4 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist who founded analytical psychology — developing the concepts of the collective unconscious, archetypes (Shadow, Anima/Animus, Self), individuation, synchronicity, and psychological types — the most influential psychologist after Freud and the dominant intellectual presence in this entire corpus.
Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst — founder of analytical psychology — who created the concepts of archetypes, the collective unconscious, introversion/extroversion, and individuation — whose split with Freud and subsequent mystical-psychological work shaped 20th century popular psychology.
Robert Waggoner's 2009 account of his lucid dreaming practice — arguing that lucid dreaming allows direct experiential access to unconscious material and that the dream environment has its own intelligence beyond the dreamer's conscious direction.
Henri Ellenberger's 1970 magnum opus — tracing the history of dynamic psychiatry from Mesmer through Freud, Jung, Adler, and Janet — the most comprehensive history of the unconscious concept.