The Self and the Quintessence: A Jungian Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780367670603 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 166 str.

Christine Driver

Opis

Building on Jung’s work, this book explores the implications of Jung’s work in these areas and the psychological implications of the impact of dynamic interaction of the quaternity on the development of the self.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements and Biography; Glossary of Specific Terms; Section 1. Orientation, Themes and the Symbolic Significance of Number; Orientation and Themes; The Symbolic Significance of Number; Section 2. Number as a Symbol of Psychological Development; The Dynamics of the Opposites; Triadicity, Thirdness and the Transcendent Function; The Symbolic Significance of Four: A Quaternity; Section 3. Exploring Wider Perspectives; Dimensions of the Self; Physics, Psychology and the Quintessence; Alchemy and the Quintessence; Section 4. The Quintessence; The Quintessence: An Overview.; The Quintessence: The Fifth as a Symbol of Psychological Development, Emergence and Psychological Truth; The Quintessence: The Teleological Nature of the Self, Individuation and a Symbol of Wholeness and the Spirit of Matter; The Quintessence: A Final Perspective; Index

O autorze

Christine Driver is a Jungian analyst, psychoanalytic psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer.