Optimus2g

I give both men credit for putting as much thought and work into the field of psychoanalysis but I have to say that Freud was too out there for me. Not everything could be attributed to mommy and sexual frustration/imagery. Jung had a great deal of respect for his mentor but surpassed him by embracing huge parts of the subconscious that Freud didn't explore as satisfacorily as his pupil did. Frued and his ego--or is it id ;-) took this to heart.

I also can't help but think the about the two brothers, Niles and Frasier Crane, from the popular show Frasier. Both men were psychiatrists, as many people already know. Niles was a Jungian, while his elder brother Frasier was a Freudian. The idea of the Collective Unconscious and the Oedipus Complex stood in stark contrast to one another and would always seem to remind viewers of that show about the respective stances that each man had on the field of psychology. I didn't even remember this until we started discussing and reading about Jung and Freud over the past 2 weeks. I think I might need to go back and watch some more of those shows from a Jungian perspective after having read about Freud.