Lanterna Rally

Author: Carl Jung

Publisher: Newcomb Livraria Press

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Total Pages: 77

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This early 1914 lecture by Jung (originally titled "Über die Bedeutung des Unbewußten in der Psychopathologie") is one of his first commentaries on the practical usage of the concept of the Collective Unconscious. This lecture was given in the Section for Neurology and Psychological Medicine at the Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association, July 1914 in Aberdeen. It was first published in: British Medical Journal II (London 1914) pp. This manuscript is a new translation on the German version of the lecture. This edition is a new 2023 translation with an Afterword by the Translator, a philosophic index of Jung's terminology and a timeline of his life and works. Jung explores the concept of the unconscious, particularly its role in psychological disorders. It distinguishes between physiological and psychological unconsciousness, focusing on the latter as the sum of mental processes that are not consciously perceived. The unconscious contains weaker psychic processes that don't cross the threshold of consciousness and often manifest themselves subliminally. The article explores the idea that consciousness is formed from simpler, unconscious elements, and that unconscious content can compensate for conscious attitudes. Examples are given of how unconscious aspects can counterbalance conscious thoughts and actions in both normal and abnormal psychological states. In mental disorders, the unconscious often intrudes into consciousness in distorted forms due to pre-existing resistance, resulting in symptoms such as hallucinations or delusions. These intrusions are seen as failed attempts to compensate for biased conscious attitudes. The play highlights the importance of understanding the unconscious in psychopathology, emphasising its role in compensating and balancing conscious content, and the implications this has for the manifestation of mental disorders.