In the uroboric situation, however, the ego is still germinal and consciousness In these circumstances, when consciousness is insufficiently differentiated from the unconscious, and the ego from the the group member finds himself as much at the mercy of group reactions as of unconscious constellations. The fact that he is preconscious and preindividual leads him…
In our dreams we inhabit an interior world without being aware that we do so When we plunge back into the world of dreams, our ego and our consciousness, being late products of human development, are broken down again. In our dreams we inhabit an interior world without being aware that we do so, for…
Unconscious contents have, as complexes, a tendency, to assert themselves. Although consciousness is a product of the unconscious, it is a product of a very special sort, All unconscious contents have, as complexes, a specific tendency, a striving to assert themselves. Like living organisms, they devour other complexes and enrich themselves with their libido. We…
The one thing she seems to aim at is Individuality; yet she cares nothing for individuals? Among primitives, and wherever the conditions are primitive, the conflict between individual consciousness and the collective tendencies of the unconscious is resolved in favor of the collective and at the cost of the individual. Often the instinctive reactions bear…
The Great Mother is uroboric: terrible and devouring, beneficent and creative Let us take as an example the archetype of the Great Mother. It combines a bewildering variety of contradictory aspects. If we regard these aspects as qualities of the Great Mother and list them as qualities of the archetype, that is itself the result…