Charles Manson: Not What I Call A Good Man

Charles Manson is not what I or most people would call “a good man”. He was the leader of a group they called his family. He convinced his family that he was the christ and everything he said was considered right and should be executed without questions. He did this so called brainwashing by giving members of his family pills LSD pills. He had his family members kill many people and tried to blame it on the blacks. Manson was trying to start a major war between the whites and the blacks. Charles called this war, Helter Skelter. He would take his family to the desert and hide when Helter Skelter started and stayed in the desert until it was done. When the blacks won he would come out from the desert and rule the world. Charles Manson, even though he is a psycho path, is also a genius. It takes skill with words and logic to convince a group of people that you are the christ and that they should kill for you. Freud would have loved to study Charles Manson. Freud deals with unconsciousness, id, ego, superego, dreams, defense mechanisms, sexual desires/thoughts/urges and more. Charles Manson’s id, ego, and superego would have to combine and work as one machine so he
Jung is known for unconscious unacceptable and acceptable thoughts, word association, introvert/extrovert, symbols, and individuation. If I would have to make a prediction, I would guess that Jung would want to show Manson some ink blobs and record what Manson sees in those blobs. Jung would also focus on Manson’s word choice and how he talked, not only with his mouth but with his gestures and eye contact. Manson’s speaking skills were his most effective weapon when it came into reeling people into joining the family or getting a family member to do something for him. Also he used these skills to intimidate others. Jung would also like to look at Manson’s life story and see if there was something in his past that caused him to act the way he