thought for the day - Jung/Campbell/Freud

Carl Jung commenting to Joseph Campbell about Sigmund Freud's comment concerning making the sexual motivation dogma:

"For a dogma, that is to say, an indisputable confession of faith, is set up only when the aim is to suppress doubts once and for all. But that no longer has anything to do with scientific judgement; only with personal power drive.

As I saw it, a scientific truth was a hypothesis that might be adequate for the moment but was not to be preserved as an article of faith for all time."

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Rosa j. Feb 23, 2012, 2:25pm UTC

Sigmund Freud, it seems to me that he went down in history as one who wore his mother's underwear...Yes, I am sure it is recorded.

Kasey Klein Feb 23, 2012, 2:38pm UTC

Thus, the Freudian slip...

If you could go down in history for ONE thing, what would you want it to be?

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Rosa j. Feb 23, 2012, 2:52pm UTC

I briefly scanned Gender Crossing, and will hopefully, have more time to really digest it. Now, to answer your question:The ONE thing I would want my epitah to be is: Her capacity to love others stemmed from her ability to love herself which was shown to everyone who came in contact with her. Here then, it is necessary to define love, and that is a whole nother topic.

Kasey Klein Feb 23, 2012, 3:32pm UTC

Much too long for an epitaph.

Back in a book called "Urban Shaman," by Serge King, which I read back in the 80's, Serge proposed that love is simply being 'happy with.' Choosing to be happy with what you choose to love.

In my book "Forever Becoming" (sci-fi/adventure. Pat just posted a review to Gather) we find love that offers nothing and asks for nothing, yet is a love that sustains.

Freud gave me the idea of a family drama, that we (meaning people in general) play out dramas with people around them. Oftentimes, people get stuck in their family drama, replaying the drama with new people -- friends, new family as stand-ins for the original players. This is the underlying theme of my book: "Straw People." (literary fiction/social commentary)

Freud was big on hidden drives, hidden motivations. Maybe that's why he liked underwear so much.

Anyway, thanks for the thoughts.

Rosa j. Feb 23, 2012, 4:05pm UTC

I see. My thoughts too, are inclusive to an extent, but not limited to these points of view. Anyway, you are welcome for the little bit I have contributed.

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Randee "The Court Jester of LaLa Land ! ! !" always and forever, I just want to celebrate Feb 23, 2012, 2:48pm UTC

wait . . . .
you,
I mean Jung says we can not all be put in little boxes, psychologically, and "cured" with the same "psychobabble" as the next . . . . . . .

hi KC !!!

Kasey Klein Feb 23, 2012, 3:21pm UTC

This is from a forward to a book, where Campbell was talking about when he had a conversation with Jung over the break between Jung and Freud. But, yes, that we the difference, the split between the two. Freud wanted to be sure, Jung was comfortable with investigation.

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Jeanette Cheezum Feb 23, 2012, 3:42pm UTC

Interesting.

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Kevin E. Mar 9, 2012, 6:10pm UTC

I agree with you on this one!

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