Topic: Jung and the Assumption of Mary
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Mon 08/15/22 06:21 AM
Jung wrote in his book Answer to Job:
... given me the courage to enter into the discussion of the religious question and especially into the pros and cons of the dogma of the Assumption—which, by the way, I consider to be the most important religious event since the Reformation.
Jung, Answer to Job, 752

I know little about Jung, but I recall that he couldn't get straight answer to his questions about God from a bunch of relatives (starting with his father) who were pastors. So it is not surprising that he didn't have a good opinion of organized religion. But nevertheless, when I read the above text last week, I was puzzled to say the least.

I have a great devotion to Our Lady, so maybe I should be looking at this Jung more seriously.

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Mon 08/22/22 05:07 AM
Edited by daniel on Mon 08/22/22 05:08 AM

I'm not really surprised by the lack of interest in this post. But I did some more readings and I found a comment that seems to describe pretty well the situation:

"It was interesting to see how individuals reacted to the Declaratio. Most of them, including myself, paid almost no attention to the newspaper articles. Many people thought that this was a thoroughly outdated issue—but not their unconscious. A whole series of dream reactions to the Declaratio were brought to me in my analytic practice."
Marie-Louise von Franz, The Archetypal Dimension of the Psyche
(von Franz was a close collaborator of Jung.)