Freud and Jung: Their Occult Connection
In matters of the esoteric, Jung and Freud share greater commonalities than mainstream history reveals
In the conventional telling of history, pioneering psychologists Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) and Carl Jung (1875β1961) split, with the older mentor codifying his system as one of strict clinical materialism and the former disciple branching off into mystical realms.
The conventional telling is incomplete.
Both intellects, while sharply divided, nurtured lifelong interests in the esotericβa theme more muted but no less passionate in the queries of Freud.
Although their professional and personal paths never again crossed, both clinicians maintained lasting dedication to intellectually rigorous consideration of what generational predecessor William James (1841-1910) called the βfurther sideβ of existence.
