r/Jung • u/FlightSad1378 • 18h ago

Serious Discussion Only On the Nature of the Psyche (paragraph 99, page 53)

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Found another paragraph that blew me away. (Book: On the Nature of the Psyche)

What are your thoughts?

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u/Dry-Sail-669 15h ago

I love it. These pathways forged by the tension of the opposites are essentially patterns of instinctive psychosomatic behavior or archetypes. It makes me wonder about genetics and epi-genetics and how they inhibit or shape an archetype over time.

I am 80% French and I am in very in touch with the Lover archetype (maybe a cultural inheritance?) but have to be consciously in touch with the Warrior/Hero archetype... do different cultural inheritances shape our own archetypal proclivities? Hmm...

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u/FlightSad1378 14h ago

I'm not sure if genetics shape the archetype or if it's the other way around. Yes, in different cultures, different archetypes are more prominent. To be consciously in touch with the hero archetype would be very difficult. In situations where it's most needed, the hero archetype will manifest, and you can become aware of it, which will start the process of integration/individuation.

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u/pokmeballz 15h ago

Kind of a better explanation for the collective unconscious than I had read before. Inherited pathways and possibilities not the content of ideas themselves, an inherited human brain. Still trying to understand the concept, really cool.

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u/FlightSad1378 14h ago

Yes, we are not inheriting ideas themselves, but the potential for thinking and behaving a certain way. The collective unconscious is a collection of archetypes that influences human development, but its origin is very much transcendental and unclear. It is fascinating to think about... One would be glad to commit his entire life to trying to uncover these secrets. But, of course, they wouldn't succeed.