When you think of Alchemy, you usually think of the 16th and 17th centuries. You probably see the image of (old) men brewing all kinds of concoctions from which they try to make gold. The candlelight and the old books & manuscript add an occult touch to this image. You might think it is a bit silly, but many great discoveries have been made during these experiments! And nowadays, we are actually able to create gold out of other commodities (although this is such an expensive process that the costs do not outweigh the benefits of the gold obtained). You could, however, argue that these alchemists were the forerunners of our “modern” sciences (physics, chemistry, medical sciences).
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Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist. He was the founder of analytical psychology. Carl Jung was also the creator of well-known psychological concepts such as the Collective (un)Consciousness, Archetype, Animus vs Anima and Personae.
