Carl Jung - What are the Archetypes?

In this video we investigate what Carl Jung called archetypes, explaining what they are, how they influence our lives, their relationship to symbols, and their connection to religious experiences.
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[JCMiniPainting]

Thank God and Man that I live in an era when I can find this information so readily, expedited and flourished.

[Daparaus]

This comment section is so damn positive, never thought I’d see a row of comments that are so full of gratefulness and have such positive attitudes. Love you all guys!!!

[properpsychology]

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”

“There's no coming to consciousness without pain.”

“Like plants, so men also grow, some in the light, others in the shadows. There are many who need the shadows and not the light.”

“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

“To be "normal" is a splendid ideal for the unsuccessful.”

“If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.”

“Where your fear is, there is your task.”

-Carl Jung

[agggg]

Archetypes are ancient memes humans have wired deep into their brains.

[Obtaineudaimonia]

This is a great introduction to some of Jung's ideas.

[joerogaine]

My childhood friend was always a normal kid. His interests were sports, video games, and working out. When we were 18 we started using drugs. We frequently abused weed, coke, and adderall. His personality began to change. Then we did lsd. He loved it so much, that one night he took 6 tabs alone. He ended up stripping his clothes, and run into the streets shouting gibberish. He was arrested and diagnosed with schizophrenia and autism.

During this time, he lived with me for 6 months. He was never an artsy person but all of a sudden he was really into music, drawing, and movies. He lost 50 lbs of muscle and was skinny. I was cleaning out his room when he moved out. He left a notebook. Inside were BEAUTIFUL artwork of religous symbolism that were dated back to our lsd days. Insane for a guy who never was into that stuff. Collective consciousness maybe?

[barniespacullie]

Jung is literally my overall opinion on the entire realm of the unknown. It's crazy how I really had these ideas when I was young, and I simply just lacked the words to describe what i felt dictates our perceived existence

[bull]

"True knowledge is not knowing.
Presuming to know is a disease."

[dusandragovicsrb]

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[JennaLeigh]

Wow. Quite possibly the very best use of the YouTube platform- sharing important information in brief, easy to follow and understand essays. Much respect and gratitude to you!

[pistolen]

I love how you pick artwork that represents what you're trying to communicate. Some artwork that I've seen before, I now see with new eyes and with greater depth.

[tiav]

Jung poses really good arguments for astrology. I recommend researching about it, the cosmology and archetypes in astrology really inspire a lot of jung’s arguments

[aristotle]

I remember learning about this some years ago. I read Jung's book (among others) called "Psychology and Religion". This video is a very good representation and well put together.

[elscorcho]

I love this man and his work just as much as the late great Carl Sagan. The aquisition of knowledge to help understand the workings behind our inner and outer universe. Mad love

[travisfiander]

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[diedertspijkerboer]

This is a clear explanation of Jung's ideas, thank you.
My thought about the archetypes is that the term is a bit confusing because it is used to describe two different things: the "organs" in the mind and the stories to which we respond. I would suggest that there's a kind of lock and key mechanism at play. The archetypical stories are the keys to the locks in our mind. The locks in our mind respond to the stories with something like satisfaction or interest, whereas we don't enjoy or get bored by stories that don't have the keys.

[SamuelJDavis]

Dude, you killed it with this video! Thanks for breaking it down. I definitely grasp these concepts tighter now.

[Vishinskyscritic]

Wow, this is brilliant, I was just writing an essay on Jungian psychology and religious experience but tbh had no real understanding of how they linked but this really cleared everything up. Great video!

[fahadus]

The flow, the material selection, the visuals... Everything is very well done! Thank you for this!

[mythosandlogos]

This is the most clear and concise explanation of Jung I’ve heard. Well done! This explanation is definitely going to help me in this mythology project. Thank you.