Introverted Thinking in the Shadow II
The unconscious thinking reaches the surface in the form of obsessive ideas which are invariably of a negative and depreciatory character – C.G. Jung In
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The unconscious thinking reaches the surface in the form of obsessive ideas which are invariably of a negative and depreciatory character – C.G. Jung In
“What he dislikes most of all is introverted thinking – thinking about philosophical principles or abstractions or basic questions of life.” – Marie-Louise von Franz
“. . . the archaic intuitions come to the surface and exert their pernicious influence, forcing themselves on the individual and producing compulsive ideas of
“Whereas true extraverted intuition is possessed of a singular resourcefulness, a ‘good nose’ for objectively real possibilities, this archaicized intuition has an amazing flare for
“… intuition, the noblest gift of man, [turns] into meddlesome officiousness, poking into every corner; instead of gazing into the far distance, it descends to
Although his intuition may be stimulated by external objects, it does not concern itself with external possibilities but with what the external object has released
“It is an outstanding peculiarity of unconscious impulses that, when deprived of energy by lack of conscious recognition, they take on a destructive character, and
“These preexisting mental images into contact with which the stream of our personal experience comes, I call the subjective factor” – C.G. Jung We know
“If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand
The unconscious personality can best be described as an extraverted sensation type of a rather low and primitive order. – C.G. Jung With this