It Doesn't Matter Anymore

                          

In Jung’s later work, he would place a lot of emphasis on the importance of ”individuation” during these later years, where the ego that was so earnestly constructed and held onto in the first half of life, needs to recede in importance, and come into line with one’s larger view of life, incorporating a vital connection with the personal and collective unconscious, a constellation that he termed the Self.  He also recognized the importance of old age to culture, noting how in most cultures old people have always been the guardians of the mysteries and the laws.

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