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Book · 1959 · Dreams

Flying Saucers

A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies

by Carl Gustav Jung · Brought up by 2 people on 2 podcasts

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Yeah I Tried reading his book on flying saucers oh really yeah what is uh Carl Young's book on flying saucers called but he had this concept about flying saucers he thinks they're they're constructs of the mind but not necessarily that they're not real.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Jul 2024 Listen at 1:01:34

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The reason why is because this was a forgotten event because again it just got mixed in with all the others. Um, it was a forgotten event in history largely that was plucked out of obscurity to be used as an example in a book about flying saucers or actually the mythology we create around things like flying saucers by.
Josh Clark Stuff You Should Know · Aug 2025

Why people recommend it

Flying Saucers by Carl Gustav Jung explores the mythology and psychic aspects surrounding modern unidentified flying object sightings. On an episode of Stuff You Should Know titled Short Stuff: 1561 Celestial Event, Josh Clark brought up Carl Jung's book on flying saucers to explain how a historical Nuremberg phenomenon was plucked out of obscurity and rediscovered in modern times. Clark noted that the event had been forgotten and mixed in with other historical occurrences until it was utilized as an illustrative example within a text examining the myths people construct around unusual phenomena. Additionally, the book was discussed on The Joe Rogan Experience by Joe Rogan and Jimmy Dore. Rogan mentioned attempting to read the work and highlighted the author's specific perspective regarding flying saucers, noting that Jung viewed these objects as constructs of the mind while still acknowledging their perceived reality within the framework of a modern myth of things seen in the sky.

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Joe Rogan yeah I Tried reading his book on flying saucers oh really yeah what is uh Carl Young's book on flying sauce… 1
Discussed
“yeah I Tried reading his book on flying saucers oh really yeah what is uh Carl Young's book on flying saucers called but he had this concept about flying saucers he thinks they're they're constructs of the mind but not necessarily that they're not real”
Discussed
“I Tried reading his book on flying saucers oh really yeah what is uh Carl Young's book on flying saucers called ... a modern myth of things seen in the sky”
Josh Clark The reason why is because this was a forgotten event because again it just got mixed in with all the others… 1
Discussed
“The reason why is because this was a forgotten event because again it just got mixed in with all the others. Um, it was a forgotten event in history largely that was plucked out of obscurity to be used as an example in a book about flying saucers or actually the mythology we create around things like flying saucers by”

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