It may even be assumed that just as the unconscious affects us, so the increase in our consciousness affects the unconscious. First published in German in 1962, an English translation appeared in 1963. Completed shortly before Jung's death in 1961, the unusual autobiography records the author's inner experiences since. As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. Memories, Dreams, Reflections (German: Erinnerungen, Träume, Gedanken) is a partially autobiographical book by Swiss psychologist Carl Jung and an associate, Aniela Jaffé. Recorded and edited by Aniela Jeff, this translation of Erinnerungen, Trume, Gedanken was made by Richard and Clara Winston. Neither should he persist in his unconsciousness, nor remain identical with the unconscious elements of his being, thus evading his destiny, which is to create more and more consciousness. But man's task is the exact opposite: to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious. Recorded and edited by Aniela Jeffé, this translation of Erinnerungen, Tráume, Gedanken was made by Richard and Clara Winston. Like them, he has fallen a victim to unconsciousness. The phenomenon of dictators and all the misery they have wrought springs from the fact that man has been robbed of transcendence by the shortsightedness of the super-intellectuals. Our age has shifted all emphasis to the here and now, and thus brought about a daemonization of man and his world.
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