Psychology of the unconscious : a study of the transformations and symbolism of the libido, a contribution to the history of the evolution of thought / by C.G. Jung ; authorized translation, with introduction, by Beatreice M. Hinkle.

  • Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961.
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[1919]
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    own mothers—Analogy with the Sun—Setting and rising sun: Mithra and Helios, Christ and Peter, Dhulqarnein and Chidher— —The fish symbol—The two Dadophores: the two thieves-— The mortal and immortal parts of man—The Trinity taken from phallic symbolism—Comparison of libido with phallus— Analysis of libido symbolism always leads back to the mother incest—The hero. myth the myth of our own suffering unconscious—Faust. The crowd as symbol of mystery—The city as symbol of the mother—The motive of continuous “‘ union ’’—The typical journey of the sun-hero—Examples—A longing for rebirth through the mother—The compulsion to symbolize the mother as City, Sea, Source, etc.—The city as terrible mother and as holy mother—The relation of the water-motive to rebirth— Of the tree-motive—Tree of life a mother-image—The bisexual character of trees—Such symbols to be understood psycholo- gically, -not anatomically—The incestuous desire aims at becoming a child again, not at incest—Itevades incest by creating myths of symbolic rebirth—The libido spiritualized through this use of symbols—To be born of the spirit—This compulsion toward symbolism brings a release of forces bound up in incest—This process in Christianity—Christianity with its repression of the manifest sexual the negative of the ancient sexual cult—The unconscious transformation of the incest wish into religious exercise does not meet the modern need —A conscious method necessary, involving moral autonomy —Replacing belief by understanding—The history of the symbolism of trees—The rise of the idea of the terrible mother a mask of the incest wish—The myth of Osiris—Related ex- amples—The motive of ‘‘ devouring ’’—The Cross of Christ: tree of death and tree of life—Lilith: the devouring mother —The Lamias—The conquering of the mother—Snake and dragon: the resistance against incest—The father represents the active repulse of the incest wish of the son—He frequently becomes the monster to be overcome by the hero—The Mithraic sacrificing of the incest wish an overpowering of the mother— A replacing of archaic overpowering by sacrifice of the wish— The crucified Christ an expression of this renunciation—Other cross sacrifices—Cross symbol possesses significance of ‘‘ union ” —Child in mother’s womb: or man and mother in union— Conception of the soul a derivative of mother imago—The power of incest prohibition created ‘the self-conscious individual —It was the coercion to domestication—The further visions of Miss Miller The appearance of the hero Chiwantopel on horseback— Hero and horse equivalent of humanity and its repressed libido—Horse a libido symbol, partly phallic, partly mater- nal, like the tree—It represents the libido repressed through the incest prohibition—The scene of Chiwantopel and the Indian—Recalling Cassius and Brutus: also delirium of Cyrano—Identification of Cassius with his mother—His in- fantile disposition—Miss Miller’s’ hero also infantile—Her visions arise from an infantile mother transference—Her hero to die from an arrow wound—The symbolism of the arrow 129 169