LibraryThing and the Collective Unconsious


The internet is a bit like the Collective Unconscious. What if it came to life as some kind of intelligent being? Perhaps Google is working on it; I wouldn't be surprise.

The Web certainly helps link us to one another, a more conscious collective unconscious.

An interesting site for folks interested in Jungian books is http://www.librarything.com. There are about 500,000 people in the community who list their books, provide reviews, make recommends.
When you put it all together you get some interesting statistics:
http://www.librarything.com/zeitgeist.

This is a list of the most listed books

1984 (22,732),
The Great Gatsby (18,535),
The Kite Runner (17,280),
Jane Eyre (16,620),
Animal Farm (15,179),
Angels & Demons (15,108),
Life of Pi (14,996), Brave New World (14,808),

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Do you think Harry Potter is influencing the collective?
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One can also get an idea of the most popular books of Carl Jung:

Man and His Symbols 1425 copies, 4 reviews
Memories, Dreams, Reflections 934 copies, 7 reviews
The Portable Jung 488 copies, 1 review
The Undiscovered Self 370 copies, 2 reviews
Modern Man in Search of a Soul

or Marie Louise Von Franz:




On LibraryThing, you can find other Jungians by seeing who lists Jungian books, or add Jungiana to the weight of the LibraryThing collective unconscious.
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