Few experiences are as immediate as consciousness. While you are aware, consciousness is always there. Each of us are intimately familiar with consciousness and as you read this blog you are exercising a conscious act of attention. However, consciousness as a phenomenon is as mysterious as it is familiar. Its…
Managing Bias in Military Intelligence Depth Typology as a Force Multiplier My deployment in Kosovo in 2016 helped me gain a better understanding of how C. G. Jung’s typology can improve intelligence management and intelligence operations. Ninety percent of the problems I experienced resulted from a few common pitfalls that…
In the prologue of Memories, Dreams, Reflections, Jung introduced his autobiography as a telling of his personal myth (1961/1989, p. 3). “I can only make direct statements, ‘only tell stories.’ Whether or not the stories are ‘true’ is not the problem. The only question is whether what I tell…
It is worthwhile to discuss how an understanding of one’s typological preferences can enhance the quality of interpersonal relations— a relationship between two or more people that may range in duration from brief to enduring, which is oft-characterized by some degree of personal rapport. Interpersonal awareness is highly important…
Introduction This blog article seeks to address to what extent Albert Einstein influenced C.G. Jung’s formulation of the concept of synchronicity. Few historical personalities have engendered the degree of interest within popular consciousness as Albert Einstein and C.G. Jung. Both men, and their ideas, are permanent fixtures to the cultural…
This blog explores the principal alchemical metaphors of personal development and transformation. These ideas are based on the work of Carl Jung who during the second half of his career conducted an extensive survey of alchemy and its relationship to the psychology of the unconscious. In fact, Jung explored…
Carl Jung (Figure 1) viewed the appearance of a mandala—a circular or squared symbol of wholeness—as highly beneficial to one’s own personal development. Mandalas can appear in a person’s dreams, visions, or fantasies, and as numinous symbols they tend to chart the course of one’s own individuation process. Mandala…
“How can depth coaching really—I mean really—help me?” Not infrequently is this the first question I hear from a client. In response to this question, I tell my clients depth coaching by itself cannot help them. I add, avoiding clichés, that what really makes a difference is finding a…
The theory of a mental model was implicit in the work of the late nineteenth century American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce (Figure 1). Put simply, mental models are psychological representations of real, hypothetical, or imaginary situations. Peirce suggested that reasoning itself is a process by which the individual examines…
