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title: "Jung | Analytical psychology | Thought Archive"
number: "066"
slug: "066-jung"
author: "Wenzi / 文子"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://tongzai.space/en/thought-archive/066-jung/"
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# Jung（Analytical psychology）



## Common research question

**Why is Jungian individuation more than simply knowing oneself better?**

For Jung, individuation concerns the evolving relation between conscious attitudes and unconscious processes, including the persona, shadow, and the Self. It is not just gathering personality facts or a single mystical discovery of a hidden essence. This entry follows the current archive’s documented argument about individuation; a separate account of the collective unconscious and archetypes would require additional cited primary passages.

## Interpretive boundary

Symbolic parallels are not experimental proof; track Jung's conceptual development.

## Archive evidence

- [E-08 ｜ Two Essays on Analytical Psychology｜individuation as a way](#E-08)
- [E-11 ｜ Aion｜Self, shadow and wholeness](#E-11)