S2 Ep80. Answer to Job. Part 8. Appraisal.

In this last episode of this miniseries I give Jung’s main argument and its pros and cons. My feelings about the difficulties of the work are as follows: Firstly, relevance. How much can it offer the modern world? Secondly, isolationism -  its removal from the other analytic disciplines. Thirdly, certain inconsistencies which may confuse the reader. Fourthly, contradiction - whether the archetype of the Self is the totality or a specific archetype. Fifthly, the inherent difficulty of the text. Some of its strengths are as follows: 1: Its passion and tremendous personal conviction. 2:  Its roots in childhood experiences (visions, dreams). 3: Jung speaks with many voices, as it were out of the depth of many esoteric traditions. 4: The audacity of the text 5: Jung uses a new voice – that of archetypal psychology combined with mythology  and gnosticism. 6:  Answer to Job reinforces Jung’s impact on the practice of psychotherapy. 7: Answer to Job has a deep theological critique of Christian and Judaic civilizations. 8: Jung insisted on the dangers of an apocalypse in our times. 9: Jung insists on the overarching metaphysical dimension to human existence.