“The conscious mind allows itself to be trained like a parrot, but the unconscious does not”

which is why St. Augustine thanked God for not making him responsible for his dreams.
par. 51 p.46
Psychology and Alchemy (1952)

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Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytic… 1875–1961

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