Carl Jung was a well-known and influential psychologist of the 20th century. He founded many psychological ideas such as extroverted and introverted personalities, archetypes and the collective unconscious. Jung's primary focus in his studies was psychology, but he also incorporated other subjects such as religion, mythology, and alchemy. He developed a quick interest in alchemy late in life, after dreaming of a library of archaic books. He ended up having a library like this as his own. After intensive research, Carl Jung adapted the idea that alchemy was a metaphor for psychological processes rather than a true alchemical experience. Some of the ideas he developed included the idea that the contents of the alchemists' psyches were unconsciously projected onto the materials. Jung was able to align alchemical symbols with his theories in psychology, creating deeper ideas. He also believed that alchemical language, used during experiments or later to describe them, was an expression of psychological processes. The formulation of his own perspective on the ideas of alchemy was a turning point in Carl Jung's career, leading to a substantial change in his approach to psychology to the extent that he was able to associate alchemical symbols with his theory of individuation. Carl Jung was born in 1875 in the country of Switzerland and later died in 1961. He was a very influential psychologist who founded the habits of analytical psychology in response to Freud's psychoanalytic theory. He made many discoveries and research that still affect psychology today. As a child, Jung spent most of his time alone and therefore had a rather disappointing childhood. He felt happiest in middle of paper. One of Carl Jung's ideas about alchemy related to psychology is the belief that, during experiments, the alchemists' psyches were unconsciously projected onto the materials and result of the experiment. He says that alchemists would unconsciously put their own thoughts and psyche into their experiments, making them believe they are experimenting chemically, but their own unconscious is seen instead. In Jung's mind, the true nature of the question was truly unknown to the alchemists; they only knew clues to what might happen. They seek to explore it and are meant to put their unconscious in the dark to shed more light on the alchemical experience. In reality, their own psychic background is projected and this is what is explained in the encounters. Overall, Carl Jung's exploration of alchemy only made his theories stronger and more effective..