The Self
The ordering center of the whole psyche, conscious and unconscious together, the totality toward which a life can grow.
From C. G. Jung.
In Symbols of the Psyche
- The Self: The whole of the psyche, and its centre.
- The Orphan: Alone and without origin: the lonely beginning of the self.
- The Anthropos: The first man, whose body is the world.
- The Mandala: The circle with a centre, a picture of wholeness.
- The Centre: The still point around which everything turns.
- The Sphere: Wholeness in three dimensions, with no beginning and no end.
- Squaring the Circle: The impossible figure of the whole.
- The Quintessence: The fifth, beyond the four: what the elements hold in common.
More from C. G. Jung
Anima and Animus · The Collective Unconscious · The Ego · Enantiodromia · Individuation · The Persona · The Shadow