Reading Carl Jung’s Red Book. One bone I have to pick is his idea that “ancient” humans lacked the idea of direct logic and live in worlds of fantasy and imagination to explain the world around them. I thought this was a disservice to the innovations and intelligence of our ancestors…
Jan 26, 2025 15:14Then I got thinking…
Humans haven’t changed much. While we were and still are capable of logic based intelligence, to this day we still remain creatures of imagination.
This isn’t inherently bad, but it can lead to disastrous herd mentality and the development of irrational fears when a person finds themselves isolated. Our current social climate is proof.
The idea of Jung’s collective unconscious and archetypes work to this day is because we are still those creatures he called ancients.
