What did Carl Jung?

Answer 1

Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist, was the father of analytical psychology. Jung thought that people share collective unconscious, appearing archetype, including mythology, and symbols and patterns that appear in dreams. He also theorized that there is a female element in the unconscious of men -- the anima -- and a male element in the unconscious of women -- the animus. Jung believed that extroversion and introversion with four functions (thinking, feeling, sensing and intuition) were integral in the study of personality types. The aim of individuation is wholeness, through the integration of unconscious forces and motivations underlying human behavior. During it, the human "I" (Ego) deals with Persona in conscious, and faces the Shadow, Anima/Animus and Self archetype in unconscious.

Answer 2

Jung was primary interested in psychological, "archetypal" God, rather than in problem of objective cosmic intelligence. Jung used the therm "God" as a synonym for "archetype of self" - collective, unconscious structure of psyche which generates harmony and wholeness of soul, according to his theory. In interview "Face to face with Carl Jung" he said: "The word "belief" is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it." And when he was asked does he believe in God, he answered: "Now? Difficult to answer... I know. I don't need to believe, I know."