An Introduction to Carl Jung’s Psychology via The Four Stages of Alchemy

Ultimately, to truly comprehend what Carl Jung was trying to say, one must inevitably understand the role that the non-rational plays to allow further and continual development of the personality: such as acknowledging the role of archetypal symbolism of myths or other texts and rituals like alchemy.

Part 1:
Intro - 0:00
Carl Gustav Jung - 0:08
Alchemy - 0:31
Egyptian and Mesopotamian Myths - 0:38
Judaism and Christianity - 0:49
Taoism and Balance - 0:58
Other Archetypes like Yggdrasil, Flood, etc. - 1:03
Dreams, Intuitions, and Theory of Archetypes - 1:11

Part 2:
Archetypal Patterns of Personality - 2:05
The Shadow - 2:55
The Anima/Animus - 3:13
The Wise Old Man/Woman - 3:50
The Self - 4:18
Relating to Alchemy - 4:42
Magnum Opus/Philosopher's Stone; Holy Grail/Elixir of Life - 4:51

Part 3:
Four Archetypal Patterns of Personality corresponding to Four Stages of Alchemy - 5:39
The Blackening; Death - 5:41
Nigredo - 6:15
Albedo - 6:47
Citrinitas -7:01
Rubedo - 7:22
Lead into Gold; Integration of Shadow into a Unified Self - 7:46
Nigredo/Shadow; Albedo/Anima/Animus; Citrinitas/Wise Old Person; Rubedo/Self - 8:33
Magnum Opus as a Unified Self - 9:34

Part 4:
Alchemy as Psycho-Spiritual process - 9:45
Blackening/Nigredo as Key Stages; Death as Catalyst - 10:00
The Path is Difficult - 10:57
Goal of Integration: Hermaphroditism - 11:11
Golden Sun and Dragon - 11:29
Archetypal Integration to be made Conscious; Fallibility of the Ego - 11:59
Listen to One's Self - 12:57
End Quote - 13:20

Indeed, by purely logical and rational means alone, we cannot hope to reach the fulfillment and integration of the personality which Jung speaks about. In fact, it is impossible. One must take a leap of faith; to truly immerse one’s self in Jung’s ideas is to ultimately be religious in the music, grace, light, and darkness which comes from our Self—beyond the conscious and rational ego—with all its intuitions, dreams, symbols, and premonitions.

It is dangerous to blindly trust one’s intuitions though. These things can be corrupted, and have a tendency to be justified according to one’s beliefs that aim to hinder one’s own growth, for it requires great courage and effort to become who we are meant to be. As such, it is easy to fool ourselves to become who we think are supposed to be, but not meant to be: it can be done via our own biases, unfound superstitions, projections, stubbornness, fear, a lack of discipline, and inherent prejudices.

Still, in the end, as Jung notes, we cannot seek to understand the soulful tune of the world without making this experimental leap to become who we are—to love and to trust (in both continual death and rebirth). Of course, to actualize all this into the world, we need both the ego and the soul to birth the Self.

The right (continual) balance then, would be to strive to create the gold that is both material and spiritual, of which the alchemists sought. By also allowing things to fall into place, and constantly accepting the reality of blessings and difficulties (of both the archetypes of the creator and the destroyer), we realize that the concept of serendipity or synchronicity, of meaningful coincidences, then, would be most important to note in relation to the statement that: nothing is an accident.

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[cavepainter]

Jung realized the only way humanity will survive the mental health crisis caused by the percieved separation from nature (which was a consequence of unlocking & harnessing the secrets of matter) is for the individual to unlock & harness the secrets of spirit/consciousness... something that one can ultimately only accomplish by discovering & mastering these secrets on their own.

[ezio]

Jung was a rare bird, he wasn't afraid to speak about his realizations about the more spiritual and mystical aspects of human existence and consciousness, he didn't write about his discoveries with a purely material intellectual flare or direction; he wrote about his spiritual revelations with the proportionate wording and writing style which is only fitting. I don't perceive him as controversial, just ahead of his time, way ahead for sure. I like what Jordan Peterson said about him being a modern day shaman, he really was. He further understood that the human consciousness is not just existing for purely material matters and concerns and he dared to explore the larger and more deeply well hidden aspects of consciousness with the world.

[macronomicus]

The ancient Egyptians conceptualized the integration of masculine/feminine as left/right brain, its all within you, there for you to tame, unify, & balance, with that you can walk the path of non-duality, and taste of its spiritual creative riches.

[NarcGlitcher]

THIS IS EXCELLENT COMMENTARY! The awakening PROCESS cannot come without confronting all these aspects headed to THE SELF... ♀️🧘🏾‍♀️👁💚

[MiriaMMiriade]

this is one of the best video I have ever seen and I always comeback to rewatch it. it's so full of meaning and so well put together.

[a.]

This is a really helpful video.
I'm teaching the basics and the history of Psychoanalysis for the first time and to be honest, I've been a nerd my whole life, didn't know WHERE TO START talking about this great great man, Jung. I KNOW how to WORK with the concepts, but it's hard to summarize for me ...
this helped me a lot.
thank you so much sir
✨🙏🏼✨

[qiguosun]

Giving Carl Jung's theory a pure math explaination is necessary and interesting.

[spiritualcompass]

Wow. You have narrated this so well. I was always curious about Jung. I never truly paid much attention when younger. Thank you.

[FVLSCVLT]

I claim Pagan Alchemy as my path, I spent a near 3 years in my dark night of the soul, from which I found Dichotomy. Subscribed. I look forward to delving into your content. If you need audio engineering work or background ambience I’d be more then happy to assist. Mote it be. Let’s see what we can create!

[ravihlb]

Perfect summarization, couldn't have thought of a better and clearer introduction

[danielpiatek]

Great video, thanks for putting it together. You helped me to make sense of the alchemical process in a way that I can align it with my own direct experience. Thanks so much.

[wnd]

Thank you for spending the time to make this video. I really hope you continue to produce more videos they are very insightful much appreciated.

[settlingsnotanoption]

Super helpful video. There are a lot of complicated concepts intertwined here, and yet, the video was very easy to follow and understand.

[andreya]

Now from artistic and estetic interpretation to the actual practical instructions of alchemy: 1) First stage (asceticism) - control and firmly (but not excessively) limit your senses (sensual desires) - that will be perceived by your mind and body as death or scorching desert, you have to persevere until 2) it will become easy and effortless to do so 3) all this time (starting from the first stage) you've been directing your attention from outer world to your inner world (inside your heart and head and body), paying attention to all the interplay of thoughts, impulses, emotions, desires and bodily sensations, when you reach the third stage, you'll come to a different phenomenon - inner perception of different realities, be calm, don't allow yourself to be lured by them, don't engage into them or with them, just observe and keep searching inside your heart, 4) until the forth stage will happen to you, and you'll perceive Spirit (or God) and in His light yourself as you are (then you'll reach immortality which is already yours).

[hara]

“Know yourself” is the sump of all philosophical commandments,

Socrates once observed.
The phrase “Know thyself, ” is centuries old, but is still THE essential meta-skill of the 21st century.
Aristotle also said: “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

[mirellajaber]

I appreciate the parallelism between the archetypes and the alchemical phases, thank you.

[Vurti]

What an amazing presentation! You really made the vast amount of info flow nicely. Thank you! Red moon today 26. ;)

[asma.jcoaching]

This is amazing and so informative - thank you..there are so many things u mentioned worth more discussion - like integrating the shadow

[jemma]

How do I meet people who are interested in stuff like this?

[filipkustudic]

I like that Jung named 7th archetypal personality by his own name, Jungian self :D