ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Transcendence: Saving Us from Ourselves by Navin Doshi</title> <meta name="description" content="This book combines personal experiences and philosophies with detailed explanations and solutions to the crises of contemporary life" /> <meta name="keywords" content=" collective unconscious, Transcendence: Saving Us from Ourselves, Navin Doshi" /> <link href="/_styleSheet.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /> </head> <body bgcolor="#fff8b0" background="/images/background.jpg"> <div class="menu"> <a class="menu" href="http://navindoshi.com/">Home</a> | <a class="menu" href="/about-Navin-Doshi.html">About Navin Doshi </a> | <a class="menu" href="/from-Transcendence.html">an excerpt from <span class="booktitle">Transcendence</span></a> | <a href="/articles.html">Articles</a> </div> <table width="752" border="0" style="padding-right:16px;padding-left:16px;" align="center"> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> <div id="head"> <h1><i>TRANSCENDENCE: </i> </h1> <h2> Saving Us from Ourselves</h2> </div> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3" > <h3 > by Navin Doshi</h3> <h3 class="pub">published by <a class="pub" href="http://ithacapress.com/">Ithaca Press</a> </h3> </td></tr> <tr><td class="tdnoborder"> <h4>The Collective Unconscious</h4> <p>In the study of psychiatry, Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist, established the term of the collective unconscious. As every individual has an unconscious, there is also the collective unconscious shared by every person. The collective unconscious varies from the unconscious of the individual personally. The collective unconscious is a shared knowledge of every human. As humans, the understanding of common things is part of the collective unconscious. In the study of Jung, the collective unconscious includes archetypes.</p> <p>Archetypes are the images or common perceptions understood throughout the race of humans. The collective unconscious and the archetypes of the psychology explain the ideas of commonality. The archetypes of Jung and the collective unconscious include the persona, the self, the animus, the anima, and the shadow. The five archetypes of the collective unconscious listed are the creations of the theory of Jung. The archetypes help explain the collective unconscious. The persona is the image acting like a mask to protect the personality of individuals. In the collective unconscious the person is the portrayed image people show in public. The self is the center of human beings, the inner core of humanity, and the psyche. The animus is the image of man from the psyche or perspective of women. The anima is the image of woman from the perspective or psyche of man. The shadow archetype is the image antithesis of the ego, the public face people display. The archetype of shadow typically consists of aspects the ego attempts to keep from the public view.</p> <p>For people looking to understand the reasons behind a behavior, Jung provides the collective unconscious and the five archetypes to explain the meaning of the action. Since the collective unconscious is a worldwide understanding of human behavior, humans can see the aspects in every person. As a whole, the collective unconscious uses the archetypes to create a definition for people to utilize.</p> <p>There is a difficulty with archetypes as the stereotype of the image can sometimes create a general overview of a person. Instead of taking the person as an individual, the collective unconscious has provided the details of a group and the means to understand. Using the collective unconscious, a person can begin to grasp the nuances of the human race as a whole. However even with the collective unconscious, people are still left to be individuals.</p> <p>Visit <a href="http://www.navindoshi.com">www.NavinDoshi.com</a> for additional information on the collective unconscious.</p></td> <td> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" > <br /> <div class="tdborder"> <a href="http://ww5.aitsafe.com/cf/add.cfm?userid=7296850& product=Transcendence&price=20.00" target="_blank" >Order <span class="booktitle">Transcendence</span> by Navin Doshi</a> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://ww5.aitsafe.com/cf/add.cfm?userid=7296850& product=Transcendence&price=20.00" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="/images/transcendence-the-book.jpg" width="220" height="282" alt="Transcendence by Navin Doshi" /></a> <p style="text-align: center;">Price of <span class="booktitle">Transcendence</span> $20.00 US</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Questions? <br />E-Mail to Ithaca Press<br /><a href="mailto:books@ithacapress.com">books@ithacapress.com</a> <br />(607) 273-2870</p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="menu">&nbsp;</div> <div align="center""> Copyright &copy; 2009-2010 Ithaca Press. All Rights Reserved. </div> </body> </html>