"But it is important to recognize the crucial twist Jung's psychology
gave to the eminence of the gods. They have been interiorized into
pathology. Their myths live in our behaviors, irrepressibly demanding
recognition and observances. They bear new names borrowed from the text
books of psychiatry and abnormal psychology. Their refuge, no longer the
alter and temple fanum, the side of oracle and mystery cult, instead
they inhabit the interiority of the psyche, where they make themselves
very present indeed, as the powers in the background of the soul's
infirmities. Since the repressed returns in the strangely inventive form
of symptoms. After all, symptoms are extraordinary inventions. The gods
are indeed present, whether invoked or not, right on the corner of 42nd
street."
James Hillman
The Greek Perfection of Tragedy
Labels: Carl Jung, Freud, James Hillman, Mitologia, Palestras, Psicologia

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