Jung and Christianity

 The theme for September's Suffolk Jungian Circle (virtual meets, 7.30pm on the last Wednesday of the month - let me know if you want the link) is Jung and Christianity. Having chosen the topic, we all rapidly realised that it was a vast topic that could fill multiple meetings - but this is by way of a taster. For the actual meeting different people will each tackle a sub-topic of their choice.

This recording cuts off as, despite the best laid plans, someone knocked at the door and I cannot work out how to pause a video recording and splicing two videos into one is too much of a headache to bother with. The final topic that I didn't get to was to touch on a point by Blum, which could probably be a whole debate in itself, that the Christian doctrine of the soul and accompanying personal salvation fits nicely with Jung's individuation, Further, Blum argues that the modern world has gone to Hell in a handbasket by treating people as merely functions and therefore replaceable rather than unique. Increasing secularisation has pushed the unhallowed idea that people can be reduced to functions - the woman in the corner shop serves merely add up prices and therefor can be replaced with an automated AI till. she is dispensable and the computer does the task more efficiently (something that Weber also warned about) but, of course, without any human interaction with customers. Blum argues this devaluing of the human experience corrodes society as well as putting people out of jobs, and is reflective of a world that has no sense of soul or the sanctity of humans.