Words of Wisdom — July 17, 2014

Jung on Transformation

“There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion.” – Carl Jung

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“There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion.” – Carl Jung

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

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Neuropsych

Mini-personalities: Why Carl Jung believed your “complexes” lead their own inner lives

Jung thought these autonomous entities live in your unconscious mind — often at a cost.

A portrayal of a bespectacled man with a serpent inspired by Carl Jung's theories.

High Culture

In “The Red Book,” Carl Jung recorded his encounters with entities from “inner space”

Aiming to unlock the secrets of his unconscious mind, Jung experimented with intensive daydreaming.

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Neuropsych

The man who tried to redeem the world with logic

Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.

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High Culture

Stephen Hawking’s famous voice belonged to this pioneering MIT scientist

Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.

a group of people standing in front of a car.

The Past

America’s health food movement is based on a cult

The Source Family, a radical 1970s utopian commune, still impacts what we eat today.

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