It was during this trip that Jung first began separating psychologically from Freud, his mentor, which occurred after intense communications around their individual dreams. It was during this visit that Jung was introduced to the elder philosopher and psychologist William James, known as the "Father of American psychology," whose ideas Jung would incorporate into his own work. Jung connected with James around their mutual interests in mysticism, spiritualism and psychical phenomena. James wrote to a friend after the conference stating Jung "left a favorable impression," while "his views of Freud were mixed."Harris, MD, James C. Clark University Vicennial Conference on Psychology and Pedagogy. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010;67(3):218-219. James died about eleven months later.
It was during this trip that Jung first began separating psychologically from Freud his mentor which occurred after intense communications around their individual dreams It was during this visit that Jung was introduced to the elder philosopher and psychologist William James known as the "Father of American psychology" whose ideas Jung would incorporate into his own work Jung connected with James around their mutual interests in mysticism spiritualism and psychical phenomena James wrote to a friend after the conference stating Jung "left a favorable impression" while "his views of Freud were mixed"Harris MD James C Clark University Vicennial Conference on Psychology and Pedagogy Arch Gen Psychiatry 2010;67(3)218-219 James died about eleven months later