Jung’s Pleroma, Differentiation, and the Sexual Mystery of Individuation
What does Jung mean by the Pleroma as fullness and nothingness? How does differentiation shape our becoming as human beings? In what way do sex […]
Articles by Rob Watson
When the Court Hires the Trickster – Charisma, Backtracks, and the Flight of Critical Thinkers
This blog explores Graham Linehan and Tanya de Grunwald’s concerns about critical thinkers being pushed out of organisations under charismatic, status-driven leaders. Using Jungian archetypes […]
Beyond Deconstruction: Eternal Youth, Jung, and Grounded Social Critique
Bret Alderman’s Eternal Youth and the Myth of Deconstruction explores how dogmatic deconstruction risks detachment from reality and erodes shared meaning. Highlights Alderman’s use of […]
Psychological Types at the Clinic Door – A Jungian Reading of a Contentious Conversation
This post examines a high-profile discussion on gender medicine through Carl Jung’s framework of psychological types, exploring how introversion, extraversion, sensing, intuition, thinking, and feeling […]
Beyond the Label – Gender Identity, Ideology, and a Jungian-Hermeneutic View
This article examines the problems with framing gender identity solely as an “ideological” issue, drawing on Carl Jung’s insights into the nature of ideology and […]
Jung, the Anima and Animus, and the Gender Identity Debate
This blog explores Carl Jung’s concepts of the anima and animus as symbolic contrasexual aspects of the psyche, drawing on The Red Book to examine […]
Myth, the Body, and the Crisis of Sense-Making: Jung, Campbell, and the Forgotten Language of Transformation
Explore how myth shapes modern life through the insights of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell, focusing on the interplay of logos, eros, and mythos. This […]
Searching for Meaning in an Unstable World – Reflections on Sascha Bailey and Beyond Gender
What drives the surge in gender identity transitions and the cultural shifts behind them? This blog explores themes from the Beyond Gender podcast with Sascha […]
From Hermes to Hades – Myth, Medicine, and the Shadow of Literalisation
What happens when symbolic suffering is treated as a medical emergency? How does Carl Jung’s depth psychology help us understand the dangers of literalising fantasies […]
If You Can’t Beat Them, Parody Them – A Jungian Perspective on British Humour and the Social Shadow
What role does parody play in easing social tensions and integrating differences? Can British humour—rooted in working-class irreverence—still act as a cultural safety valve in […]