Everything the human spirit made began as an unconscious seed.

Carl Jung, Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Weltanschauung' (1927)

What it means

Jung, unlike Freud, saw the unconscious as creative, not just a storage room for what we repress. Every invention and artwork started as something not yet known. Trust what is growing in you before you can name it.

The source

"Everything the human spirit made began as an unconscious seed." Carl Jung said it in Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Weltanschauung' (1927). Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.

"All that the human spirit has ever created has come from contents which, in the last analysis, existed once as unconscious seeds."

H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928, Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Weltanschauung' (1927). Text read at archive.org.

Who said it

Carl Jung (1875–1961). Swiss psychiatrist who broke with Freud and founded analytical psychology. He mapped the persona, the shadow, the collective unconscious and the lifelong work of becoming yourself, which he called individuation. Our lines come only from his writings published before 1931, in our own translations from the German or in English translations of the time.

Questions

What does "Everything the human spirit made began as an unconscious seed." mean?: Jung, unlike Freud, saw the unconscious as creative, not just a storage room for what we repress. Every invention and artwork started as something not yet known. Trust what is growing in you before you can name it.
Who said "Everything the human spirit made began as an unconscious seed."?: Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Weltanschauung' (1927).
What is the original wording?: All that the human spirit has ever created has come from contents which, in the last analysis, existed once as unconscious seeds (H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.
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"Everything the human spirit made began as an unconscious seed." (Carl Jung, Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Weltanschauung' (1927), trans. H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/everything-the-human-spirit-made-began-as-an