Guest guest Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Carl G. Jung in his "Man and his Symbols" page 162 states the following regarding the ego in a psychological aspect, "It seems as if the ego has not been produced by nature to follow its own arbitrary impulses to an unlimited extent, but to help to make real the totality -the whole psyche. It is the ego that serves to light up the entire system, allowing it to become conscious and thus to be realized. If for example, I have an artistic talent of which my ego is not conscious, nothing will happen to it. The gift may as well be none existent. Only if my ego notices it can I bring it into reality. The inborn but hidden totality of the psyche is not the same thing as a wholeness that is fully realized and lived." Julius Evola in his "Hermetic Tradition" states the following on the ego in an alchemystical aspect. "It is in the richness of the scum, ashes, dregs, and other residue of the earth, where in reality the "titan" hides. It is there in that the "Diadem of the King" and the true gold of the philosophers is found." " Here again, by act of awakening and being awakened at the same time(the deep powers produce a transfiguration of the principle that has awakened them, in which, in the final analysis, they will participate), the mineral body, so to speak, returns the ego to the consciousness of its primordial and absolute act, of which the body expresses petrification, the neutralized state, sleep, and the mute state of slavery. The silver then is transmuted to Gold, not only as life and "light" (since spirit and body now form a single thing), but also as pure ego . Regards, Steve Kalec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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