The Persona - The Mask That Conceals Your True Self

The persona is one of Carl Jung's most well-known concepts, representing the social mask that we put on. We all embody different masks in different settings, as it is our way to adapt to the demands of society, playing an important part in shaping our social role and in how we deal with other people. But, it also has its dangers.

We will be discussing the dangers of concealing our true self. We may use the persona to help us conceal our vulnerabilities and other parts that we do not want to reveal about ourselves, or we may excessively identify with the persona.

The persona prevents us from what Jung considered the most important task in our lives, the process of individuation, bringing one closer to the Self.

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📚 Recommended Reading

▶ Man and His Symbols (1964)
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▶ Modern Man In Search of a Soul (1933)
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▶ Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1961)
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▶ Two Essays on Analytical Psychology - C.W. Vol.7 (1967)
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📚 Further Reading Material

▶ The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious - C.W. Vol.9 Part 1 (1969)
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▶ Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self - C.W. Vol.9 Part 2 (1969)
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▶ Symbols of Transformation - C.W. Vol.5 (1967)
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▶ Psychological Types - C.W. Vol.6 (1971)
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▶ The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche - C.W. Vol.8 (1969)
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▶ Psychology and Religion: West and East - C.W. Vol.11 (1970)
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▶ Psychology & Alchemy - C.W. Vol.12 (1968)
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▶ Mysterium Coniunctionis - C.W. Vol.14 (1970)
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▶ The Red Book (2009)
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⌛ Timestamps

0:00 Introduction: The Persona
1:23 Stages of the Persona
3:16 Being Unconscious of The Persona
4:57 Excessive Identification with The Persona
6:02 The Persona and The Self (Individuation)
7:10 The Persona and Bad Faith
9:10 The Persona and The Collective Unconscious

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📝 Sources

- Carl Jung, C.W. Vol. 7: Two Essays on Analytical Psychology
- Carl Jung, C.W. Vol 9. Part I: Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_(psychology)
- Living Archetypes: The selected works of Anthony Stevens
- Craig, R. P. (1994). The face we put on: Carl Jung for teachers. The clearing house, 67(4), 189-191.
- Taneja, N. Disintegration of Persona and Attainment of Self in Krishna in RK Narayan's “The English Teacher”: A Psychoanalytical Study in Relation to Carl Jung's Theory of Analytical Psychology.

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