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

<p align="justify">In this last episode of this miniseries I give Jung’s main argument and its pros and cons.</p> <p align="justify">My feelings about the difficulties of the work are as follows:</p> <p align="justify">Firstly, relevance. How much can it offer the modern world?</p> <p align="justify">Secondly, isolationism -  its removal from the other analytic disciplines.</p> <p align="justify">Thirdly, certain inconsistencies which may confuse the reader.</p> <p align="justify">Fourthly, contradiction - whether the archetype of the Self is the totality or a specific archetype.</p> <p align="justify">Fifthly, the inherent difficulty of the text.</p> <p align="justify">Some of its strengths are as follows:</p> <p align="justify">1: Its passion and tremendous personal conviction.</p> <p align="justify">2:  Its roots in childhood experiences (visions, dreams).</p> <p align="justify">3: Answer to Job has extra depth because of the number of esoteric traditions it is linked to.</p> <p align="justify">4: Jung speaks with many voices, as it were out of the depth of many traditions.</p> <p align="justify">5:  The audacity of the text.</p> <p align="justify">6: Jung uses a new voice – that of archetypal psychology combined with mythology  and gnosticism.</p> <p align="justify">7:  Answer to Job reinforces Jung’s impact on the practice of psychotherapy.</p> <p align="justify">8: Answer to Job has a deep theological critique of Christian and Judaic civilizations.</p> <p align="justify">9:  Jung insisted on the dangers of an apocalypse in our times.</p> <p align="justify">10: Jung insists on the overarching metaphysical dimension to human existence.</p>