Carl Jung is bigger than ever, though he died nearly forty years ago. His ideas about archetypes have inspired legions of artists, therapists, and dreamers of all kinds. But Jung a charlatan? In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, the case against Carl Jung. Also, why more therapists are turning to religion.
Richard Noll is a clinical psychologist and historian of science at Harvard, and the author of "The Aryan Christ: The Secret Life of Carl Jung." Noll tells Steve Paulson that Jung's archtypes and collective unconscious are ideas found in Aryan pagan mythology and that it's dangerous when people prefer their myths to real life. Also, Thomas Moore is a psychotherapist and the author of "The Care of the Soul" and "The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life." He tells Jim Fleming that while he is not a Jungian, he accepts Jung as a modern mystic and finds his ideas very useful.SEGMENT 2:
James Jones is a clinical psychologist and professor of religion at Rutgers. He tells Steve Paulson that his patients are demanding that their spiritual lives be considered as part of the therapeutic process and that he sees no conflict between psychology and religion. Jones is the author of "In the Middle of This Road We Call Our Life."SEGMENT 3:
Linda Simon teaches English at Skidmore and is the author of "Genuine Reality: A Life of William James." She tells Judith Strasser that James longed for religious faith, but never quite found it; included "mind cures" of various sorts in his "Varieties of Religious Experience," and did not draw clear lines between philosophy, psychology, spirituality and the study of the paranormal.Cassette copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 98-02-22-C.
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