Carl Jung foresaw a paradigm shift in 1940 he called a “New Age” and “Age of Aquarius” which we now realize must have an ecological framework. Ecopsychology examines our dysfunctional relationship with the environment and how we can deepen our connection with nature and Jung is the prototypical ecopsychologist: his entire system is based on an ecological sense of how the human psyche is part of nature. The green economists have much to contribute towards a paradigm shift especially when archetypically framed by the I Ching’s hexagram 42—Increase.
This is the latest version of my Jung and the environment seminar as presented to the Phoenix Friends of C. G. Jung in December 2024. It includes the survey on the very depressed and anxious state the youth have about their environmental future. I responded to a question about what happened to the youth environmental movement of the sixties and the subsequent lack of meaningful change and a question about the relevance in our current culture of Jung’s attempt to revitalize the Christian myth.
