Savitri: the Light of the Supreme
Re: Sanatana Dharma XXVI—the Four Luminous Powers and the Story of Creation
by RY Deshpande
One of the significant issues concerning this rich discussion was the Shadow associated with Jung vis-à-vis the one present in the Story of Creation narrated by the Mother and also described in several places by Sri Aurobindo. While the latter is a well-designed creative potential thrown as an aspect of Existence that becoming Non-Existence for the purposes of Manifestation, the first is a part of the Collective coming into play in the cosmic functioning, a kind of inevitable occurrence in the process of Evolution. This discussion prompted David to make an exposé of the whole thing from a very fruitful point of view and the result is his article Jung, Philemon and the Fourfold Psyche. Here is a fine exploratory as well as mature investigative appraisal by him:
Jung had a direct relationship with the living God and a highly differentiated fourfold psyche. He may or may not have had an inkling of the primordial act of creation itself, which included the involvement of the four Beings of Light and their negation, but he lived fully according to that reality. Although he specifically did not indulge in metaphysical speculation, the final completeness and oneness of his life based on the reality of the psyche and the realization of the mystical coincidentia oppositorum, the reconciliation of opposites, however, suggests that he must have had some insight into the nature of the act of creation.
Paulette tells us that she is preparing an article dealing with the Jungian self as a demiurge and we are looking forward for it. ~ RYD
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