In a free society, the call of conscience will direct people down many different paths. This great variety of vocational pursuits increases the number of things tried and so helps a culture develop in a civilization advance. But when freedom recedes it can act as a harmonizing force, directing people toward vocations that defend freedom. In mutually committing ourselves to a shared vocation, transcending ourselves in dedication toward it, we help to realize it in ourselves and each other.
“Anxiously we look round for collective measures, thereby reinforcing the very mass-mindedness we want to fight against. There’s only one remedy for the leveling effect of all collective measures, and this is to emphasize and increase the value of the individual.” Carl Jung, Civilization in Transition We live in an age where two visions […]
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Is Humanity Doomed? – Carl Jung on Healing a Sick Society first appeared on
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