‘Who is My Jung?’ The Progressive, though Sometimes Ambivalent, Expansion of Jung's Idea of the Collective Unconscious: From an ‘Unconscious Humanity’ to - in all But Name - the Soul of the World

This paper discusses Jung's idea of myth as a projection of the collective unconscious, suggesting that the term ‘projection’ separates human beings from nature, withdrawing nature's life into humanity. Jung's discovery of a realm independent of consciousness - in conversations with h...

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Published in:	Journal of analytical psychology Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 322 - 335
Main Author:	Cashford, Jules
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2018
Subjects:	alma del mundo Ambivalence anima del mondo anima mundi collective unconscious Consciousness Conversation Dialogue inconscient collectif inconsciente colectivo inconscio collettivo kollektives Unbewußtes Mercure Mercurio Mercurius Merkur mito myth mythe Mythos Natur natura naturaleza nature proiezione projection Projektion proyección Unconsciousness Weltseele world‐soul âme du monde коллективное бессознательное Меркурий мировая душе миф природа проекция 世界灵魂投射神话自然阿尼玛之地集体无意识 myth nature world-soul Mercurius projection anima mundi collective unconscious proyección proiezione 投射阿尼玛之地 мировая душе inconscient collectif 集体无意识 Mercure природа naturaleza alma del mundo миф 自然 âme du monde коллективное бессознательное Mythos Projektion natura inconsciente colectivo mito Меркурий 世界灵魂 Merkur Natur Mercurio 神话 проекция kollektives Unbewußtes Weltseele anima del mondo inconscio collettivo mythe
ISSN:	0021-8774, 1468-5922, 1468-5922
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Summary:	This paper discusses Jung's idea of myth as a projection of the collective unconscious, suggesting that the term ‘projection’ separates human beings from nature, withdrawing nature's life into humanity. Jung's discovery of a realm independent of consciousness - in conversations with his soul in The Red Book, and in synchronicity, began a dialogue which finally brought him, through the Alchemical Mercurius, closer to the idea of a world-soul.
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ISSN:	0021-8774 1468-5922 1468-5922
DOI:	10.1111/1468-5922.12413