David Johnston - Jungs Global Vision: Western Psyche Eastern Mind, With References to Sri Aurobindo, Integral Yoga, The Mother

JUNGS GLOBAL VISION

Western Psyche Eastern Mind

David T. Johnston, Ph.D.

With References to

Sri aurobindo integral yoga themother

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Science is the tool of the Westernmind The East teaches us another, broader, more profound, andhigher understanding understanding through life. But (we)wholly misunderstand the realism of the East

Westernimitation is a tragic misunderstanding of the psychology of theEast it is not for us to imitate what is foreign to ourorganization or to play the missionary; our task is to build up ourWestern civilization, which sickens with a thousandills.

C.G. Jung, as reported in RichardWilhelm, 1962, p. 82

Our Westernpsychology has, in fact, got as far as yoga in that it is able toestablish scientifically a deeper layer of unity in theunconscious.

C.G. Jung, 1975c-2, p.573.

The cover design includes images of twopaintings by the author.

The Place ofthe Sacrifice

The main coverpicture is called The Place of the Sacrifice . By way of amplification, the Vedicsacrifice takes place at the spot between the two opposites, fireand water, where fire is masculine and water is feminine. The Vedasof India are regarded as the original scriptures brought into beingby early seers. In this image, there are four horizontal water dropshapes, referring to the still unconscious wholeness of thefeminine. There are 15 or 16 more or less distinct phallic shapes,which symbolize the masculine principle. Qualitatively, the number15 refers to relationship with the archetypal psyche and manifestworld. The number 16 = 4x4 symbolizes the differentiation of thefour central aspects of the Self wisdom, power, relatedness anddevoted service by each of the four functions of consciousness.Their blue, green and yellow colors indicate qualities ofintroversion and reflection, the living spirit of nature and hope,and illuminating insight. In India, Shiva is a powerful male godassociated with fire as both creative and destructive, whileShivas lingam (phallus) is sometimes referred to as a pillar offire. Thus, in this image, there are both masculine and feminineenergies, which bring wholeness through sacrifice to the Self,where subjective encounters are a defeat for the ego and an openingto more consciousness.

Golden Fish 4

The image of the golden fish on thetop right hand side of the book cover, with both vertical andhorizontal golden waves, suggests relatedness to cosmic energy(left and right waves) as well as relatedness to both spiritual(upward waves) and material (downward waves) energy. The four wavesflowing in each of the four directions indicate potentialdifferentiation of the central aspects of the fourfold Self,wisdom, power, harmonious relatedness and devoted service by eachof the four functions of consciousness. Gold has high value; it isa metal that does not tarnish, and is a symbol of the sun andeternity. In alchemy it is related to the water of life and thephilosophers stone, the goal of the opus. The fish is intelligencethat emerges from the depth of being, here symbolized by thebackground dark blue water. In many cultures, the fish is a symbolof the manifest God, for example, in Christianity, Christ isdepicted as a fish, while in the Puranas of India, Vishnu, the godof creation, is symbolized as a fish. These reflections andamplifications suggest that this image is a symbol of the cosmicSelf with potential for spiritual differentiation.

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Permission toreproduce images 54, 64, 121, 125, 154 and 155 from The Red Book by C.G. Jungwas graciously granted by W.W. Norton & Company. Permission wasgranted by Inner City Books to reproduce the images and diagrams onpages 88, 173, 194, 196, 217, 260, 269 and 287. Permission wasgraciously provided by Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust to quote from SriAurobindos Saviri . The Trust also provided the photographs of Sri Aurobindo andthe Mother. Illustrations of C.G. Jung and Marie-Louise von Franzare copyrighted by Ken Faulks.

Jungs Global Vision: WesternPsyche Eastern Mind

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CONTENTS

Intelligence inNature

Jung and the Spirit of the NaturalWorld

The Intelligent Unfolding of theUniverse

The Fundamental UnitaryFourfold Law of Life

Archetypal Intelligence and theUnfolding Future

The Cosmic Dimension and the HumanEquation

Laws of Nature and Neurobiology and theDevelopment of Mind

Rupert Sheldrake: Habits inNature and Creative Change

Formative Causation and Softand Creativity

Daniel J. Siegel: the Brain,the Mind and Healthy Integration

Jungs Natural Affiliation withAlchemy

PART II

Jungs Visionand the Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

Involution and Evolution of Consciousness: SriAurobindo and the Mother

Definitions: Sri Aurobindo,Jung and Evolutionary Psychiatry

Sri Aurobindos Unconscious and Circumconscient:Jungs Rotundum and Archetypal Psyche

Sri Aurobindos Circumconscientand Jungs Archetypal Psyche

Sri Aurobindo and the Evolution of HumanConsciousness

The Way of the TripleTransformation

Jung, the Archetypal Psyche and the Evolution ofConsciousness

Archetype andInstinct

The Reality of thePsyche

Jung and the Evolution of HumanConsciousness

New Skins for NewWine

Judaism and the ChristianMyth

Perfection vs. Completeness, Jungs Act of Seeing andFreedom

Contemporary Society

Individuals and the Transformation ofCommunity

The Individual and Relationshipto the Anthropos

Creation of Auroville

Realization of Divine Law andAuroville, the City of the Dawn

The Anthropos and theMatrimandir

Creative Individuals and theGroup-Soul

The Mother, Living Numbers andthe New Creation

Jungs Deification: Prophet and Vibhuti

Jungs Structure of the Self asFourfold Quaternities

Jungs Path of Individuation asAnte-Integral Yoga

Archetype as Psychoid, the Unus Mundus andSynchronicity

Sri Aurobindos Supermind and Overmind,and Jungs Unus Mundus

SriAurobindos Visionary Experiences as Recorded in Savitri

The Mother and theTransformation of the Cells and Jungs Glorified Body

Jung and the MotherGoddess

Jung in Sri Aurobindos Classification ofthe Mind and Supermind

Jungs Late Differentiation ofthe Self

Intuition and the LapisPhilosophorum

Involution from Above andEvolution from Below

Jungs FinalDream-Vision

The Mother, Jung and Internalizing theGods

TheSupermind, the Axiom of Maria and the Four

Bridge to the Past, Bridge between Eastand West: The New World

Endnotes - duplicate

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To the Mother

After having completed the initialdraft for this book, I met Thomas Davis at a symposium at thePacifica Graduate Institute. We began to communicate by e-mail andI eventually sent him the draft, which he read and on which hebriefly commented. He diplomatically cajoled me into what amountsto a re-organization of aspects of the first part of the book,which I did. I am very thankful for his intervention. Interestinglyenough, just prior to the books completion, I met Thomas at alater symposium at Pacifica and we acknowledged and rejoiced in thesynchronicity involved in our meetings at both bookends of thispublishing project.