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Solar Conscience Lunar Conscience
Stein explores the origins and mechanisms of conscience. He defines solar conscience as an inner voice that represents the values of society, and lunar conscience as an instinctive inner sense which seeks to fulfill underlying qualities of right and wrong.
144 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1993
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Murray B. Stein
87 books158 followersNot to be confused with other Analytical/Jungian Psychologist Murray Stein
Jungian psychoanalyst, author, lecturer
Murray Stein, Ph.D.is a training analyst at the International School for Analytical Psychology in Zurich, Switzerland. His most recent publications include The Principle of Individuation, Jung’s Map of the Soul, and The Edinburgh International Encyclopaedia of Psychoanalysis (Editor of the Jungian sections, with Ross Skelton as General Editor). He lectures internationally on topics related to Analytical Psychology and its applications in the contemporary world.
Dr. Stein is a graduate of Yale University (B.A. and M.Div.), the University of Chicago (Ph.D., in Religion and Psychological Studies), and the C.G. Jung Institut-Zurich. He is a founding member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and Chicago Society of Jungian Analysts. He has been the president of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (2001-4), and is presently a member of the Swiss Society for Analytical Psychology and President of the International School of Analytical Psychology, Zurich.
Jungian psychoanalyst, author, lecturer
Murray Stein, Ph.D.is a training analyst at the International School for Analytical Psychology in Zurich, Switzerland. His most recent publications include The Principle of Individuation, Jung’s Map of the Soul, and The Edinburgh International Encyclopaedia of Psychoanalysis (Editor of the Jungian sections, with Ross Skelton as General Editor). He lectures internationally on topics related to Analytical Psychology and its applications in the contemporary world.
Dr. Stein is a graduate of Yale University (B.A. and M.Div.), the University of Chicago (Ph.D., in Religion and Psychological Studies), and the C.G. Jung Institut-Zurich. He is a founding member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and Chicago Society of Jungian Analysts. He has been the president of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (2001-4), and is presently a member of the Swiss Society for Analytical Psychology and President of the International School of Analytical Psychology, Zurich.
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January 27, 2019
A really cool (albeit dated), cross-discipline argument about the human conscience as a union of opposites. Several false dichotomies are emphasized/perpetuated throughout-- while initially disappointing, these aspects of Stein's ideas poignantly demonstrate how far society has progressed since 1943, the year of publication. While I didn't personally find Stein's over-reliance on obscure components of Greek mythology not (only) to illustrate, but to somehow prove or validate his points to be very effective in an academic context, this essay is still a worthwhile read overall.
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