Series Archive
Jung's Four Psychological Functions and the Transcendent Function
This series covers events from 12/08/1972 - 12/29/1972
This series of classes examines Jung's four psychological functions by mapping them onto the astrological chart, with archetypes connecting the ascendant-descendant and midheaven-nadir. Jung's "categories of imagination" are strictly distinguished from Kant's "categories of thought," and the Buddhist Logicians are referred to for their treatment of sensation and conception. The transcendent function is discussed and then given a broader philosophic interpretation. The series positions Jung's empirical psychology within the broader framework of traditional wisdom teachings while maintaining that psychological development, though valuable, operates within imagination rather than transcending it in genuine Self-realization.
Classes and documents available in this series
Jung
Epistemology
Keyword(s): Greek Scheme, Divided Line, Four Psychological Functions, Four Gnostic Faculties, Astral Body, Common Sensorium, Categories of Thought vs. Categories of Imagination, Archetypes, Plotinus, Dialectic, Sensation-Intuition
Buddhism
Epistemology
Keyword(s): Buddhist Logicians (Sautrantika), Point-Instants, Psychology, Astrology, Jung (Transcendent Function)
Jung
Transcendent Function
Keyword(s): Psychology, Epistemology
Jung
Epistemology
Keyword(s): Three Circles Diagram(s), Psychology, Zen/Hinduism vs. Psychoanalysis, Categories of Thought vs. Categories of Imagination, Sensation vs. Perception, Wakeful vs. Dream Consciousness