I agree with and am intrigued by Carl Jung's analysis and proposition relating to humanity's collective unconscious. It is amazing how similar these images and values are present in many different and unrelated cultures.
I have recently been reviewing and studying ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian laws in the Code of Hammurabi and the Egyptian Book of the Dead. In studying these two sources, I was ultimately shocked to realize the values of Egyptian people were so similar to our values today. The shared values and emphasis on being kind to others without causing terror, weeping, or uncertainty. A person's character and the way they treated others was very important to the Egyptians. The Egyptians understood that in order to find a satisfied sense of self, a necessary equality in society needed to exist. Their people would be whole and rounded.
Carl Jung felt that the unconscious process shaped peoples mental and spiritual growth. I completely agree. I think if we group our unconscious and make sense of our thoughts and feelings, we can relate better with others. We all share dreams, and we all share what Jung calls archetypes-primordial images that constantly appear, for example, the wise old man.
We are more primitive and similar than I thought. It is almost as though our creativity has been lost in keeping up with life, struggling to live.
Below the personal unconscious, where repressed feelings and thoughts developed during an individuals life, lay the collective unconscious, "the vast historical storehouse" of feelings, thoughts, and memories inherited and shared by all humanity.
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