Ego and Archetype

331 Pages·1992·29.56 MB·English

by  Edward Edinger

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Frontispiece
THE WORLD SOUL by Robert Fludd. The anima as personification of
the ego-Selfaxis transmits guidance and support to the ego from the
archetypal psyche. (Detail)
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IndividuatJn and the
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Ego and archetype: indivifuation and the religious function
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ISBN978-0-87773-576-2
1. Individuation (Psychol 2. Ego (Psychology)
3. Archetype (Psychologyl Psychoanalysis and
religion. 1. Title.
BF175.5.153 1991 90-53380
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CONTENTr
PART 1 / INDIVIDUATION AND THlESTAGES OF
1
DEVELOPMENT
3
The Inflated Ego
1. Egoand Self 3
2. Inflationand Original Wholeness 7
16
4. Hybris and Nemesis 26
The Alienated Ego 37
3. Adamand Prometheus p 37
2. Despair and Violence 42
3. Alienationand the ReligiousExperience 48
41.. TRheestiEtugtoio-SneolffAthxeisEagnod-Sthelef&ri:sYChiCLife Cycle 56
62
Encounter with the Self
1. The Roleofthe Collective 62
2. The Breakthrough 69
3. The BookofJob 76
4. The Individuated Ego 96
105
The Search forMeaning 107
1. The Function ofthe Symbol 107
2. The Concretistic and Reduc iveFallacies 110
3. The SymbolicLife 117
PART II / INDIVIDUATION ASAwt. YOF LIFE
Christ as Paradigm of the In ividuated Ego 131
1. The Acceptance of Separat ness 131
2. The Ethical Teaching 135
3. The Self-Oriented Ego 146
4. Man asthe Image ofGod 154
157
Being an Individual
157
21.. TThheeAMoPnraiodriaEnxdisttheencMeoonfothgylimEgeso 163
3. Unity and Multiplicity 172
The Trinity Archetype and tltl-e
Dialectic of Development 179
1. The Three and the Four 179
2. Transformation and Develooment 187
PART III / SYMBOLS OF THE GOAL 195
Metaphysics and the Unconsbious 197
1. Empirical Metaphysics 197
v
vi Contents
2. A Seriesof "Metaphysical" Dreams 199
3. Return tothe Beginning 205
4. The Transcendent Dimension 209
5. Completionofthe Opus 214
The Blood of Christ 225
1. Intraduction
225
2. The MeaningofElood 227
3. Christ and Dionysus 235
4. Extraction by Sacrifice 240
5. Attributes ofthe BloodofChrist 246
6. Relationsta Alchemy 251
7. ModernDreams 254
The Philosophers' Stone 260
1. Introduction and Text 260
2. Transformation and Revelation 265
3. The Fertility Principle 272
4. The UnionofOpposites 274
5. Ubiquity 281
6. Spiritual Food and the Tree ofLife 287
7. The Oneinthe AII 292
ILLUSTRA 'I1IONS
Page
ii
Frontispiece. THE WORLD SOUL by Robert Fludd.
Picture 1. Sequence of Gestalts. 9
Picture 2. Painting by aseven-year-old gir.. 10
17
19
PPiiccttuurree 43.. TPHAERAEDXISPEULASSIOANVOESFSEALDAfrMomANaDnEI~~EalibaynMmaanssuascccriiop.t.
28
Picture 5. THE FALL OF ICARUS by Pieter B[eughel. 30
Picture 7.WHEEL OF LIFE, Painting, Tibet. 35
Picture 8. HAGAR AND ISHMAEL IN THE DES RT by Gustave Dore. 45
PPiiccttuurree 69..IIXSRIOANELBITOEUSNDGATTOHTEHREINGWHMEAELN,NAAnftcoimentTVheaseHoPuarinstionfg.
Catherine of Cleves. 49
Picture 10. ELIJAH BEING FED BYTHE RAVE~B by Washington
Allston, Detail. 50
Picture 11.ST. ANTHONY ANDST. PAUL THElHERMIT BEING FED
BYARAVEN, Diirer. 53
ire 12.THE F
Byzantine manuscript. 57
71
Picture 13. JACOB'S DREAM by Gustave Do~e.
72
Picture 14. THE ANNUNCIATION by Botticelf.i. 73
74
PPiiccttuurree 1156..TPAHTEIEENCTS'STASDYRAOWFISNTG..THERESA bril,Bemini. 74
Picture 18. PIETA by Michelangelo. 75
Picture 19. ALCHEMICAL DRAWING. 75
PPiiccttuurree 1270.. DVIASRKIOETBIOELSOSOFbyTHMEyTroHnR,EEc-.F4O6O0T-·15D0SBU.NCW.,HREoEmL.an Copy. 76
77
PPiiccttuurree 2212.. TTHHEE CFIORNEVEORFSICOOND OHFASSTF.APLALEUNL, ~~RoOoMdcuHtEAV1E5N1.5. 79
82
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83
PPiiccttuurree 2245.. FYIARHEWREAHINFSRFIGRHOTMENHSEAJOVBENWIbTyH.N}brGeLcIhMtPSDEiiOreFr.HELL,
William Blake. 86
William Blake. 90
Picture 27. YAHWEH SHOWS JOB THE DEPT S (BEHEMOTH),
William Blake. 92
Picture 26. YAHWEH ANSWERS JOB OUT OFjHE WHIRLWIND,
97
Picture 28. JOB SACRIFICES TO YAHWEH, Wtlliam Blake.
Picture 29. ST. CHRISTOPHER CARRYING C~IST ASASPHERE.
99
Oil painting by the Master of Messkitch (?).
vii
viii Illustrations
Picture 30. THE ANGEL GABRIEL HANDS MARY A LETTER. The
Annunciation by Diirer. 123
Picture 31. ADOVE TRANSMITS THE DIVINE VOICE TO
ST. GREGORY THE GREAT. Ivory Panel, 9-10th Century. 124
Picture 32. THE GREAT ZIGGURAT OF UR, Reconstruction. 127
Picture 33. MAYAN PYRAMID. At the top isaTemple of the God. 128
Picture 34. CRUCIFIXlON WITHIN A FIELD OF FORCE.
Detail of altar piece. 139
Picture 35. CRUCIFIXlON ANDDISMEMBERMENT. Woodcut made in.
Rennes, France, c. 1830. 141
Picture 36. BAPTISM OF CHRIST, Leonardo de Vinei and Verrocchio. 147
Picture 37. SATAN TEMPTING CHRIST WITHIN A CIRCLE,
Rembrandt. 148
Picture 38. THE FLAGELLATION OF CHRIST, The Hours of Catherine
of Cleves. 151
Picture 39. THE LIVERPOOL MANDALA, C. G. Jung. 177
Picture 40. THE AWAKENING GIANT by Michelangelo. 203
Picture 41. LlON WITH RIS PAWS CUT OFF, Alchemical Drawing. 215
Picture 42. THE DISMEMBERED MAN, Alchemical Drawing. 217
Picture 43. BIRD IN SPACE, Brancusi. 222
Picture 44. THE CHALICE OF ANTIOCH. 236
Picture 45. CHRlST ASA CLUSTER OF GRAPES. 237
Picture 46. CHRIST CHUSHED ASAGRAPE. 240
Picture 47. AZTEC SUN GODFEEDING ON HUMAN BLOOD. 241
Picture 48. CHRIST'S BLOOD SAVING SOULS FROM PURGATORY. 247
Picture 49. BIRD WRITING WITH THE BLOOD OF CHRlST, Painting
of apatient. 255
Picture 50. HEART ON THE CROSS, Patient's Drawing. 257
Picture 51. THE ULTIMATE GOAL ASA MANDALA. 266
Picture 52. THE BOLLINGEN STONE. 271
Picture 53. THE MIRACULOUS GROWTH OF WHEAT, Tres Riche
Heures de Jean, Duc de Berry. 213
Picture 54. THE REGENERATIVE SYMBOL OE THE HALOA FESTIVAL,
from a Greek vase. 275
Picture 55. THE SUN-MOON HERMAPHRODITE. 276
Picture 56. UNlON OF SUN AND MOON-SULPHUR AND MERCURlUS. 276
Picture 57. VIRGIN TAMING AUNICORN. 280
Picture 58. THE CRUCIFIED SERPENT. 282
Picture 59. UBIQUITY OF THE STONE. 283
Picture 60. THE EYE OF GOD. 285
Picture 61. THE ALCHEMICAL TREE. 289
Picture 62. CHRIST THE SAVIOUR IN THE TREE OF LIFE. 291
Picture 63. THE END OF THE WORK. 296