2022-11-30 Wed 11:51 AM ![[Pasted image 20230513115623.png]] - Definition: In [[Analytic psychology|Jungian psychology]], the [[Collective unconscious]] is a universal aspect of the human psyche that contains shared archetypal symbols and experiences common to all individuals across cultures and time periods. - Example: A person might have recurring dreams featuring common archetypes such as the hero or mother figure, indicating the influence of the collective unconscious on their inner life. - > [!-cf-]+ [[Related notes]] > - [[Personal unconscious]] > - [[Collective unconscious]] > - Personal conscious? > - Collective conscious? > - (Personal) [[Psyche]] > - [[Collective psyche]] # [[Journal section]] ### 2022-11-30 Wed 11:51 AM - 2022-11-30 Wed 11:51 AM - https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/p/jungs-collective-unconscious - yeah my sense agrees with this article: that it's misunderstood and dismissed as supernatural, "metaphysical" (I hate using that term like that... (man I should do a disambiguation [[Metaphysical - disambiguation]])) - and to naturalize it, make it not so spooky, I think isn't hard - Two parts: - There's the common biology/physiology. our common genetic heritage. which isn't tabula rasa. Contains instincts, no fucking doubt. On some level, we're predisposed to adopt language about and fear of creepy crawly things. - There's the zeitgeist. The memetic universe in which we all commonly live. Different subcultures there, certainly, and they are more or less in contact with other parts, but there's nothing supernatural about this idea - 2022-11-30 Wed 11:57 AM - If we have conscious and unconscious, - and collective and personal.... - [[Collective psyche]]