Four Archetypes (29 page)

poltergeists,
136
,
142

pope, fools’,
137

possession,
56
ff
,
87
,
131

Prakrti,
16

pregnancy, abhorrence of,
25

disturbances,
25

priest,
94

primitive(s) (man), and ancestors,
59

perception in,
35

and spirits,
88

princess, black,
103

Priscus, Lucius Agatho,
58
n

Prodigal Son,
127

professor,
94

prohibition,
114

projection(s),
35

of anima,
23
,
31

need to dissolve,
18

Prometheus,
114

Proserpina,
41
;
see also
Persephone

Protestantism, preaching of the Word,
62

Prudentius,
105
n

psyche, affinity with cold,
87

collective,
59

individual and group total,
59

and individuation,
81

loss of,
73
;
see also
unconscious

mass,
61

and “mind,”
149

most tremendous fact of life,
50

not homogeneous,
38

only can observe psyche,
85

part of life’s mystery,
35

preconscious,
11

relation to spirit,
86

uniqueness of individual,
11

psychologem,
140

psychology, complex,
see
complex psychology; empirical,
11

mob/mass,
59
,
61

primitive,
53
,
58

psychopomp,
67

puer aeternus
,
40

Pulcinella,
140
,
144

pumpkin,
102

Purusha,
16
,
76

Q

quaternity,
112
n
,
113

in fairytale,
119
,
127
; —, of wholeness,
111

triad as mutilated,
115

Queen of Heaven,
38
,
41

Quito,
61

R

“Rachaidibi fragmentum,”
68
n

Radin, Paul,
142
,
146
,
148

Rahner, Hugo,
105
n
,
114
n

raven(s),
118
,
119

and evil,
114
n

in fairytale,
109
f
,
113
ff

thirst of,
114
n

realism,
see
nominalism

reason,
28

rebirth,
47
ff
,
75
,
81

indirect,
48
f

magic, and mother,
16

meanings of concept,
47
ff

primordial affirmation of mankind,
50

psychic reality,
50

redeemer,
127

in alchemy,
127

redemption,
130

reincarnation(s),
47

Reitzenstein, Richard,
67
n

religion(s), comparative,
9

spirit in,
90

task of,
91

renewal,
51

magical,
48
,
63

renovatio
,
48

resistance(s),
65

to mother,
24

negative,
25

resurrection,
48

stone as,
68
n

Revelation, Book of,
80

Rhine, J. B.,
43
,
76
n

Richard of St. Victor,
97
n

ring of return,
52

Ripley, Sir George,
104

“Ripley Scrowle,”
129
n

rishis,
94
n

rite/ritual,
149

of Catholic Church,
62

friend depicted in,
65

regression and,
61

and transcendence of life,
51

and transformed hero,
see also
transformation

rock,
15

Rome, St. Peter’s,
137
n

Roques, Mrs. H. von,
95
n

Rosarium philosophorum
,
67
n
,
74
n
,
75
n

rose: symbol, of mother,
15

Rosencreutz, Christian,
129

“Rosinus ad Sarratantam,”
68
n

Ruland, Martin,
65
n

S

Samyutta-Nikaya
,
47
n

Sand, George,
66

Sankhya philosophy,
16

Santa Claus,
62

sarcophagus,
16
,
94

sarkikos
,
71
n
,
72

Satan,
80
,
92

saturnalia,
136

Saviour,
114

approximation to,
136

Mercurius as,
135

trickster forerunner of,
143
,
150

Schiller, Friedrich,
87

Schopenhauer, Arthur,
57
n

science, danger of,
41
f

and deification of mother,
42

scintillae
,
74
n

sea, symbol, of mother,
15

second half of life,
32

self,
76
,
93

attainment of,
40

as hero,
80

identification with ego-consciousness,
79

Khidr as symbol of,
75

Moses’ experience of,
78

Semele,
41

“Septem tractatus . . . Hermetis,”
67
n

serpent(s), evil symbol,
16

servant of God,
75

Set,
104

seven,
see
numbers

Seven Sleepers,
69
,
70
,
72
,
74
n

Sgarra, Chico,
149

shadow(s),
57
,
122
ff
,
142
,
145
,
146
,
147
,
150
f

collective,
142

of Madonna,
37

of Moses,
72
f

spirit as,
93

shamanism,
136

Shankaracharya,
94
n

shape, changing,
136

Shvetasvatara Upanishad,
56

simpleton, devil as,
135

Sleepers, Seven,
see
Seven

solicitude,
16

solidarity, human,
61

Somali,
77

son, mother complex in,
19
ff

Sophia,
15
,
40

soul(s), ancestral,
58

—, in Australia,
59

—, identification with,
59

Christian idea of,
62

derivation,
89
n

loss of,
53
,
73

and spirit,
89

stone as,
68
n
;
see also
anima; “perils of the soul”

Spencer, Sir Walter R., and Gillen, F. J.,
60
n

Spinoza, B.,
86
,
89

spirit(s), in alchemy,
86

archetype, antithetical nature of,
117

archetype of,
104

autonomy of,
92

“cold breath of,”
87

in dreams,
92
ff

evil,
see
evil spirit; hallmarks of,
90

immateriality of,
43
,
90

and matter,
42
,
43
,
86
,
88

meaning,
86
ff

and nature,
86
,
88

of the age,
87

religions and,
91

and soul,
89

subjective and objective,
87
,
89

theriomorphic symbolism of,
108
ff

spiritualism,
136

spiritus
,
87

sponsus et sponsa
, in Christianity,
128

sprightliness,
86

spring,
15

square,
113

star(s): seven,
74
n

State, and individuals,
61
,
147

totalitarianism and,
130

statement, in psychology,
85

Steissbart,
93

stepdaughter,
103

stepmother,
15

Stevenson, James,
69
n

stone, alchemical/philosophers’,
67
,
68
n
,
75
n

animate,
74

symbol of self,
74

Stone Age,
59
,
60

Strudel,
149

student societies,
135

“subconscious,”
117

substance, arcane,
129

One,
89

Suez, Isthmus of,
73

suffering: subjective, in poltergeist,
136

Sufi,
77

summum bonum
,
91

sun,
77
,
78

in alchemy,
74
n

wise old man and,
102

sun-barge,
68

sun-god,
65

superlatives,
102

supermen,
38

superstitions,
148

symbols, mother-,
15

of rebirth,
64

sympathy,
16

synchronicity/synchronistic phenomena,
43

syncretism, Hellenistic,
40

Synesius,
30

syzygy(-ies),
40

T

“Tabula smaragdina,”
40
,
112
n

talisman, magic,
98

Tantra/Tantrism,
chakra
system,
141
n

and matter,
90

tar,
99

teacher, wise old man as,
94

telepathy/telepathic phenomena,
76

tempter,
92

tension,
81
;
see also
opposites, tension of

Tertullian,
139
n

tetrad(s),
121

Theatrum chemicum
,
67
n
,
74
n

Theodosius II,
70
n

theosophical,
143

thinking/thought(s), unconscious,
13

thread, ball of,
98
n

three, a masculine number,
112
,
122
;
see also
numbers

threeness,
112
,
121

and femininity,
122

Tightrope Walker, Nietzsche’s,
55

Timaeus, see
Plato

time, -spirit,
87

Tom Thumb,
135

Tonquédec, Joseph de,
56

totalitarianism,
130

“Tractatulus Aristotelis,”
68
n

“Tractatus aureus,”
67

transfiguration,
48

transformation(s),
75

alchemical,
68

archetypes of,
81

in Christianity,
62

collective experiences of,
60

continuation of life through,
51

of god or hero,
51

immortality and,
76

magic and,
62
f

natural,
64
ff

participation in,
48
ff

psychic,
81

rebirth as,
48

rites of,
49
,
59

subjective,
53
ff

technical,
63
f

transmigration of souls,
see
metempsychosis

transmutation,
48

treasure, “hard to obtain,”
107

tree, in alchemy,
43

cosmic/world-,
44
,
113
,
126
f
,
129

in fairytales,
106

mother archetype and,
15

paradisal,
114

tree-numen,
107

triad(s),
121

chthonic,
112

two antithetical,
113
,
115
,
117

triangle,
113

trickster,
135
ff

Trinity,
122

and chthonic triad,
112

tripudia
,
137

triunity, Egyptian,
122

twelve,
see
numbers

Two-horned One,
79
;
see also
Dhulqarnein

type(s),
29
n

U

Ueli,
145
n

unconscious,
passim
; antimonies of,
108

collective,
see next heading
; and immortality,
76