ABSTRACT

One of the most intricate topics that are still open in connection to a Swiss psychologist

Carl Gustav Jung is religion and related issues: What is the relation between religion and

psychology? What is Jung’s personal stance? Did Jung reject religion as a relict of primi-

tive way of thinking or did he try to replace religion with psychology? Some speculations

drawing primarily from Jung’s imagery and symbolism revealed in Liber Novus put forward

the claim that he even aspired to found a new religion. This paper will attempt to square

Jung’s attitude to religion, mainly Christianity. I will point out the main ideas of his psychol-

ogy of religion. I will follow the evolution of p