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Carl Jung: The phenomenon of projection and its transformative potential

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Understanding projections and integrating them.

“Ego”, Miguel Alonso Blanco (2018). Today we will explore a psychological phenomenon that has already caused strong misunderstandings in this blog: Projection. To approach it, we will return to the study of Carl Jung’s essay “The Spirit Mercurius”. In simple terms, to project is to see in others or in an object something that actually resides in us. For example, when we see a flaw in someone else that we ourselves also possess. Jung said in his seminar on the book Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche that what irritates us about others is very likely to be found within ourselves. Which…

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