This is from an interview of CG Jung by Georg Gerster conducted on June 7, 1960, for broadcast on the Swiss radio network. As it happened, the interview took place on the first day of Jung’s final year. He would die June 6, 1961.
It contains so much of substance! At least three statements of his might be the basis for an entire essay:
1) “vitally necessary things have become obsolete”
2) “the very idea that you should begin with yourself, that is totally out of the question”
3) “taking yourself seriously is considered improper”
This interview is to be found in the book CG Jung speaking.
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