Freud, Jung and Psychoanalysis

“The Maggid Anticipated My Entire Psychology:” Erich Neumann’s “Roots” as an Articulation of Jung’s Relationship to Jewish Mysticism

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The publication of Erich Neumann’s The Roots of Jewish Consciousness, Vols. 1 and 2[1] in 2019 opens up new vistas into the relationship between Jungian thought and the Jewish tradition. Neumann (1905-1960) was amongst Jung’s preeminent disciples, and this work, especially “Volume Two: Hasidism,” sheds considerable light on Jung’s late life claim that “the Hasidic […]

Jewish Review: Freud and Chasidism: Redeeming the Jewish Soul of Psychoanalysis

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Freud and Chasidism: Redeeming the Jewish Soul of Psychoanalysis by Dr. Sanford Drob by Dr. Sanford Drob Jewish Review: Volume 3 , Issue 1 (Sept, 1989 | Tishrei, 5750) The identification of psychotherapy, particularly of psychoanalysis, with Jews and Judaism, is certainly nothing new. In fact, in the early days of psychoanalysis, its detractors, most notably […]

Freud and the Kabbalah

Freud, Jung and Psychoanalysis

The impact of Judaism on Freud and psychoanalysis has been the subject of a number of treatments over the years. However, it was only in David Bakan’s (1957) Sigmund Freud and The Jewish Mystical Tradition, that an attempt was made to draw parallels between psychoanalysis and Jewish mysticism. Bakan attempted to show that Freud was […]

Jung and the Kabbalah

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The following article is based on a presentation delivered at the American Psychological Association’s Annual Convention, August, 1998. It originally appeared in History of Psychology. May, 1999 Vol 2(2), pp. 102-118. Frontispiece of “Kabbala Denudata,” a Latin compilation of kabbalistic works that Jung read and referenced in his Collected Works. A more detailed discussion of […]

The Eden Complex: Transgression and Transformation in the Bible, Freud and Jung

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Download PDF here Published in: Religions 2024, 15, 1088. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15091088 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions Abstract Freud chose the myth of Oedipus as the foundation for his understanding of human development, obedience to the law, and his theory of civilization, and he wrote that he saw no psychological value in analyzing the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the […]

THE DEPTH OF THE SOUL: JAMES HILLMAN’S VISION OF PSYCHOLOGY

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For the past quarter century James Hillman has been creating a new vision of psychology, one in which psychology becomes a “supreme discipline” concerned not only with the psyche of humanity but the “soul” which is at the heart of the world. Vilified by some, he has been called brilliant, explosive and poetic by others. […]

Table 1: The Lurianic System and its Archetypal Interpretation

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The Lurianic System (1)Ein-sof (The infinite godhead), of which nothing can be said… (2) is the union of being and nothingness, of “everything and its opposite”, male and female, good and evil, etc. (3) Ein-sof performs a divine concealment, contraction (Tzimtzum) leading to a… (4) Metaphysical Void (tehiru), a circle surrounded by Ein-sof on all sides. (5) This void contains […]

THE LURIANIC KABBALAH: AN ARCHETYPAL INTERPRETATION

Freud, Jung and Psychoanalysis

The Lurianic Kabbalah represents the most complex and sophisticated variant of Jewish mystical theosophy. As transmitted by his disciples (notably Chayyim Vital, 1542-1620, see Menzi and Padeh, 1999), and later interpreted by the Hasidim, Isaac Luria’s dynamic understanding and reformulation of the symbols of the Zohar, provides a theological scheme which cries out to be interpreted […]

“THIS IS GOLD”: FREUD, PSYCHOTHERAPY AND THE LURIANIC KABBALAH

Freud, Jung and Psychoanalysis

Freud’s reported interest in the Lurianic Kabbalah is explored from both theoretical and psychotherapeutic points of view. The Lurianic symbols are understood both as important historical antecedents to psychoanalysis and as a significant source of both insight and inspiration for contemporary psychotherapists. Download PDF here Abstract The author considers the report of a Lithuanian rabbi, Chayyim […]

The Philosopher and the “Rav:” J.N. Findlay, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz and the “Double Movement” in Kabbalistic Thought

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The 20th century philosopher, J.N. Findlay, in a series of little known but profound works presents a modern Neoplatonic philosophy that can help serve as a guide to a contemporary interpretation of the Kabbalah[1]. Findlay, whose Neoplatonism is enhanced by a reading of Kant and Hegel, provides a view of the deep philosophical antinomies of earthly life […]

Jung’s Kabbalistic Visions

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Download full pdf Drob Kabbalistic Visions_S Drob JOURNAL OF JUNGIAN THEORY AND PRACTICE VOL. 7 NO. 1 2005 Jung’s Kabbalistic Visions Sanford Drob Abstract Jung’s 1944 kabbalistic visions are examined from the standpoint of Jung’s earlier provocative remarks about Jewish psychology and National Socialism, his attitude towards the Jewish sources of his own theories, and […]

Kabbalah, Jungian Psychology, and the Challenge of Contemporary Atheism

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Version of record first published: 29 May 2012. Download pdf of Kabbalah, Jungian Psychology and the Challenge of Atheism Kabbalah, Jungian Psychology, and the Challenge of Contemporary Atheism Abstract: The major symbols of the Lurianic Kabbalah are examined from both theological and psychological points of view. It is argued that these symbols, including Ein-sof (the […]