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L'albero filosofico

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L’albero o pianta miracolosa è una delle immagini archetipiche che ricorrono più di frequente nel folclore, nei miti e nelle fiabe, e in questo saggio Jung si propone di scandagliarne le molteplici valenze simboliche. Partendo dalla propria esperienza di terapeuta e dallo studio dell’alchimia medievale, il fondatore della psicologia analitica dimostra come dai prodotti spontanei dell’inconscio nell’uomo moderno affiori un archetipo che lascia riconoscere paralleli evidenti con la figura dell’albero in tutte le sue modificazioni storiche. Ai disegni spontanei dei pazienti, presentati nella prima parte del volume, fanno da contrappunto le dotte descrizioni dell’arbor philosophica degli alchimisti. Identica è la fisionomia simbolica che ne emerge: fonte di vita e di protezione, luogo della trasformazione e del rinnovamento, l’«albero» è di natura femminile e materna, è l’albero della saggezza e della conoscenza, simbolo della totalità del Sé.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1945

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C.G. Jung

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Carl Gustav Jung (/jʊŋ/; German: [ˈkarl ˈɡʊstaf jʊŋ]), often referred to as C. G. Jung, was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology. Jung proposed and developed the concepts of extraversion and introversion; archetypes, and the collective unconscious. His work has been influential in psychiatry and in the study of religion, philosophy, archeology, anthropology, literature, and related fields. He was a prolific writer, many of whose works were not published until after his death.

The central concept of analytical psychology is individuation—the psychological process of integrating the opposites, including the conscious with the unconscious, while still maintaining their relative autonomy. Jung considered individuation to be the central process of human development.

Jung created some of the best known psychological concepts, including the archetype, the collective unconscious, the complex, and synchronicity. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a popular psychometric instrument, has been developed from Jung's theory of psychological types.

Though he was a practising clinician and considered himself to be a scientist, much of his life's work was spent exploring tangential areas such as Eastern and Western philosophy, alchemy, astrology, and sociology, as well as literature and the arts. Jung's interest in philosophy and the occult led many to view him as a mystic, although his ambition was to be seen as a man of science. His influence on popular psychology, the "psychologization of religion", spirituality and the New Age movement has been immense.

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January 27, 2025
Non esattamente il libro che mi aspettavo di leggere. Personalmente mi aspettavo di trovare una discussione approfondita circa l' archetipo dell' albero nell' immaginario comune e meno digressioni sul tema alchemico. A volte le digressioni possono risultare troppo complicate specie ai "non addetti ai lavori".
Credo che però sia un mio problema e non del libro in sé.
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August 25, 2022
Interessante tanto quanto complicato, non per tutti.
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