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The Collective Unconscious is term and concept popularized by psychologist Carl Jung, considered a part of analytical psychology. Jung called it "a reservoir of the experiences of our species."

In other words, each person has an individual "psychology" and also a group or shared "psychology" that is made up of the combined shared experiences of humans. This encompasses everything from science to religion and philosophy. Jung believed that individual psychology influences the individual while the collective unconscious influences the whole group. The influence may not be on a level perceived by the group, but it is non the less a real force in his view.

You can read more about these views in Jung's work Psychological Types.
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I assume you mean by valid psychology and psychiatry those schools of psychology that deny any and all subconscious processes. I find them not so much valid as incomplete and in denial of deeper psychological dimensions and structures. Behavioral Psychology denies the existence of a subconscious mind when it is clear that everyone has one. Everything about the mind is not rational but behavioral psychologists like to claim that it is either because the idea that they have a subconscious mind scares them so much that they are in denial or they are simply not intelligent enough to understand it. What makes you say that Carl Jung was mentally disturbed? I don't see that in his biography and I don't see it in his work or writings. The Only thing that I see is a tremendously intelligent mind, able to see and understand complicated mental processes that men of lessor intelligence can't even see are there. I've read about 10 or so of His books and I see nothing but brilliant intelligence and no hint of any mental disturbance. I used to work as a Registered Nurse on psychiatric units in hospitals for 20 years so if there was any mental disturbance there I should have seen it.


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