22 +0100 It is my understanding that the so-called "Collective Unconscious" is an unknown part of the mind, from which are generated thoughts etc which are not related to ones own personal history but are related to principles which apply to humankind genrerally. Jung first developed the idea of a "Collective Unconscious" when, going through a psychological crisis of his own, he noticed that his dreams were dividing into two groups: those related to his own past, and those related to mythology generally. I personally can think of three postulates to explain this phenomena, of which only the third IMHO would remain unscathed by Occam's Razor: 1. The Collective Unconscious is inherited; 2. The Collective Unconscious is telepathic; 3. The Collective Unconscious is a natural tendency of the mind to latch onto mythological themes. "catherine yronwode" wrote in message news:3D54317C.A5E@luckymojo.com... > Seyfert-1 wrote: > [snip] > It has never been "scientifically demonstrated" that the collective > unconsious exists. > It has never been scientifically demonstrated that the personal unconscious exists. It is only presumed to exist because it explains a number of phenomena in psychology that would otherwise be inexplicable if it didn't exist. > cat yronwode AS http://www.geocities.com/alex_sumner/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.377 / Virus Database: 211 - Release Date: 16/07/2002
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