Mitchell's Reviews > Modern Man in Search of a Soul

For every conscious deficit, there arises an unconscious boon. For every unconscious growth, the conscious mind suffers a loss. The compensatory law of opposites relating to the psyche makes this work particularly sublime for me. Jung’s inability to take to task Christianity effectively leaves a bit to be desired, but, that’s just like…my opinion, man. Regardless, Jung’s innovation is undeniable. Borrowing directly from Nietzsche, Jung never falls under the illusion of his own perspective. He constantly re-evaluates his evaluations with a self-awareness that is refreshing. He truly was beyond antithetical values. This is fantastic work, particularly for anyone wanting to explore the origins of modern psychology, as well as to juxtapose Jung’s ethos with Freud’s. Jung effectively takes Freud to task regarding Freud’s gross reductionism of the unconscious mind. If the unconscious were nothing but filth, nothing but a disease of misaligned sexual impulse, why are so many men insatiably curious to analyze and understand it? The unconscious is decidedly the power player, while occidentals merely scrape and claw at fitting their categorical imperatives. They suffer when pure logic fails, and I believe Jung knew why: Perspectivism, or lack thereof, and a denial/ ignorance of the all powerful, unconscious forces which drive our existence.