Free the self from the false wrappings of the mask.
Carl Jung, Two Essays (1928), II, Part II, ch. I 'The Function of the Unconscious'
Free the self from the false wrappings of the mask.
Carl Jung, Two Essays (1928), II, Part II, ch. I 'The Function of the Unconscious'
What it means
Two things hide the real self: the social mask on the outside and the pull of fantasies and moods from the inside. Becoming yourself means getting free of both. Neither the role nor the daydream is you.
The source
"Free the self from the false wrappings of the mask." Carl Jung said it in Two Essays (1928), II, Part II, ch. I 'The Function of the Unconscious'. Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.
"Fundamentally the aim of individuation is to free the self from the false wrappings of the persona on the one hand, and from the suggestive power of the unconscious images on the other."H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928, Two Essays (1928), II, Part II, ch. I 'The Function of the Unconscious'. 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 "Free the self from the false wrappings of the mask." mean?
- Two things hide the real self: the social mask on the outside and the pull of fantasies and moods from the inside. Becoming yourself means getting free of both. Neither the role nor the daydream is you.
- Who said "Free the self from the false wrappings of the mask."?
- Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Two Essays (1928), II, Part II, ch. I 'The Function of the Unconscious'.
- What is the original wording?
- Fundamentally the aim of individuation is to free the self from the false wrappings of the persona on the one hand, and from the suggestive power of the unconscious images on the other (H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.
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"Free the self from the false wrappings of the mask." (Carl Jung, Two Essays (1928), II, Part II, ch. I 'The Function of the Unconscious', trans. H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/free-the-self-from-the-false-wrappings-of
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More from Carl Jung
- Your worst enemy lives inside your own chest.Two Essays (1928), I, ch. III 'The Other Point of View: The Will to Power'
- Only what is truly yourself has the power to heal.Two Essays (1928), II, Part I, ch. IV 'The Attempt to Free the Individuality from the Collective Psyche'
- Trade yourself for a mask and you will pay for it.Two Essays (1928), II, Part II, ch. II 'Anima and Animus'
- You and your job are two different things.Two Essays (1928), II, Part II, ch. II 'Anima and Animus'
- The persona is only a mask. At bottom, it is not real.Two Essays (1928), II, Part I, ch. III 'The Persona as a Part of the Collective Psyche'
- Some people come to believe they are their public face.Two Essays (1928), II, Part II, ch. II 'Anima and Animus'