Day: January 16, 2026

At the centre of this enquiry sits the question of whether the individuation process is different for men and women. While the destination may be the same, the journey to get there, I believe, is different. As I dig deeper into this work, I realise that the female psyche has not been fully charted, and that Jung, that great mystic and mediator of the unconscious, for all his extraordinary insights had a somewhat problematic relationship with the feminine. As Jung himself acknowledged, “one understands nothing psychological unless one has experienced it oneself”.