Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido. A Contribution to the History of the Evolution of ThoughtJung, C. G. (Carl Gustav)
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Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido. A Contribution to the History of the Evolution of Thought
Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav)
Libido (Psychology); Mother and child; Psychoanalysis; Subconsciousness; Symbolism (Psychology)
The cause of introversion—The forward and backward flow of
the libido—The abnormal third—The conflict rooted in the
incest problem—The “terrible mother”—Miss Miller’s
introversion—An internal conflict—Its product of hypnagogic
vision and poem—The uniformity of the unconscious in all
men—The unconscious the object of a true psychology—The
individual tendency with its production of the hero cult—The
love for the hero or god a love for the unconscious—A
turning back to the mother of humanity—Such regressions act
favorably within limits—Miss Miller’s mention of the
Sphinx—Theriomorphic representations of the libido—Their
tendency to represent father and mother—The Sphinx
represents the fear of the mother—Miss Miller’s mention of
the Aztec—Analysis of this figure—The significance of the
hand symbolically—The Aztec a substitute for the Sphinx—The
name Chi-wan-to-pel—The connection of the anal region with
veneration—Chiwantopel and Ahasver, the Wandering Jew—The
parallel with Chidher—Heroes generating themselves through
their own mothers—Analogy with the Sun—Setting and rising
sun: Mithra and Helios, Christ and Peter, Dhulqarnein and
Chidher—The fish symbol—The two Dadophores: the two
thieves—The mortal and immortal parts of man—The Trinity
taken from phallic symbolism—Comparison of libido with
phallus—Analysis of libido symbolism always leads back to
the mother incest—The hero myth the myth of our own
suffering unconscious—Faust.
V.— SYMBOLISM OF THE MOTHER AND OF REBIRTH 233
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