Conscience, Superego & God | Berlin Psychoanalytic in conversation with Donald Carveth
In a series of conversations with psychoanalysts, we hope to further our mission of making psychoanalytic education and thought available to everyone. Support our mission on Patreon: bit.ly/3fADlr7
First out is a talk between Toronto-based Dr. Donald Carveth and Berlin Psychoanalytic's Jakob Lusenky. We discuss how to differentiate one's conscience from the sadistic superego, reparative versus persecutory guilt, the tragic foundation of psychoanalysis, and in what way Jesus was the first psychoanalyst.
The podcast version will be made available on: spoti.fi/3FrZt1y
Donald Carveth's website: www.doncarveth.com/
Contents of this video
00:00 Introduction
00:45 Don's conversion from Jung to Freud
06:10 What lead Don to become a psychoanalyst
16:21 The reaction to Don's spirituality in the field of psychoanalysis
20:48 His book "The still small voice". Differentiating different forms of guilt.
27:55 Why he wrote the book
33:03 Superego vs. Conscious, Law vs. Gospel
35:08 How to differentiate conscience from superego
40:20 Jungians use of the concept of the self as linked to conscience
44:38 The tragic/existential position of psychoanalysts
versus the romantic
51:59 Psychoanalysis is spirituality
1:04:34 The advance of civilization has to do with the fall of man and why our sinfulness is important to recognize
1:09:30 Patient example, splitting and totalizing "the bad"
#psychoanalysis #superego #psychology
About Donald L Carveth:
Donald L Carveth, PhD, RP, FIPA is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Social & Political Thought at York University in Toronto. He is a training and supervising analyst in the Canadian Institute of Psychoanalysis, past Director of the Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis, and past Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Psychoanalysis/Revue Canadienne de Psychanalyse.
About Jakob Lusensky:
Jakob Lusensky is a Jungian psychoanalyst with a private practice in Berlin. You can find more of his podcast on Spotify. 'Psychology & The Cross' & 'Secular Christ with Sean McGrath'.
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I was surprised and delighted to hear about Prof Carveth talking about his faith. I was smiling with recognition as he talked about a Christian beginning followed by an enthusiastic atheism and a return to faith. Very recognisable and great to identify with him in this journey. Thank you. His view on Freud as someone who saw animal-like destructiveness in the heart of the human condition is surprising but seems accurate. His notion of Conscience as ethical reminds me CS Lewis talking about evidence of God as innate to the human condition.
A wonderful exchange! I really enjoy Donald Carveth's passion and interest! 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
The law has to be subordinated to the conscience. (Jews will violate the sabbath to save a life.) Every bureaucrat should take this to heart! Thank you, Don! Irene
16' in now and I'm so thrilled and thankful for this interview!
He is wonderful. I followed a similar trail and he's evaluating my steps.
This was truly enlightening. Thank you for this, all the way from Brazil! Obrigada!
@tiigrim
2 жыл бұрын
Oi, Tess. Interessante ver uma brasileira, aqui, nos confins da Psicanálise.
Wow just the introduction and I love it already!
Great conversation thank you very much.
@BerlinPsychoanalytic
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
My two favorite psychoanalysis channels United, thank you❤️❤️
@BerlinPsychoanalytic
2 жыл бұрын
🤗
Fantastic and thank you.
@BerlinPsychoanalytic
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great interview, thank you
I do believe that Dr. Carveth has not come to terms with the realities of the death instinct.
@corvinrick3644
2 жыл бұрын
yes, would have loved a little elaboration on why the Thanatos is "non-sense"
@kirstinstrand6292
2 жыл бұрын
I'm not high on the Death Instinct, either. I cried at age 11 when I realized that eventually my parents would die. However, I was not smart enough to understand that one day, I too, will die. I asked my mother in her late nineties how she felt about Death; she said she rarely thinks of it. Nor have I, in my past, although I wondered about death. I was with my mother who passed at age 107. Her last breath came when her heart came into sync with the rhythm of my heart. If I feared death, I do not fear death now. Mom hovered around me for a short period of time , then disappeared until my birthday following 7 months after her passing/crossing. At that point we communicated telepathically. She said that she didn't know (that she harmed me. How could she know anything? She was a Delusional Christian who was frozen out of her emotions and feelings. She could not LOVE humans, only Jesus Christ. How do I feel about these strange tales I share here? It's all very perplexing and mysterious to me. I only try to make sense of it as best I can; ; I simply accept these experiences as a part of my reality.
“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner”
Was the snake in Genesis the superego (the devil) tempting Eve to go against her conscience?
Its so weird to hear him go on for about 30 minutes about how the Superego is sadistic and cruel - which is the central tenant of gnostic teachings, only by the name archon rather than superego - then turn around and say in all earnest that gnosticism is heresy.
Sin? is more realistically poor decision making. In healthy individuals, conscience brings us back to goodness, in my view. We are split between our Unconscious selves and our Conscious identities. Sin (?) disappears when our Unconscious self becomes known. Dream analysis shows us the path to Wholeness, while embracing both good and poor decision making; some prefer the term evil. Religion, as in Christianity complicates one's Soul. I believe God is within, because if there is a God, He would want mankind to use the minds he gave us, to solve our own problems, and to take responsibility for our lives. He did not create humanity for us to worship him, nor for him to save us. Pray to yourself for good judgement instead of praying to him for forgiveness. Some people ARE evil, but I believe this is a genetic irregularity. This line of thinking came to me following a rare dream...literally a Shift. At first I thought that the dream was the dream of someone I knew. After reflecting on this possibility I realized that since I dreamed the dream, it had to be mine. I did report this event to my second Analyst, which is how he thought of himself. (therefore, there should be a record of this happening.)