Re: The unconscious godhead and the ontology of the archetype

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This is really Jung's godhead, I believe, although he did not want to emphasize

it, because it would make him look unscientific. In speaking of God, who vastly

surpasses " me " , the ego is deflated. What adds to the mental illness of today's

collective is the inflationary consequences of a lost relation to God. This is a

deity that is " closer " than its complementary, namely the trinitarian deity. It

makes more rational sense, and would better suit modern people. Is it an

alternative theological model of God, or is it the complement of the

transcendent deity? I don't know. But this unconscious God seems to correspond

to the " worldly self of completeness " in my complementarian model of the self:

http://home7.swipnet.se/~w-73784/compself.htm

Mats Winther

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> I have updated my article " The animistic archetypal nature of the unconscious "

> http://home7.swipnet.se/~w-73784/animism.htm

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> It concerns the problem of the ontology of the archetype. The article proposes

an " unconscious theism " and posits an unconscious psychic God, arguably a

complement of the transcendental spiritual God. The objective psyche is an

autonomous reality on a par with physical reality. The archetype, as such,

needn't be defined in physical terms, since the psychic substratum in which it

resides is permanent. The archetype is not a metaphysical imprint, nor is it

defined by brain structure, or epigenetics, etc. The archetype evolves in an

unconscious process of 'complementation'. If we venture into deep

unconsciousness, at some instance we are bound to pass the border of the

godhead. If correct, this is the 'unio mystica' of the Christian complentatives.

At this level of psyche the archetypes are undergoing a slow process of

formulation. They are not metaphysical imprints, but products of slow but

powerful ideation.

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> Mats Winther

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