Note that the term "collective" can have a different scope, depending on which layer of the
collective unconscious is meant.
Martin Luther King's dream was about two different races, with their own personal, cultural, and collective experiences, operating from the layers of the
collective unconscious, in an attempt to bring about changes, with each group having their collective complexes.
Given that my scientific background is limited to a course in zoology, I propose that the dreams were a manifestation of an ancestral memory erg grounded in science and evolved to spirit, in the form of the
collective unconscious, a cosmological "One Mind." Further, might the
collective unconscious be present in all states of consciousness: waking, dreaming, and post-existence?
--(1968), "The Concept of the
Collective Unconscious," "Conscious, Unconscious and Individuation," "The Archetypes and the
Collective Unconscious," "Psychological Aspects of the Mother Archetype," The Collected Works.
Since humanity's past is reflected in the memories, then "
collective unconscious" will be significant to deal with.
The
collective unconscious includes not only individual and personal memories, but the mankind's total ancient past, old experiences on life, on the world, namely in the form of images.
Football then, is part of the shared race memory, embedded in the
collective unconscious, a metaphysical ritual, a devotion, and that often misquoted line about Shankly saying football is much more important than a simple matter of life and death is truer than we think: he was citing a scripture.
the pull of the sublime, the
collective unconscious, creator
It is a world shrouded in myth and fantasy that touches upon the psyche and
collective unconscious of humanity.
After bank bailouts, Bernard Madoff-type financial scandals, and a housing bubble that left Americans high and dry, it is as if the
collective unconscious is recasting life on yachts and perfectly manicured golf courses as distasteful, and thrifty, often rural simplicity as a virtuously cleansing relief.
One can go a long way with Jung in his argument for the existence of this
collective unconscious, but in some of his writings he seems to be suggesting clearly that communication of information is somehow possible between individuals via this vast reservoir.
From a critical standpoint, the text establishes the priority of archetypal interest over mythological criticism and directly sets out to test the veracity of Jung's claim that there is a transhistorical
collective unconscious that can be charted throughout the literature of various cultures.