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The Collective Unconscious

The following presents the following theories related to the study: archetypal experiences and encounters with the collective unconscious; momentous image: Holographic manifestations of the remembered soul; common sense: the energy of morphic resonance; and summary and conclusions.

Archetypal Experiences and Encounters With the Collective Unconscious

Sharp (1991) reported terms related to archetypal experiences. Jungian Analysis is a type of therapy that brings unconscious contents to the consciousness. This form of therapy specializes in neurosis and was developed by C.G. Jung. Sharp stated that archetype is a structure of the human psyche or a system with images and emotions that are inherited. Jung stated further that archetypes are not inherited ideas, but are more the tendency of the human psyche to express itself according to the potential related to the archetype as it is brought to consciousness (Jung, 1971). These archetypes represent all inherited possibilities of ideas and therefore the collective unconscious. Archetypes are presented as images and ideas or the content of consciousness. According to Jung the archetype is an instinctual image that is manifested on a personal level with patterns of thought or behaviors that are common to all human beings. The content of an archetype is expressed primarily in metaphors.

Sharp (1991) stated that collective refers to the psychic contents that belong to all human beings rather than to one individual. The conscious personality is only a part of this collective ness or collective psyche. Collective unconscious refers to the layer of the human psyche that included the inherited elements that are different from the personal unconscious, such as the archetypes or archetypal images. Consciousness is distinguished from the psyche, which included both the consciousness and the unconscious; the function of the consciousness is to maintain the relation of the psych...

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