You discuss Jung's vision of the giant turd shattering the Basel cathedral. In my view, it needn't be interpreted as the shattering of Christianity as a whole. After all, the Basel Minster is an important monument of the Swiss Reformed church. It represents a faith that has been accused of being overly rationalistic. (It is "refuted" in several videos on YouTube.) Luther did not approve of Zwingli's ideas, which led to a dispute between them, and he refused an alliance between the two churches.
I think Jung overinterpreted this fantasy of his. It probably only meant that the faith of the church didn't suit him in this stage of life, and for the time being he had to overcome the neurotic split. He had an urge to break free and go his own way. It didn't rule out that he someday would return to Christianity. Later in life he always beats around the bush.
Overinterpretation is a problem in Jungian psychology. A dream or a fantasy generally refers to the present situation and mustn't be understood as laying out the map for the rest of life. The fantasy only represents an attempt of solution to the neurotic problem at this particular time. It is not a theological statement against Christianity.
You discuss Jung's vision of the giant turd shattering the Basel cathedral. In my view, it needn't be interpreted as the shattering of Christianity as a whole. After all, the Basel Minster is an important monument of the Swiss Reformed church. It represents a faith that has been accused of being overly rationalistic. (It is "refuted" in several videos on YouTube.) Luther did not approve of Zwingli's ideas, which led to a dispute between them, and he refused an alliance between the two churches.
I think Jung overinterpreted this fantasy of his. It probably only meant that the faith of the church didn't suit him in this stage of life, and for the time being he had to overcome the neurotic split. He had an urge to break free and go his own way. It didn't rule out that he someday would return to Christianity. Later in life he always beats around the bush.
Overinterpretation is a problem in Jungian psychology. A dream or a fantasy generally refers to the present situation and mustn't be understood as laying out the map for the rest of life. The fantasy only represents an attempt of solution to the neurotic problem at this particular time. It is not a theological statement against Christianity.