The Psychology of The Paranormal - Carl Jung

Since early childhood, Carl Jung experienced paranormal phenomena, that is, phenomena that are beyond the scope of scientific understanding. They were virtually commonplace in Jung’s family. Jung’s personal experiences with the paranormal would set him on a quest to find an explanation of these events with his theory of analytical psychology, as well as sparking his interest in parapsychology, the study of psychic or paranormal phenomena, especially regarding extrasensory perception or ESP (precognition, clairvoyance, telepathy, intuition, etc).

Jung attended séances which formed the basis of his doctoral dissertation published in 1902, entitled On the Psychology and Pathology of So-Called Occult Phenomena. Jung admits that his period of the séances with his medium cousin contained the origin of all his ideas. He had discovered some objective facts about the human psyche. From then on, Jung got his first glimpse of the fact that there was another world (the unconscious) which had a life of its own quite apart from the life of consciousness.

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📚 Recommended Reading

▶ Memories, Dreams, Reflections - Carl Jung
▶ Reflections on the Life and Dreams of C.G. Jung: by Aniela Jaffé from conversations with Jung
▶ Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle - Carl Jung
▶ The Zofingia Lectures - Carl Jung
▶ The Red Book - Carl Jung
▶ Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal - Roderick Main (Editor)

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📝 Sources

- See Recommended Reading List above
- The Collected Works of C.G. Jung
- Sonu Shamdasani, The Boundless Expanse: Jung’s Reflections on Death and Life
- C.G. Jung's Spiritualistic Séances With His Cousin Helly. From Remo F. Roth’s The Self-Fertilizing World Soul, C.G. Jung’s Life as a Conflict between Neoplatonic Psychoanalysis and Hermetic Magic

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⌛ Timestamps

(0:00) Introduction
(0:53) The Paranormal in Jung’s Family
(4:43) Séances and Occult Phenomena
(12:22) Confrontation with The Unconscious and Synchronicity
(16:09) Visions and Altered States
(21:22) The Seven Sermons of the Dead
(23:30) Jung's First Mandala: Systema Munditotius
(24:36) The Voice of the Dead
(26:58) Jung’s Paranormal and Parapsychological Experiences
(37:26) Rationalism and Superstition
(39:13) The Psychological Foundations of Belief in Spirits
(41:56) On The Reality of Spirits
(46:26) Conclusion

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[tommykarate]

Never experienced anything paranormal, didn't see any ghosts, objects moving by themselves, etc.
But there was one dream I had many years ago that I just cannot understand or explain rationally. It was about a person I used to work with, I didn't know him well as we were working in different departments. So one night I had a very strange vague dream about this person. The next day when I went to work I found out this person commited suicide! Never had a dream about him before or after just that one night when he died! To this day sends shivers down my spine when think about it!

[duncetam]

Its my birthday today and ive spent this past year reading Carl Jung, learning about the occult, experiencing synchronicities and trying to develop a deeper understanding of the unseen world/the connection between our inner and outer worlds, and the fact that this video came out today feels like a wonderful birthday gift from the universe. Thank you eternalised. Thank you for getting "it" and helping me understand it too.

[Samahra]

I lived through a year of paranormal hell and I really didn't believe in anything before that. I was mentally, spiritually and physically and REPEATEDLY assaulted.Well, I believe now, and I can't unsee it and I will NEVER be the same. I pray and bless my home and my loved ones every night before my head hits the pillow. So many people think it's silly until they have seen. I have absolutely nothing to gain by telling anyone this but it's the truth.

[TheSliderBy]

I once had a dream where my great uncle appeared in it briefly. When I awoke from the dream I went for a glass of water and saw the time was 3:00 am. The next day I found out he had died at 3:00 am. I was probably 12 or so when that happened but I have never forgotten it.

[MFLimited]

Thank you for the post. There are a lot of people who study Jungian psychology who would be quite shocked to know the extent of Jungs spirituality. Personally, I find it both beautiful and encouraging.

[georgestroudukian]

I lost my girlfriend to suicide in 2017. She was a beautiful blond and a way above average smart woman. She also had a hip disability, and couldn't get around without a cane. She had to take a lot of medicine to cope with the constant pain. During the eulogy, I read a few words asking her to let me know she was ok. About three months after her death, July 18, something happens. I had just finished a wonderful oil portrait of her. I left my apartment to spend the rest of the day downtown. I come back home around 10 p.m. with a newspaper under my arm. I enter my apartment, remove my shoes near the bed, switch on the bedside lamp, and lie down on my bed. It’s hot, windows are open. I start reading the newspaper by the light of my bedside lamp. And I am wearing shorts.
While I am reading, I start to get overwhelmed by a wonderful feeling of peace. I am flooded with good vibes, wonderful energy. I had never felt peaceful since her passing. Actually, I was agonizing, day in, day out since her passing. I was riddled with guilt. Whatever I did, wherever I went, whoever I talked to, Kathy was always on my mind.
I tell myself “It’s weird, I’m not feeling tormented, I can read a story from beginning to end without thinking about my girlfriend”. I mean, not the way I had been thinking about her for the past three months. I even lay down the newspaper and look around the room. I resume reading for another ten minutes or so. At one point, I raise my eyes from the newspaper and notice a shade dancing a few inches off the wall, at the corner of the ceiling and the small portion of the wall in front of me, where the new oil portrait of her is hanging, next to the window.
It looks like a big mosquito. After all, it’s July. And it’s very hot. The window is open and the mosquito is going to fly out. I lose interest and keep reading. And the feeling of peace increases. I feel lighter and lighter. At some point, I even felt totally detached from what had happened (I was there when she killed herself). I am no longer part of the tragedy. All the negativity is gone. Maybe ten or fifteen minutes later, I raise my eyes again, wondering what the big mosquito is up to. It is still where I had seen it the first time. It is hovering, this time frantically, going back and forth, back and forth.
I decide to go for a kill. I lay down my newspaper, sit on the edge of the bed, and while I am feeling the ground for my shoe, I keep an eye on the mosquito. I can’t find my shoe. The “mosquito” then flies along the window, to the back of the studio, turns right to fly parallel to the wall, then turns right again and flies straight at me. I can see it flying. I can see the wings flapping. It seems... a bit unnatural. And it lands on my forearm. It wasn’t a mosquito. It was a dragonfly. A magnificent dragonfly, clad in blue. And the wings. They are supposed to be translucid, right? But they were more cottons’ white!
It stays still for a couple of seconds on my forearm. Then it flaps its wings and starts crawling towards my shoulder. I approach my finger. The dragonfly heads towards my finger, and as I think it is going to climb on my finger, it takes off. It flies away, straight ahead. And then I lose it. I am searching for it with my eyes, wondering how come I saw it flying all around the studio, and now I am losing it (actually, I figured out weeks later that it had just vanished in front of me).
Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain on my right calf, as if something had bitten me. I still don’t get it. I get off the bed. As I am wondering if the dragonflies bite, pinch (or die after they bite or pinch) I turn on the big light, expecting to see a dead dragonfly near my bed. It took a few minutes to hit me, but it eventually did. Folklore says it is the spirit of the dead that come to pay you a visit to tell you that where ever they are, they are fine, they are free. And a year earlier, we had watched a movie called Dragonfly with Kevin Costner: it is the story of a doctor whose wife has disappeared in South America in an accident. As nobody can find the body, months later she is declared legally dead. But the husband doesn’t believe she is dead, because he keeps receiving – or seeing - messages with the dragonfly symbolism. Kathy had found the movie silly.
The pinch on my calf? Despite her hip problem, I was able to get her out. Even getting dressed for her could be difficult. Once, in summer, we took the bus to go to the beach. I was wearing shorts. Kathy sat in front of me. When the bus started moving, that afternoon, I looked out the window a little too long for her taste. She leant forward and pinched my calf. When I turned my head to her, she said: “Hey, I’m here”.
I knew it was her. Oh boy! I was ecstatic! The guilt was gone! And I believe God allows the departed to give this kind of message. Which is very comforting, because it was a suicide – and suicide is not cool, and if one is religious, it means that it is not cool at all and that you end up in a place nobody wants to be. I think God is constantly watching. All the time.
That day, I think she told me to move on, that it wasn’t my fault. And I thank her for that.
The next day, I called my ex- girlfriend, and told her what had happened the previous night. Out of joy, she burst out laughing, and said: “You see, not only was she gorgeous, but boy she was smart!”

A couple of years later, a colleague of mine tells me that his wife had been in high school with Kathy. He asks me if I would like to have lunch with them so I could ask her questions about Kathy. I agree. During lunch, she tells me that after graduation, they parted ways. And then she says that years later, she ran across her downtown. Kathy was walking out of shop, clad in a magnificent blue outfit and that her blond hair looked striking. I immediately thought about the dragonfly. Swear to God: true story.

[Rob_Mike_Litterst]

The distance but quality of the interactions between this channel and it's audience feels like a doctor/patient relationship. It's as deeply engaging than it is informational.

[DontyouknowDYK]

When one begins to feel the paranormal then suddenly it becomes normal, a reality that not many on this planet get to feel, or come into contact with.

[jwhite]

My head is buzzing with questions. Jung always has this effect on me. Excellent video as always!

[vaneast]

Can’t wait to watch this one!
This world in which we all reside is filled with profound mysteries and connections that are difficult to appreciate and understand

[Cat_guru-ol]

The psychology of the paranormal is always subject to each unique experience. You can never study it, it's always based off individual experiences that are unique.

[stevenhetzel]

Your videos are something I have to prepare myself for before I hit play. The depth and scope of them are fantastic, but not for casual swims. Great work as usual.

[EasyMoneySnipers]

This video is amazing. I can tell a lot of passion was put into it. Funnily enough I have spent many nights thinking about these things. Trying to rationalize these strange experiences I have had throughout my life. For me the most profound truth from the video is this: Rationalism and superstition are complimentary.

We see this more and more everyday. The more we try to nail down our myths, the more they elude us. The more we try to get to the bottom of something, the deeper and deeper we fall.

[TheHumanSynthesisProject]

Just in time for those 6 grams of portabellos to kick in 🎉
*Edit*
The words and works of this man have comforted me since I was a boy. Something about the very nature of who Jung was bled through all of his work, and it resonated with me deeply. I feel as though I have come to know one of my heroes on a deeper level than i ever could have imagined, and for that, Eternalized, you have my eternal gratitude. Thank you for the work you do here, sincerely, from the bottom of mine, and many others hearts. This is truly wonderful and encouraging content to see.
Many blessings from midwest usa

[Bikerman]

A stunning piece of research on one of humanities greatest thinkers. Thank you for this massive effort.

[WilliamBTerry]

There is so much pap and drivel on YouTube, it is getting depressing. That makes finding content like this very refreshing. I just found your channel, and I want to say thank you for the hard work and please keep it up.

[ZZW]

Once I was alone in a room.
I "heard" someone asking my name.
Then to my left there was an humanoid "impossible" shadow, for it was right below in the wall of the only window (source of light) in the room, and there were no mirrors.
I got terrified of this, and while trying to understand, it shaked it's hand as saying Hi.
I grabbed my phone's flashlight to aim it at the shadow, and then it ran through the room's corners to me.
A cold air went over me, I just ran from the house, never went again after several months and accompanied.
This was my most paranormal experience, for it lasted some time, so that I had time to think about it as it happened.

[tariq]

The last quote of the video, the one that Eternalised pinned, reminds me of this quote

‭"Unless you people see signs and wonders, ” Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”
John 4:48

[thetrollman]

What i really enjoy about these videos is that i have to listen to them 2-3 times to actually understand everything. Extremely good work Eternalised!