XPost: alt.psychology.jung, alt.consciousness.mysticism, alt.pagan   
   From: mlwi@swipnet.se   
      
   "Animism and the archetypal nature of the unconscious"   
      
   Abstract: The concept of the archetype in modern psychology is   
   inherited from animistic mythological thinking, which is still part   
   and parcel of our unconscious psychology. Platonism and Jungian   
   psychology are indebted to animism. The unconscious constantly   
   produces animistic motives. This explains the great success of the   
   archetypal notion in understanding the unconscious. The archetypal   
   notion is justified regardless of the nature of the archetype, and its   
   ontology is therefore not an urgent issue. The archetype is an   
   expression of the animistic economy of the unconscious. The Platonic   
   paradigm can trigger an animistic regression, exemplified by naive New   
   Age notions. The trinitarian tradition of mysticism presents a way out   
   for gone astray Jungians and New Agers. The path known as 'via   
   negativa', which involves withdrawal and gearing down, provides the   
   necessary complement that makes individuation complete.   
      
   Keywords: archetype, ontology, animism, individuation, Plato, Carl   
   Jung, contemplation.   
      
   Read the article here:   
   http://home7.swipnet.se/~w-73784/animism.htm   
      
   Mats Winther   
      
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