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Inner Shifts Mirror Historical Upheaval
- Jung's Red Book documents a personal descent into the unconscious that coincided with massive social upheaval around 1913–1914.
- The work asserts that shifts in planetary consciousness begin within singular individuals before they appear collectively.
Spirit Of Times vs Spirit Of Depths
- The Red Book frames a polarity between the "Spirit of the Times" and the "Spirit of the Depths."
- Jung proposes the healing task is integrating these opposites within the individual to prevent projection and collective violence.
Three Gifts From The Depths
- Jung's soul imagery returned three gifts: the misery of war, the darkness of magic, and the gift of religion.
- He warns that we must tend a small, well-cultivated inner garden rather than try to master the immeasurable.