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KMID : 0368920120270010028
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Shim-Song Yon-Gu
2012 Volume.27 No. 1 p.28 ~ p.70
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Jungian Interpretation of Creation Myths Focused on Egg Symbolism
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Kim Jin-Sook
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Abstract
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In Jungian psychology, creation myths regard as the story of unconscious and preconscious processes(projection of archaic identity) which describe not necessary the origin of our cosmos, but the origin of man`s conscious awareness of the world. Therefore projections have nothing to do with matter itself but experience of one`s own unconscious. Jung emphasizes importance to understand projection in individual`s conscious experience rather than in philosophical doctrine. The purpose of this thesis is to explore unconscious process of creation myths with egg symbolism in clinical cases to present universal feature of Cosmic/ alchemical egg. Psychologically, creation myths retold when human mind needs new order. Depending on the attitude of ego, it can be sudden expansion of consciousness or contamination of ego by unconscious. In this study, ``chaos(messa confusa)`` in creation myths as archaic identity, experience of uroboros or infant, and nigredo state in alchemy. ``Separation of primordial parents`` as beginning of consciousness refers to separatio operation in alchemical process. ``Light`` as attainment of consciousness. Discussion of psychological meaning of egg starts with amplification which include the concept of cosmic/alchemical/philosophical egg. Egg symbolism in this study refers to emergence of egg, tapas/brooding of egg, and separation of egg. Emergence of egg as a state of preconscious totality, psychic wholeness conceived as the thing which came before the rise of ego consciousness. Discussion of concepts such as Shiva bindu, hiranyagharba, germ of gold, Tathagata-garbha follows. ``Tapas/brooding of egg`` as concentration of all psychic energy into one point for self reflection. Discussion includes The I Ching Hexagram 61, image of brooding egg identified with inner truth, Wonhyo`s concept of jikwan-sasang, and Gnostic idea of Ennoia, introverted act of thinking, as well as the concept of ``Night Sea Journey``. ``Separation or hatching of egg`` regarded as the idea of sudden illumination, Phanes, the shining God, and "sun-point," in alchemy. Birth of fledgling as birth of new personality. As a conclusion, psychological meaning of cosmic egg/creation myths is the story of separating from ``Not-I``(unconscious, object, undifferentiated) to ``I``(ego, subject, differentiated) which shares the same meaning as individuation process.
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KEYWORD
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Creation myths, Egg, Tapas, Consciousness
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