Archetype, Psyche, World
J. Mills
International Journal of Jungian Studies January 12, 2022 DOI: 10.1163/19409060-bja10024 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that Erik Goodwyn's neo-Jungian metaphysics, based on cosmic panpsychism, offers an account of archetypes and Psyche but that its turn to Neoplatonism is problematic; proposes instead an onto-phenomenological grounding of archetypal theory in metaphysics and bioscience. |
Abstract
In our dialogues over the nature of archetypes, essence, psyche, and world, I further respond to Erik Goodwyn’s recent foray into establishing an ontological position that not only answers to the mind-body problem, but further locates the source of Psyche on a cosmic plane. His impressive attempt to launch a neo-Jungian metaphysics is based on the principle of cosmic panpsychism that bridges both the internal parameters of archetypal process and their emergence in consciousness and the external world conditioned by a psychic universe. Here I explore the ontology of experience, mind, matter, metaphysical realism, and critique Goodwyn’s turn to Neoplatonism. The result is a potentially compatible theory of mind and reality that grounds archetypal theory in onto-phenomenology, metaphysics, and bioscience, hence facilitating new directions in analytical psychology.