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| §263 "Repression, as we have seen, is not directed solely against sexuality, but against the instincts in general, which are the vital foundations, the laws governing all life." <fc green>Cf. [[aker:collected_works:cw8|CW8 - Nature of the Psyche]] </fc> "The regression caused by repressing the instincts always leads back to the psychic past, and consequently to the phase of childhood where the decisive factors appear to be, and sometimes actually are, the parents." <fc green>Cf. §199, §92 & §134</fc> | §263 "Repression, as we have seen, is not directed solely against sexuality, but against the instincts in general, which are the vital foundations, the laws governing all life." <fc green>Cf. [[aker:collected_works:cw8|CW8 - Nature of the Psyche]] </fc> "The regression caused by repressing the instincts always leads back to the psychic past, and consequently to the phase of childhood where the decisive factors appear to be, and sometimes actually are, the parents." <fc green>Cf. §199, §92 & §134</fc> |
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| §264 "If the regression goes still further back, beyond the phase of childhood to the preconscious, prenatal phase, then archetypal images appear, no longer connected with the individual's memories, but belonging to the stock of inherited //possibilities of representation// that are born anew in every individual." <fc green>We are all born with the same - 'born anew' - blueprint of archetypal content. However, has this content evolved, developed, been contributed to...it isn't clear here. Although in the previous paragraphs, Cf. §259, it would seem it has developed over time, from the first human. So then, the collective unconscious must be something that we all contribute to over time in some way if we can venture there and in some way dialogue with it. Most people do not though.</fc>\\ <fc green>This is just interesting and noteworthy: </fc>\\ "It frequently happens that if the attitude towards the parents is too affectionate and too dependent, it is compensated in dreams by frightening animals, who represent the parents just as much as the helpful animals did."\\ <fc green>Jung makes some very interesting comments here about Oedipus and his impression / confrontation with the devouring mother in the form of the Sphinx - if we recall that the person who could confront and solve the riddle of the Sphinx won for them the hand of the Queen, Jocasta, his mother. </fc> "This had all those tragic consequences which could easily have been avoided if only Oedipus had been sufficiently intimidated by the friightening appearance of the "terrible" or "devouring" Mother whom the Sphinx personified." <fc green>I find this very interesting, especially Jung's view and focus - in this paragraph at least - on the Sphinx and the riddle as the antecedent to all these troubles. Well, not exactly, but certainly as a key in Oedipus' journey.</fc> "Little did he <fc green>(Oedipus)</fc> know that the riddle of the Sphinx can never be solved merely by the wit of man." | §264 "If the regression goes still further back, beyond the phase of childhood to the preconscious, prenatal phase, then archetypal images appear, no longer connected with the individual's memories, but belonging to the stock of inherited //possibilities of representation// that are born anew in every individual." <fc green>We are all born with the same - 'born anew' - blueprint of archetypal content. However, has this content evolved, developed, been contributed to...it isn't clear here. Although in the previous paragraphs, Cf. §259, it would seem it has developed over time, from the first human. So then, the collective unconscious must be something that we all contribute to over time in some way if we can venture there and in some way dialogue with it. Most people do not though.</fc>\\ <fc green>This is just interesting and noteworthy: </fc>\\ "It frequently happens that if the attitude towards the parents is too affectionate and too dependent, it is compensated in dreams by frightening animals, who represent the parents just as much as the helpful animals did."\\ <fc green>Jung makes some very interesting comments here about Oedipus and his impression / confrontation with the devouring mother in the form of the Sphinx - if we recall that the person who could confront and solve the riddle of the Sphinx won for them the hand of the Queen, Jocasta, his mother. </fc> "This had all those tragic consequences which could easily have been avoided if only Oedipus had been sufficiently intimidated by the frightening appearance of the "terrible" or "devouring" Mother whom the Sphinx personified." <fc green>I find this very interesting, especially Jung's view and focus - in this paragraph at least - on the Sphinx and the riddle as the antecedent to all these troubles. Well, not exactly, but certainly as a key in Oedipus' journey.</fc> "Little did he <fc green>(Oedipus)</fc> know that the riddle of the Sphinx can never be solved merely by the wit of man." |
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| [[wp>Echidna (mythology)|Echidna]] : In Greek mythology, Echidna (Greek: Ἔχιδνα, ekhis, ἔχις, meaning "she viper") was half woman half snake, known as the "Mother of All Monsters" because most of the monsters in Greek myth were mothered by her. | [[wp>Echidna (mythology)|Echidna]] : In Greek mythology, Echidna (Greek: Ἔχιδνα, ekhis, ἔχις, meaning "she viper") was half woman half snake, known as the "Mother of All Monsters" because most of the monsters in Greek myth were mothered by her. |