Facts On ---- False Teaching In The Church -- Chapter Two

2. Was Carl Jung involved in the occult?
 

    Though Carl Jung was a brilliant psychologist, it can be documented that he had a deep interest in the occult and strong dislike for the biblical God and historic Christianity. He is often seen as a friend of religion, even though he taught religion was no more than myth. But there should be no doubt that he was an enemy of the church who has done it great harm. His theories have laid a strong intellectual foundation for the integration of psychology, religion and the occult. In fact, Jung has done as much as anyone to promote the occult in the 20th century.
    Jung, for example, supported parapsychology (the scientific study of the occult), used mandalas (geometric forms for occultic meditation) and was a fortune-teller who used the I-Ching (a Chinese form of divination). It has been shown that he was a spiritist (one who was in contact with spirits), and necromancer (one who received information from supposedly dead human spirits). Through his writings we learn that he had a number of personal spirit guides which he often "internalized" (interpreted) as "normal" (psychologically normal) functions of his own consciousness. In fact, at times he apparently became possessed by spirits who spoke out of him, just as in what is today called channeling. He also used astrology, attended seances, and was apassionate advocate of Eastern religion belief. His biographers revealed that he was ruled by whim, dream and vision - and by the spirits from whom he derived much or most of his theories. If you read his autobiography, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, you will find the details of his occult beliefs and experiences.
    All if this is important, as it is our view that many of his theories skillfully mask demonic realities, reinterpreting spiritistic activity as psychological phenomena. His view of the "self," has ideas on archetypes, the collective unconscious, synchronicity, and active imagination and individuation are now being used by some of his followers and many others to explain their occult or spiritistic experiences. Jung used some of these theories to explain his own spiritistic experiences. All of this documents that Jung was heavily involved in the occult and that his occult experiences shaped his psychological views. (Some claim Jung merely had a detached academic interest in studying the psychological aspects of the occult. Certainly his interest often was academic, but his purposes for studying and using the occult were not always clear. To separate Jung from the category of the occultist is not always easy. For example, many occultists stress the psychological importance of the occult and interpret occult phenomena along psychological lines just as Jung did. For both Jung and the occultist the occult is one means to self-insight and power. Whatever Jung's motive for studying the occult or interpretation as to occultphenomena the fact remains he engaged in a number of occult practices. His more "scientific" image results, in part, from keeping his occult views private for personal reason (e.g., Kurt Koch, Satan's Devices.)