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Freud and Jung

Freud and Jung

The story of a friendship that put the unconscious on the map

Chapter 1

Once upon a time in 1906, there lived two psychologists who were
pioneers in the psychoanalytic movement—
Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung.

It was during that time that these two began what was a brief,
yet strong, friendship.

Their friendship started when Jung had sent Freud copies of his
published work. Little did he know that Freud had already purchased
his own copy of Jung’s book! Freud then sent Jung a collection of his

essays. They continued to communicate by means of a series of
meetings and correspondences.

A friendship was in the making!

Freud and Jung celebrating Jung’s birthday—1906

Chapter 2

“...extremely intelligent,
shrewd, and altogether

remarkable”

Freud and Jung fishing halibut—1909

Freud and Jung became fast friends.

They first met in person in 1907 when Jung traveled to Vienna.
Their first conversation was said to have lasted over 13 hours!
Freud viewed Jung as a protégé, and he became a father figure

to Jung.

Freud referred to Jung as,

“The Joshua to my Moses, fated to enter the Promised
Land which I myself will not live to see.”

Chapter 3

In 1908, Freud and Jung traveled to the United States to introduce
psychoanalysis to America.

Jung delivered a series of lectures at Fordham University that
discussed the future of his work in psychoanalysis.

It was during these lectures that Jung publicly separated himself
from the theories of his dear friend and colleague.

Their divergence in thinking dramatically affected their
friendship, and was ultimately the cause of their separation.

Freud and Jung enjoying a break from their lecture tour—1908

Chapter 4

Freud and Jung travelling the rails
in America—1908

The two spent months touring America, which marks the time in their
friendship where they were closest.

The close contact and conversations revealed their distinct viewpoints
about the concepts of the unconscious.

Jung disagreed with much of Freud’s theories—he thought Freud’s
views of the unconscious were

“incomplete and unnecessarily negative”

Jung believed Freud perceived the unconscious solely as a

“repository of repressed emotions and desires”





The Final Chapter

“Your allegation that I treat my followers as patients is
demonstrably untrue...It is a convention among us analysts that
none of us need feel ashamed of his own neurosis. But one who
while behaving abnormally keeps shouting that he is normal gives

ground for the suspicion that he lacks insight into his illness.
Accordingly, I propose that we abandon our personal relations

entirely.”

“I shall lose nothing by it, for my own emotional tie with you has
been a long thin thread – the lingering effect of past
disappointments.”

-Freud, 1912

The famous letter where Freud breaks his
relationship with Jung—1913






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