C. G. Jung's childhood memories contain many different perceptions of God. His father was a minister and his upbringing was Christian. In his work over the years, this psychologist included many references to religion and to Christianity. Donald R. Dyer has made a close study of Jung's thoughts on God. In fact, he has discovered over 6,000 references to God in his writings.
One of Jung's central points is that "it is only through the psyche that we can establish that God acts upon us." Access to God is not attainable through belief or the intellect but through a kind of knowing. Jung speculated on the essential nature of the creator as an "unfathomable Being," as energy and as matter. In a letter to a German in 1951, he wrote: "God effervesces in you and sets you to the most wondrous speculation."
One of Jung's most fascinating insights is the coincidence of opposites. That is why both the fear of God and the love of God are justified. Dyer also explores Jung's ideas about suffering, human choice, prayer, conscience, persona, and shadow. This paperback concludes with a chronology of Jung's writings about God.