Jung's Notion To Hold True In Research

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Jung’s theories are diverse, some of them one can perceive to be true and some of them can be difficult to believe. For example, according to Thomason “To Jung the Indians he met appeared to be tranquil and dignified, which Jung attributed to their belief that (as Mountain Lake explained) through their religious practice, they helped the sun across the sky every day. Jung believed this belief and practice served the function of making the Indians' lives cosmologically meaningful.” Though Jung believed this was true, humans cannot make or help the sun across the sky. However, Jung’s theory on archetypes says that people are born hardwired. Many people believe this notion to hold true. “But what is the archetype? An innate tendency which molds

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