Introduction to Jung

Looking over the glossary it occurred to me that if someone mastered every entry on that page, they would have a solid grasp of analytical psychology. This lead me to put together a basic introduction to Jung based on those posts. This page is a work in progress and will be updated as new posts are written.

I started with easier and more basic aspects of his theory and from there move to more difficult and esoteric subjects. Posts on typology can be found on the page "Jungian Typology".


Structure of the Psyche

Analytical Psychology
Psyche
Personality
Consciousness
Unconscious
Personal Unconscious
Collective Unconscious
Complex
Ego
Persona
Shadow
Animus
Anima
Wise Old Woman/Man
Self



Archetypes

Archetypes
Archetypal Image
Imago
Psychoid
Personification
Contamination
Projection
Symbiosis
Identification
Inflation
Negative Inflation
Mana Personality
Introjection
Objectivation
Depotentiation
Assimilation



The Self Regulating Psyche

Self-Regulation of the Psyche
Libido
Will
Instinct
Reductive
Constructive
Concretrism
Abstraction
Complex
Autonomous
Affect
Mother Complex
Father Complex
Power Complex



Breakdown of the Psyche

Collective
Participation Mystique
Archaic
Abaissement du Niveau Mental
Depression
Dissociation
Neurosis
Repression
Regression
Regressive Restoration of the Persona
Schizophrenia
Hysteria
Psychosis
Enantiodromia



Individuation

Adaptation
Compensation
Individual
Reflection
Differentiation
Progression
Opposites
Integration
Transcendent Function
Tertium Non Datur
Individuation
Wholeness
Constellation
Synchronicity



Jungian Therapy

Dream
Lysis
Dream Series
Dream Interpretation
Objective Level
Subjective Level
Dream Analysis
Circumambulation
Association
Amplification
Active imagination
Transference
Countertransference



Symbolism
(A more extensive list can be found on the page "Symbols")

Symbols
Myths
Participation Mystique
Mother
Eros
Soul
Father
Logos
Spirit
Child
Trickster
Puella/Puer Aeternus
Kore (see also "Puella Aeternus")
Crone
Senex
Hostile Brothers
Hero's Journey
Heroine's Journey (see also "Night Sea Journey")
Night Sea Journey
Rebirth
Wounded Healer
Numinous
Supraordinate Personality
Anthropos
Mandala



Alchemy

Alchemy
Artifex
Magnum Opus
Prima Materia
Nigredo
Albedo
Citrinitas
Rubedo
Calcinatio
Solutio
Mortificatio
Coagulatio
Sublimatio
Separatio
Coniunctio
King & Queen
Incest
Syzygy
Philosopher's Stone
Axiom of Maria
Quaternity
Unus Mundus



Links:

Jungian Terms (Jung Platform)
Glossary of Jungian Terms (Carl-Jung.net)
Glossary of Jungian Terms (Tallahassee Center for Jungian Studies)
A Glossary of Jungian Terms (Terrapsychology Page)
Jung Lexicon: A Primer of Terms & Concepts (Abed Continuing Ed.)
Jungian Psychology: Glossary of Key Concepts (End of the Game)
Analytical Psychology (Wikipedia)
Jungian Techniques: Individuation, Active Imagination and Dream Interpretation
MBTI Basics (The Myers-Briggs Foundation)



Further Reading

The following books are a good introduction to Jung, for those wishing to explore these topics in more depth:

Memories, Dreams, Reflections, by CG Jung
Man and His Symbols, edited by CG Jung
Jung: A Very Short Introduction, by Anthony Stevens
Jung's Map of the Soul, by Murray Stein
Ego and Archetype, by Edward F. Edinger
A Guided Tour of The Collected Works of C.G. Jung, by Robert H. Hopcke
Understanding Dreams, by Mary Ann Mattoon
Dreams, A Portal to the Source, by Edward C. Whitmont and Sylvia Brinton Perera
A Critical Dictionary of Jungian Analysis, by Andrew Samuels and Bani Shorter
The Handbook of Jungian Psychology: Theory, Practice and Applications, by Renos K. Papadopoulos
Personality Types, by Daryl Sharp

Deirdre Bair's top 10 Jungian books (by the author of the excellent biography, Jung: A Biography)
C.G. Jung’s Collected Works: Abstracts, IAAP (full abstracts of every volume of the Collected Works)


Also, if you're interested in an excellent introduction to Jung you should definitely check out analyst John Betts' podcast Jungian's Podcast. It's available on iTunes.