Just as with astrology, most of the people harping on it for being vague, hokey, and pseudo-scientific without actually evaluating it on a level that actually allows them proper critical analysis. Typically, it’s people who’ve only been exposed to some chopped-down version or another, like newspaper horoscopes for astrology and crappy internet tests for things like MBTI. Neither are perfect, of course, but their ability to make predictions about personality based on the interactions of a few traits is suprisingly good.
[quote=“BlueHeron, post:6, topic:1073”]From what I’ve heard of Carl Jung, I think a lot of his writing could be useful to rewilding, especially on the points at which he diverged from Freud.
I may be totally misinformed or off the mark; Dan (and others out there?) would probably have more insight into that.[/quote]
Jung’s work is certainly way more useful to us rewilders than, say Freud. His theories are open to the importance of spirit, and are a good place to begin looking at the importance of cultural myths on our psyches. Plus, he ditched a lot of the more overtly sexist shit Freud thought up.