Jung s Gnosis in the Context of the Transition of the eons
Luís Paulo Brabo Lopes
Cadernos Junguianos 2024 DOI: 10.4322/1808-5342.2024.202418082 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Transition genetics Context archaeology Jungian analytical psychology |
| Key points | Argues that the transition between astrological Eons involves a metamorphosis of collective archetypes and the emergence of new myths, with Jung's gnosis and active imagination playing a central role in the current shift from Pisces to Aquarius. |
Abstract
In this article, we discuss the context of the transition of the Eons as a period characterized by the modification of the constellation of dominants (the archetypes) of the collective psyche, that is, by a metamorphosis of the gods.This situation is accompanied by the death (or loss of effectiveness) of the myth that characterized the previous Eon and by the irruption of the collective unconscious into individual experience, to form the myth of the new Eon.It was not by chance that in late Antiquity, precisely in the transition from the eon of Aries to the eon of Pisces, Gnosticism flourished, and, later, Christianity crystallized.And it is precisely in the transition from the eon of Pisces to the eon of Aquarius, the period in which we find ourselves today, that Jung's gnosis is situated.Since the publication of the Red Book, the central role of active imagination in the Jungian method has become clear, as has the importance of numinous experiences in the unfolding of the process of individuation.A more in-depth discussion is needed here about the importance of this process not only in terms of expanding the individual's consciousness, but also in relation to the role it plays in the birth of the myth of the new aeon.