Episode - Listen Here In this episode, Shane and Vlado discuss the psychology behind conspiracism, fundamentalism, and mythologies. Using a Jungian framework, they examine how and why conspiracy theories become powerful psychological tools. Other topics include the religious instinct, the unconscious, morality, individuation, purpose, meaning, and psychological defense mechanisms. To understand the profound rise in […]
“I try to approach them the Jungian way – with understanding and love. I try to involve them in a dialogue but also to listen. Attempting to convince someone about the opposite only increases mutual resistance.” Bizarre conspiracy theories, but also fundamentalist religions are found in history of humanity from times immemorial. Many different fields […]
Self-Reflection in a Time of Conspiracy Theories: A Conversation with Vlado Solc, Jungian Analyst & Author of Dark Religion: Fundamentalism From the Perspective of Jungian Psychology Enjoy my chat with Vlado Solc about what's beneath the surface of fundamentalism and conspiracy theories. He is the author of (written in partnership with George Didier). Dark Religion: Fundamentalism […]
Conspiracy theories have been gradually occupying larger domains of cultural and political life. Conspiracism seems to replace or supplement fundamentalist religious beliefs while it supplies material that is in turn used for endorsing political and ideological agenda. This presentation will take a symbolic perspective and offers a non-dismissive understanding of the reasons for strong adherence […]
Jason Smith’s book Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life is a concise and thoughtful exploration of the question of religion, its value, and meaning. Smith explores religion from two perspectives, as an organizing container provided by collective traditions and as an individual quest for meaning necessitating attention to the unconscious. He shows that belonging can […]
“I no longer seek the cause of a neurosis in the past, but in the present. I ask, what is the necessary task which the patient will not accomplish?” Jung, CW 4, par. 570 Precise questioning is conditio sine qua non of successful analysis. When asking questions, the analyst not only asks the client, but also […]
Šolc, Vladislav. Psyché Matrix a Realita – hledání dimenzí reality očima psychologa. Praha: Amos, 2007. 190 stran. Vladislav Šolc je kosmopolitním psychologem, který pochází ze Slovenska, klinickou psychologii vystudoval v Praze a od roku 2003 žije a pracuje v Milwaukee USA. Momentálně působí jako soukromý psychoterapeut připravující se v jungiánském institutu na dráhu analytika. Již […]
Universum Recenze Vladimír Smékal Vladislav Šolc Ve jménu Boha: Fanatismus v pojetí hlubinné psychologie Triton 2013 Pro pragmaticky utilitárně zaměřeného čtenáře je terminologie jungiánské psychologie obtížně srozumitelná, ale nesporně daleko výstižnější v uchopení základních funkcí a procesů, jimiž se duše vyrovnává s požadavky, výzvami a způsoby, jak zvládat úkoly života. Autor si vytyčuje za cíl prozkoumat různé psychické procesy a stavy označované jako […]
“In some remote corner of the universe, poured out and glittering among innumerable solar systems, there once was a star on which clever animals invented knowledge.” Friedrich Nietzsche was born 15 October 1844 – 25 August 56 years later. Nietzsche grew up in the town of Röcken near Leipzig. His father died in 1849 of brain aneurism. In 1854, […]
Vlado Šolc
