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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⌛ 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