Whenever I hear thunder, I don't tend to feel enthusiasm. Yet the image of thunder over the earth is associated with Hexagram 16 (Enthusiasm) in the I Ching, an ancient Chinese book of wisdom that is important in the Jungian…
At first glance, contemplation doesn't seem like a Gemini type of activity. To contemplate is to pause and enter our own center. Through the calm and quiet state of contemplation we can bring our inner and outer lives into balance.…
Someone on Instagram who is new to individuation and Jung recently messaged me to ask for book recommendations. I've been asked this before so I figured I would put my list in a blog post as well. First I'll quick…
An important way that Jungian typology differs from Myers-Briggs is that Jung believed that personality types aren't static: In Jungian individuation, type can change - for example, 'the function-type is subject to all manner of changes in the course of…
Jung said that "if you identify with [a type] you identify with a corpse." That sounds harsh, but Jung believed readers missed the point of his book Psychological Types, which admittedly is a difficult book to read. His book was…