Wolfgang Pauli
Carl Jung. From The Asheville Jung
Center
http://ashevillejungcenter.org/home-2/jung/
The famous psychologist Carl Gustav Jung and Wolfgang
Pauli had a great influence on each others lives. In 1930,
Pauli was experiencing personal troubles due to the end of
his first marriage and unresolved issues with his mother’s
suicide in 1927 [1]. His father
recommended that he see Jung [2].
Jung arranged for Pauli to be analyzed by Erna Rosenbaum, an
assistant to Jung. Rosenbaum advised Pauli to record his
dreams, and Pauli continued to do this for most of his life
[3]. In 1932, Pauli began to see
Jung himself for personal therapy, which lasted until
Pauli’s second marriage in 1934. However, the two men
remained in correspondence for years afterwards [4].
Jung analyzed many of Pauli’s dreams. The interpretation of these dreams, as well as his correspondence with Pauli, influenced Jung’s theories [5]. The interpretation of some of Pauli’s dreams featured prominently in Jung’s book Psychology and Alchemy [6].
In 1952 Jung and Pauli published The Interpretation of
Nature and the Psyche in which they presented the
synchronicity principle [7].
The synchronicity principle assumes that indestructible
energy can be connected through two ways in the space-time
continuum. The events can either be connected through
causality, where there is a connection between two events
(i.e. one causes the other) or synchronicity, which is when
there is an inconsistent connection, or one that is not
explained by causality [8].
Works Cited
[1] Wolfgang
Pauli. Encyclopaedia Britannica
[2]Wolfgang
Pauli and Carl Gustav Jung. ETHZ (Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology Zurich)
[3] Atom and
Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958. C. A. Meier.
[4] Wolfgang
Pauli and Carl Gustav Jung. ETHZ (Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology Zurich)
[5] Atom and
Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958. C. A. Meier.
[6] Atom
and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958. C. A.
Meier.
[7] Atom and Archetype: The
Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958. C. A. Meier.
[8] Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung
Letters, 1932-1958. C. A. Meier.