JUNG'S DEFINITION OF HALLUCINATIONS

In 1907 the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) defined hallucinations as follows: "Hallucinationis simply the outward projection of Psychic elements."

Jung, C.G. (1907).The psychology ofdementiapraecox.In:C.G. Jung. The collected works. Volume three. The psychogenesis of mental disease. (1977). Translated by Hull, R.F.C. Edited by Read, H., Fordham, M., Adler, G. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.