Becoming Whole: Jung's Equation for Realizing God
A “very well researched and clearly written” exploration of psychiatrist Carl Jung’s groundbreaking theory concerning the sense of self and God (Psych Central).
 
In 1951, Carl Jung published what he considered the highest synthesis and exposition of the transformation of Self and the discovery of the divine in one of his latest and most difficult works, Aion.
 
Aion’s complexity and uncharacteristic elements of mysticism have caused it to fall by the wayside in traditional Jungian and psychological analysis. No major work has tackled this fascinating concept—until now. Leslie Stein, a disciple of noted Jungian analyst Rix Weaver, here explores this groundbreaking text to its fullest capacity.
 
Tracing the roots of Jung’s research back to his influences in the world of the Kabbalah and Sufi mysticism, and grounding the more esoteric philosophy in the modern sense of identity, Stein has produced both a rigorous work of scholarship on a major figure and “a major contribution to clarification of Jung’s most advanced thoughts and findings” (American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry).
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Becoming Whole: Jung's Equation for Realizing God
A “very well researched and clearly written” exploration of psychiatrist Carl Jung’s groundbreaking theory concerning the sense of self and God (Psych Central).
 
In 1951, Carl Jung published what he considered the highest synthesis and exposition of the transformation of Self and the discovery of the divine in one of his latest and most difficult works, Aion.
 
Aion’s complexity and uncharacteristic elements of mysticism have caused it to fall by the wayside in traditional Jungian and psychological analysis. No major work has tackled this fascinating concept—until now. Leslie Stein, a disciple of noted Jungian analyst Rix Weaver, here explores this groundbreaking text to its fullest capacity.
 
Tracing the roots of Jung’s research back to his influences in the world of the Kabbalah and Sufi mysticism, and grounding the more esoteric philosophy in the modern sense of identity, Stein has produced both a rigorous work of scholarship on a major figure and “a major contribution to clarification of Jung’s most advanced thoughts and findings” (American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry).
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Becoming Whole: Jung's Equation for Realizing God

Becoming Whole: Jung's Equation for Realizing God

by Leslie Stein
Becoming Whole: Jung's Equation for Realizing God

Becoming Whole: Jung's Equation for Realizing God

by Leslie Stein

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A “very well researched and clearly written” exploration of psychiatrist Carl Jung’s groundbreaking theory concerning the sense of self and God (Psych Central).
 
In 1951, Carl Jung published what he considered the highest synthesis and exposition of the transformation of Self and the discovery of the divine in one of his latest and most difficult works, Aion.
 
Aion’s complexity and uncharacteristic elements of mysticism have caused it to fall by the wayside in traditional Jungian and psychological analysis. No major work has tackled this fascinating concept—until now. Leslie Stein, a disciple of noted Jungian analyst Rix Weaver, here explores this groundbreaking text to its fullest capacity.
 
Tracing the roots of Jung’s research back to his influences in the world of the Kabbalah and Sufi mysticism, and grounding the more esoteric philosophy in the modern sense of identity, Stein has produced both a rigorous work of scholarship on a major figure and “a major contribution to clarification of Jung’s most advanced thoughts and findings” (American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry).

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781611457742
Publisher: Helios Press
Publication date: 05/01/2012
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 336
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Leslie Stein is a Jungian analyst and graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute of New York. Born and raised in New York, he also lived and traveled in India for several years. His work includes the 2001 novel The Journey of Adam Kadmon, published by Arcade. Stein now resides in Sydney, Australia.

Table of Contents

Preface xiii

Introduction xvii

Chapter I The Equation: Imagery and Concepts 1

The General Purpose of the Equation 1

Explanation of "A"—The Anthropos 4

Explanation of "B"-The Shadow 7

Explanation of "C"-Physis 9

The Connection between Shadow B and Physis C 13

Explanation of "D"-The Lapis 114

Movement in the Equation 18

The Tetrameria 20

Movement to the Left in the Tetrameria 23

Output of the Tetrameria 23

Repetition of Factors in the Equation 26

Correspondence, Synchronicity 28

Quaternio Structure 29

The Four Functions 33

The Middle of the Quaternio and Mercurius 36

First Quaternio: The Moses Quaternio 38

Second Quaternio: The Shadow Quaternio 42

Third Quaternio: The Paradise Quaternio 43

Fourth Quaternio: The Lapis Quaternio 45

The Descending Order of the Quaternities 46

The Quaternities as a Circle 49

The Center of the Circle 51

The Squaring of the Circle 53

Chapter 2 An Explanation of the Process 55

Introduction 55

The Subject of the Equation-The Self 55

The Object: Spirit and Matter 58

Spirit and Matter: Philosophical Speculation 60

The Romantics: Fichte, Schelling 61

Heidegger and the Equation 64

Jung's View of the Split between Spirit and.Matter 66

Synchronicity 74

Gerhard Dorn 76

Dorn and the Descent from "A" to "B" 77

Dorn and "C" Paradise 81

Dorn and the Lapis 83

The Significance of the Lapis 85

Dorn and the Rotundum 89

The Resolution of the Equation 92

The Applicability of the Equation to a Transcendent God 93

The Unconscious God 101

God and Man 105

Individuation and the Equation 109

The Importance of The Opposites 111

The Structure of the Equation: The Vision of Ezekiel 112

The Structure of the Equation: Nurribers 115

Tentative Conclusions 117

Chapter 3 Commentary on the Equation 123

Introduction 123

Marie-Louise von Franz 124

Murray Stein 127

Edward Edinger 129

Chapter 4 The Equation and the Transcendent God 137

Background 137

Differentiation in the Work of Ibn Al-'Arabl 140

The Perfect Man and the Polished Mirror 144

The Heart as the Locus of Knowledge 147

The Active Imagination 150

Stations and the Equation 152

Unio Mystica 155

The Equation in Ibn Al-'Arabl's Terms 157

Chapter 5 Jewish Mysticism and the Equation 161

Background 161

The God of the Equation 163

Lurianic Kabbalah 166

The Anthropos and Kabbalah 168

The Sefirot as Tetrameria 171

The Shadow in Kabbalah 175

Garden of Eden 179

Descent into Matter 179

Chapter 6 Aurobindo: Going Beyond the Equation 183

Background 183

Involution and Evolution 185

Creation and Cosmology 186

Spirit and Matter 189

Exploration of Matter 192

Evolution and the Equation 193

Savitri's Mission 200

Aswapathy 202

Savitri and Death 207

Comparison with the Equation 208

Jung and Evolution 210

Chapter 7 Synthesis 213

The Inevitability of the Equation 213

The Choice of Spirit and Matter for the Equation 218

Mercurius and Transcendence 220

Creation and the Equation 222

Progressing in the Equation 223

What the Equation Means: A Narrative 226

Endnotes 231

Works Cited 277

Acknowledgments 295

Index 297

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