Jung, Carl
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Birthname | Karl Gustav Jung | ||||
born on | 26 July 1875 at 19:24 (= 7:24 PM ) | ||||
Place | Kesswil, Switzerland, 47n36, 9e20 | ||||
Timezone | BMT m7e2630 (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
Swiss psychiatrist and author, noted as being an outstanding influence in the development of the theory and practice of analytical psychiatry, synchronicity, introvert-extrovert types, individuation and the personal-collective unconscious.
Jung was christened Karl Gustav II Jung, named after his paternal grandfather Carl Gustav I Jung, but given a 'modern' spelling of the name. Jung changed it to Carl when at university.
Jung's mother was Emilie Preiswerk (1848 - February 1923). His father was Johann Paul Achilles Jung (21 December 1842 - 28 January 1896). Jung had one sister, Johanna Gertrud ('Trudi') Jung (17 July 1884 - 1935).
Jung had five children with his wife Emma: Agathe (26 December 1904 - 28 April 1998), Gret (8 February 1906), Franz (28 November 1908), Marianne (20 September 1910), and Helene (18 March 1914).
Jung's father was a Swiss country parson and his mother a typical house frau. Jung's difficulty with his father was stated to be his perception of his spiritual dishonesty, finding it difficult to believe what his dad had to say. Jung saw his mother as having a hearty animal warmth and great sense of humor. Her personality was "unexpectedly powerful…possess of unassailable authority." He loved nature and after a visit to Lake Constance with his mother, decided he must live near water. He loved playing with bricks as a child and developed an interest in plants, animals, and stones.
Throughout his life, Jung found solace and peace from sculpting, woodcarving, building towers such as his beloved Bollingen, or canalizing brooks. He once dreamt Pluto was a sculptor. At age eight he recalled his mother as being particularly mysterious and frightening to him, envisioning one night, a luminous shape from her door "…whose head detached and floated along in front of it like a little Moon." Also during this time, he carved a small 2" mannequin with block top coat, hat and shiny boots, placed it in a pencil box with a stone from the Rhine. He hid the box in the attic and felt he must keep its existence and location a secret. Around age nine-ten, he became aware that God's image was not only reflected in man, but in all of nature, and that God and man alike are reflected through the cosmos. At age 12, he developed fainting spells which kept him out of school. He dreamt for hours, was out in nature, drew, "but above all...was able to plunge into the world of the mysterious." Overhearing his father's talk of financial concerns around Carl's illness, Jung realized on some level he could overcome the fainting spells and was able to return to school. Shortly after this, on a long walk to school, he experienced an intense moment of knowing himself: "Previously, I had existed…everything had merely happened to me. Now, I happened to myself. Now I knew: I am myself now, now I exist."
In 1898, Jung decided to pursue a career in psychiatry. His career began in earnest when in 1903 he picked up Sigmund Freud's "The Interpretation of Dreams," realizing how Freud's work linked up with his own ideas. The initial correspondence and friendship with Freud began in 1906. He met Freud 3 March 1907, they collaborated on some work but by 1909 he broke from Freud to place greater emphasis on the growth of mankind by archetypal vital forces in the individual. During this period Jung had a decisive dream of being in a two-story house. As he explored it, each floor and room reflected historical eras or from the collective unconscious. Jung's friendship with Freud ended in the first week of January 1913, although they still corresponded throughout the year. They personally met for the last time in September 1913 for the Fourth International Psychoanalytical Congress held in Munich on 7-8 September.
During 1913-14, he had numerous visions. Jung stated in his autobiography, "Memories, Dreams, and Reflections" that all of his creative work came from these initial visions, fantasies and dreams. He wrote the mysterious "Septem Sermones ad Mortuos (Seven Sermons to the Dead)" in 1916. Jung had a successful practice and was a much-sought after mentor to countless devotees of his work.
An advocate of the use of astrology, Jung wrote in his memorial address, In Memory of Richard Wilhelm, "Astrology would be a large scale example of synchronism, if it had at its disposal thoroughly tested findings…In other words, whatever is born or done this moment of time, has the qualities of this moment of time." In Jung's book, "Synchronicity," he published a study of 483 pairs of couples, seeking to find a possibility of the validity that there is a causal connection between the planets and psycho-physiological disposition.
Controversy emerged which questioned Jung's political sympathies during the Hitler era. Countering the anti-Semitic statements that were attributed to him, Jung later said that Hitler had placed him on a list of enemies to be assassinated and that editors were responsible for the ambiguity of his printed words. Between 1938 and 1956, his most scholarly works were written. Jung was a Professor at the University of Basel in 1943.
He married Emma Rauschenback 14 February 1903. They had four girls and one boy. Daughter Gret Baumann-Jung became an astrologer, presenting a paper on the horoscope of her father before the Psychological Club in Zurich, October 1974. It is well documented that Jung lived in a love triangle between his wife and Toni Wolff, both of whom became practicing analysts. Toni died at age 64 of a heart attack. Emma died two years later, in 1955. Ruth Bailey, an Englishwoman and friend of 35 years became his housekeeper and companion after Emma died. Jung had numerous affairs during his life.
Jung died on 6 June 1961 in Küsnacht, aged 85, after a short illness.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Adler, Gerhard (born 14 April 1904)
- associate relationship with Bernhard, Ernst (born 18 September 1896)
- associate relationship with Heyer, Gustav (born 29 April 1890)
- associate relationship with Hull, R. F. C. (born 5 March 1913). Notes: Translator
- associate relationship with Schlag, Oskar Rudolf (born 22 March 1907)
- business associate/partner relationship with Freud, Sigmund (born 6 May 1856)
- business associate/partner relationship with Kerenyi, Karoly (born 19 January 1897)
- business associate/partner relationship with Quispel, Gilles (born 30 May 1916). Notes: acquainted Gnostics books with the financial help of Jung
- friend relationship with Medtner, Emilii (born 20 December 1872). Notes: Patient and friend
- friend relationship with Pauli, Wolfgang (born 25 April 1900)
- friend relationship with Van Der Post, Laurens (born 13 December 1906)
- friend relationship with von Franz, Marie-Louise (born 4 January 1915)
- lover relationship with Spielrein, Sabina (born 26 October 1885 Jul.Cal. (7 Nov 1885 greg.))
- other associate with Heindel, Max (born 23 July 1865). Notes: Heindel influenced Jung's astrological thinking
- other associate with Moser, Fanny (born 27 May 1872)
- parent->child relationship with Baumann-Jung, Gret (born 8 February 1906)
- spouse relationship with Jung, Emma (born 30 March 1882)
- spousal equivalent relationship with Wolff, Toni (born 18 September 1888). Notes: lovers, official second companion of Jung besides his wife Emma Jung, during nearly 40 years.
- (has as) student relationship with Hoop, Johannes Hermanus van der (born 29 March 1887)
- (has as) student relationship with Ichazo, Oscar (born 24 July 1931)
- (has as) student relationship with Neumann, Erich (born 23 January 1905)
- (has as) student relationship with Schmitz, Oskar (born 16 April 1873)
- (has as) other hierarchical relationship with Joyce, Lucia (born 26 July 1907). Notes: Psychologist
- compare to chart of Smith, Hélène (born 9 December 1861). Notes: she occupied many who searched a sense in her words
- compare to chart of Spitteler, Carl (born 24 April 1845). Notes: interested in "Prometheus and Epimetheus" (publ.1881)
- role played of/by Glen, Iain (born 24 June 1961). Notes: Glen played Jung in film, "The Soul Keeper," 2002
Events
- Misc. : Great Insight 1898 (Decided to pursue psychiatry)
- Other Misc. August 1898 in Basel (The incidents of the cracked table and the shattered knife)
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- Social : End a program of study 28 September 1900 in Basel (Took Staatsexamen (i.e. became medical doctor))
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- Work : New Job 10 December 1900 in Zürich (Began working at the Burghölzli mental hospital)
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- Relationship : Marriage 14 February 1903 in Schaffhausen (Emma Rauschenbach)
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- Family : Change in family responsibilities 26 December 1904 (Birth of daughter Agathe)
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- Work : New Job 21 October 1905 in Zürich (Lecturer in psychiatry at the University of Zürich (inaugural lecture))
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- Family : Change in family responsibilities 8 February 1906 at 1:25 PM in Zürich (Birth of daughter Gret)
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- Family : Change in family responsibilities 28 November 1908 (Birth of son Franz)
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- Family : Change in family responsibilities 20 September 1910 (Birth of daughter Marianne)
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- Relationship : End significant relationship 6 January 1913 (Friendship with Freud ended)
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- Family : Change in family responsibilities 18 March 1914 (Birth of daughter Emma Helene)
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- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1916 (Book released)
- Death of Sibling 1935 (Trudi)
- Work : New Job 1943 (Professor at the Univ. of Basel)
- Death, Cause unspecified 6 June 1961 in Küsnacht (Age 85)
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- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 13 October 2020 (Facsimile edition of the Black Books)
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Source Notes
Time given by his daughter Gret Baumann in the (1988) translated "Carl Gustav Jung: Leben, Werk, Wirkung," by Gerhard Wehr, 1985, Kosel-Verlag and Co, Munich, translated 1987 by Shambhala Publications. (7:32 PM, given as LMT rather than Bern time, to put the Sun on the DESC. This corresponds to 7:24 Bern Mean Time. (atr))
AJA 9/1962, "He told a member of the association that he was born when the last rays of the setting sun lit the room." From then on, the definition of sunset became the issue. Jim Eshelman calculated sunset for the moment that the upper limb of the sun crossed the astronomical horizon, corrected for refraction but neglecting parallax as 7:41 PM LMT. (Twilight at that date and latitude ended at 9:38 PM LMT)
In AQ 6/1964, Delphia gave 7:37 PM, Thurgen, Switzerland "from him." AQ Summer/1951 gives 8:45 PM, Kesswil "from him." AQ Fall/1954, Dr. Unger gives 7:24 PM, near Zurich. AQ Fall/1961 gives 7:30 PM, Bale, Switzerland. R.H. Oliver quotes M. Morrell of the AA staff for 7:20 PM, Berne time, Zurich "from New York Jungian analysts, quoting his daughter."
Starkman rectified to 19.28.20 LMT Asc 2Aqu54'
Categories
- Traits : Personality : Loved by all
- Traits : Personality : Unique
- Family : Childhood : Disadvantaged (Poor)
- Family : Childhood : Order of birth (Eldest, one younger sister)
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (52 years with Emma)
- Family : Relationship : Stress - Extramarital affairs
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Four daughters and one son)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Money Through Marriage
- Lifestyle : Financial : Rags to riches
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Hobbies, games (Woodcarving, sculpting, sailing)
- Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Mystical experience (Had visions)
- Vocation : Education : Teacher (Professor in Basel)
- Vocation : Healing Fields : Psychologist
- Vocation : Medical : Physician
- Vocation : Occult Fields : Astrologer (Interested)
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction
- Notable : Extraordinary Talents : For Abstract thought
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure (Psychiatry field named after him)
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book
- 1875 births
- Birthday 26 July
- Birthplace Kesswil, SWTZ
- Sun 3 Leo
- Moon 15 Taurus
- Asc 1 Aquarius
- 1961 deaths
- Traits : Personality : Loved by all
- Traits : Personality : Unique
- Family : Childhood : Disadvantaged
- Family : Childhood : Order of birth
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs
- Family : Relationship : Stress - Extramarital affairs
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3
- Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Money Through Marriage
- Lifestyle : Financial : Rags to riches
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Hobbies, games
- Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Mystical experience
- Vocation : Education : Teacher
- Vocation : Healing Fields : Psychologist
- Vocation : Medical : Physician
- Vocation : Occult Fields : Astrologer
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction
- Notable : Extraordinary Talents : For Abstract thought
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book