Enlightenment and Individuation: Syncretism, Synchronicity and Beyond

This paper opens with a personal introduction to the topic of syncretism within the context of a comparison of enlightenment associated with Eastern religious traditions and individuation as experienced through Jungian analysis. A brief exploration of the recent scholarly revival of interest in sync...

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Published in:	Journal of analytical psychology Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 53 - 72
Main Author:	Cambray, Joe
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2019
Subjects:	colectivo collective pre‐conscious Connectedness Culture das angrenzende Mögliche el adyacente posible Enlightenment Identity formation Innovations kollektives Vorbewußtes le possible adjacent Light possibile adiacente preconsciente pre‐conscio collettivo préconscient collectif Religious traditions sincretismo sincronicidad sincronicità synchronicity synchronicité Synchronizität Syncretism syncrétisme Synkretismus the adjacent possible Traditions Trends коллективное пред‐сознательное синкретизм синхрония смежные возможности 共时性相邻可能融合集体前意识 synchronicity collective pre-conscious syncretism the adjacent possible sincronicidad Synchronizität le possible adjacent preconsciente Synkretismus syncrétisme sincretismo 融合集体前意识相邻可能 synchronicité el adyacente posible смежные возможности pre-conscio collettivo 共时性 коллективное пред-сознательное синхрония préconscient collectif kollektives Vorbewußtes sincronicità colectivo das angrenzende Mögliche possibile adiacente синкретизм
ISSN:	0021-8774, 1468-5922, 1468-5922
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Summary:	This paper opens with a personal introduction to the topic of syncretism within the context of a comparison of enlightenment associated with Eastern religious traditions and individuation as experienced through Jungian analysis. A brief exploration of the recent scholarly revival of interest in syncretism follows. Some close parallels with Jungian theory are highlighted, especially in the work of Timothy Light. Applications to the syncretic trends in Tang culture along the Silk Road(s) suggest deeper patterns of interconnectedness lie at the heart of these trends. A complex systems view highlights similarities between syncretic connections and non-local aspects of synchronistic field events. The final section attempts to extend this approach to innovation in general terms through the recently articulated concept of the ‘adjacent possible’ from the writing of Stuart Kauffman. From this, the notion of a collective pre-conscious dimension to the psyche is extrapolated. The unifying thread of acausal emergent forms provides a potential synthetic network for these phenomena.
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ISSN:	0021-8774 1468-5922 1468-5922
DOI:	10.1111/1468-5922.12467