scholarly journals THE COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS IN THE NOVELS OF PAULO COELHO

2020 ◽  
pp. 183-187
Author(s):  
Jagdish Joshi ◽  
Neha Hariyani
Keyword(s):  
Collective Unconscious ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Seminal Work ◽  
Psychological Literature ◽  
Supernatural Power ◽  
Modern Psychology ◽  
The World ◽  
Structural Principles ◽  
Story Pattern ◽  
World Records

The Brazilian author Paulo Coelho is a winner of Guinness Book of World Records and the world ambassador of psychological literature. The present paper intends to study the selected works of Paulo Coelho in the light of the reputed American mythologist and psychoanalyst Joseph Campbell’s theory on Emanations which is depicted in his seminal work The Hero With A Thousand Faces. Campbell’s thoughts revolving around mythology, metaphysics, and psychology, forming the structural principles of literature, do essentially evolve a story pattern. Campbell like Freud and Jung regards dreams highly significant, as dreams provide a thoughtstructure and express the unconscious. Campbell’s psychoanalytical theory largely bears on that of Jung. For Campbell myths and dreams have their origin in the unconscious wells of fantasy, though they may differ on some aspects. He considers the mythic heroes as archetypes representing the collective unconscious and, also as the versions of those archetypes both in spiritual and psychological terms. The paper intends to develop the mythical and psychological bearings in the novels of Coelho as it describes the adventure, quest, and transformation of the hero, supernatural power, occult rituals, destiny, and the interpretations of dreams in the Jungian terms, besides retaining their fictional element. Coelho’s novels The Pilgrimage, The Alchemist and The Zahir very well exemplify that how can a literary writer translate the myths which contain the eternal values afresh in terms of the existing realities through the use of the modern psychology.

scholarly journals Die skeppingsmites as simbole van psigiese prosesse

1986 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Naudé
Keyword(s):  
Growth Process ◽  
Jungian Psychology ◽  
The Self ◽  
Collective Unconscious ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Creation Myths ◽  
Individuation Process ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation

Creation myths as symbols of psychic processes The thesis which has been taken from the Jungian psychology and which is discussed in this article, is the following: Creation myths represent unconscious and preconscious psychic processes which constitute the origin of the development of the human being's consciousness of the world. This implies that the creation myths don't describe the origin of the cosmos. They refer to psychic processes which accompany the growth of human consciousness out of the unconscious. This growth process is discussed in terms of the Jungian concepts of the collective unconscious, archetypes, consciousness and ego, the personal unconscious and complexes, the persona and the shadow, the self and the individuation process.

Number and soul

1998 ◽  
pp. 79-93
Author(s):  
A. Musulin
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
True Nature ◽  
Modern Psychology ◽  
The World

In modern psychology there are two directions, which from my point of view perfectly complement each other. The founder of the first is KG Jung, and the second - A. Maslow. Jungian psychoanalysis leads to penetration into the hidden soul of the unknown, and the world of archetypal forces and structures. Jung speaks of the process of individuation, of finding the inner center and assimilation of the unconscious by consciousness. The purpose of life is the integration of consciousness, the acquisition of the integrity symbolized by the Self, the Cosmic Man, the guiding center, the archetype whose outer reflection is our "I". A person who has lost touch with the Self lives completely on the surface and her life from the point of view of philosophy is absolutely chaotic and titanic. It is spread over life, is everywhere and nowhere. The stronger the connection with the center, the more we are like our true nature, the more humanity in us, the better we know ourselves and are more holistic.

scholarly journals Considerações sobre o inconsciente: mito, símbolo e arquétipo na psicologia analítica

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-82
Author(s):  
Carlos Augusto SERBENA
Keyword(s):  
Collective Unconscious ◽  
Theoretical Discussion ◽  
Symbolic Form ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Behavioral Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Modern Thought

This article conducts a theoretical discussion between C. G. Jung and other authors to relate and clarify aspects of the concepts of myth, symbol and archetype. On the concept of collective unconscious and archetype of the work of Jung, shows both forms of operation of the psyche: rational and causal to the ego and imaginal and analogic to the unconscious. Thus, the archetypes can be considered as categories of the imagination and are expressed in symbolic form, requiring a comprehensive, qualitative and acting role of mediation between the opposing dynamics through a redundant and repetitive, but improved. This dynamic appears in the ritual, the repetition behavioral level, and in myths, than are a symbolically narrative that mark the beginning of the process of rationalization of symbols. If this process is deepening, becomes the symbol sign and loses its experiential nature and ability to mediate conflicts. The excessive exploitation of rationality in modern thought leads to ignore the sign and thus the person loses the ability to mediate the conflicts experienced in its existence as between himself and the world, feeling their lives empty and meaningless.

Analyse des réseaux de personnages dans les textes de Leslie Kaplan : du postmodernisme à l’inconscient

2021 ◽  
pp. 095715582110024
Author(s):  
Murielle El Hajj
Keyword(s):  
Identity Crisis ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
The Real ◽  
The World ◽  
Fictional Worlds ◽  
Shed Light

The texts of Leslie Kaplan question the irreducible opposition between the real and the non-real. Her characters and their intentional absence confuse the repository and fictional worlds, not only to point out the thin margin between reality and fiction, but to underline the impossible delimitation between the real and the fictional, or even between the text and the world. This article studies the characters of Kaplan and aims to demonstrate their identity crisis through the study of their literary onomastic and the use of the neutral pronoun ‘it’ and allegoric expressions. In addition, the objective of this article is to shed light on the Kaplanian characters as Kunderian models, while stressing the particularity of their physionomy, which consists to present ‘fuzzy’ characters that are present and absent at the same time, engaging the reader in the fictional process as a try to complete the missing details. This article concludes that the Kaplanian characters are not only the prototypes of the postmodern being, but they are also introverted, psychopaths and a demonstration of different facets of the unconscious.

The Neuronal Crisis: Meditate to Comprehend the Nature of Psychosomatic Epidemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-127
Author(s):  
Henri Hude
Keyword(s):  
Major Part ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Being ◽  
The West ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Experimental Knowledge ◽  
The World ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Rational Consideration ◽  
Existential Problem

This articles describes the “neuronal crisis,” the epidemic of psychosomatic illnesses observed all over the world, particularly in the West. The paper looks into the deeper real causes and seeks the most effective kind of cure for this malady. This leads to rational consideration of the metaphysical dimension of the human being and the fundamental problems (those of evil, of freedom, of God, of the soul, and of the body), where lack of sufficiency plays a major part in the etiology of these pathologies, as the desire for the Absolute is the basis of the unconscious. This approach presumes the Freudian model but denies its purely libidinal interpretation that substitutes desire for the Absolute with libido. Hence, an explanatory system applied to increasingly serious pathologies: ailments, neuroses, depressions, and psychoses. Frustration of one’s desire for the Good gives rise to a sublimation of finite goodness. The inevitable desublimation, caused by anguish because of the Evil, intense guilt, and the dramatization of evils, causes neuroses as awkward but inevitable solutions to the existential problem that is still unresolved, due to lack of functional and experimental knowledge. Psychiatry and even medicine must take into account the metaphysical layer, and, therefore, operate within an existential dynamic, aiming to progress in wisdom and to discover man, man’s brain and body, as these are structured around the axis of his desire.

scholarly journals Performance analysis of both sex marathon runners ranked by IAAF

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-189
Author(s):  
Anselmo José Perez ◽  
Adilson Marques ◽  
Kamilla Bolonha Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Black Community ◽  
International Association ◽  
Lower Percentage ◽  
Economic Independence ◽  
World Record ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Marathon Runners ◽  
The World ◽  
World Records

Running a marathon has become the motivation to achieve success and economic independence for athletes, mainly from African countries. This feeling is more evident among the black community, considering that they have been presenting better results than white athletes. The objective of the study was to analyse the ranking of marathon runners around the world, in the last 15 years considering: 1) nationality; 2) best average time of the 100 best classified runners from the Top 100, Top 50, Top 25, Top 10 and Top 3. An analysis was made to the ranking available on the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) website, for the 100 best world results for both sexes, focusing on records from 2000 to 2014. The analysis was subdivided into ranking groups (Top 3, 10, 25, 50 and 100), resulting in 3000 records. African runners, Kenyan and Ethiopian, dominate the male ranking representing 70% of the total of runners in Top 100, keeping this proportion up to Top 3. African runners, Kenyan and Ethiopian, dominate the male ranking representing 70% of the total of runners in Top 100, keeping this proportion up to Top 3. The same is observed for females, however with a significantly lower percentage (34%), with Japanese, Ethiopian and Kenyan (17%) and an English athlete as the world record. The average time of a marathon has been decreasing in males more than in female competitions, both in Top 3 and Top 10, however still presenting a large gap from world records. 

scholarly journals Transpersonal Psychology And The Self-Field: An Overview Of The Works Of Jungian Analyst Erich Neumann

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Steven Herrman
Keyword(s):  
Transpersonal Psychology ◽  
Depth Psychology ◽  
The Self ◽  
Collective Unconscious ◽  
Structural Diagram ◽  
Tel Aviv ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Human Psyche ◽  
The Voice

In this essay the author gives a concise overview of the use of the word transpersonal in the life and writings of the Israeli Jungian analyst, Erich Neumann, who was born in Berlin Germany in 1905 and lived from 1934 until his untimely death, in 1960, in Tel Aviv. The paper provides readers with an overview of the correspondence that took place between Neumann and Jung from 1934-1959 and traces the way in which the word transpersonal was used in their mutual efforts to map out the terrain of the human psyche. What is made clear in the paper is that while Jung remained within the epistemological limits of empirical psychology in his theory of the collective unconscious, Neumann attempted to extend Jung’s epistemology into metaphysical territory, and in so doing he charted out a structural diagram of the psyche that extends beyond the archetypal field, to what he called the Self-field. The Self-field, Neumann argued, is a necessary postulate to include it in any complete inventory of depth-psychology that attempts to reach a new Weltanschauung. His attempts to extend Jung’s hypothesis of the Self into transpersonal territory began in his 1948 Eranos lecture in Ascona, Switzerland, “Mystical Man”. His calling from the Self led Neumann to venture forth a postulate of what he called a “New Ethic” for the field of depth-psychology as a whole. A distinction is made between the personal and archetypal shadow and evil, and the “Voice” Neumann refers to as part of the Transpersonal Self. The essay concludes saying it is tragic Neumann died at so young an age of 55, before he could formulate further how his Ethic related to his metaphysic. Neumann was the first Jungian analyst to present the world with a truly transpersonal theory of the Self that the author sees as essential reading for any transpersonal pedagogue who attempts to place Jungians in the history of the Integral movement. KEYWORDS Mystical man, numinous, Godhead, transpersonal, field-knowledge, Voice, Self-field, Wholeness, New Ethic, archetypal shadow, evil.

Unconscious ties that bind – attending to complexes in the classroom: part 1

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-194
Author(s):  
Alexandra L. Fidyk
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Collective Unconscious ◽  
Cultural Layer ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Interpersonal Dynamics ◽  
Vital Importance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Turn

ABSTRACTRecognized by few in theory and practice, unconscious dynamics affect all aspects of education, including teaching and learning, as well as assessment, coding, and teacher preparation. Jung proposed that the collective unconscious is akin to a very deep psychosocial well from which individuals, families, and cultures across time and place draw in order to organize and make meaning of life. If we accept this claim, then the ways we understand and attend to interpersonal dynamics within the classroom radically change. Here, in two conjoining parts, a case is made for the vital importance of acknowledging and working with the unconscious, particularly the cultural layer (Part 1) and the familial layer (Part 2) of the psyche. Attention in Part 1 is given to the social and political turn in Jungian psychology and its importance to the dramatically changing ethnocultural character of Canada’s classrooms (likewise with many countries today). The cultural unconscious, cultural complexes, scapegoating, and the critical intersection between groups and individuals are examined in relation to education.

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