Method of assimilation of unconscious contents through their experimentation as fantasies in the wakeful state. Amplification.
Method of association in the interpretation of dreams based on comparative studies of mythology, religion, fairy tales, alchemy, astrology etc.
Anima.
The archetype of feminity in man.
Animus. The archetype of masculinity in woman.
Anthropos. Primordial man, archetypal image
of totality in alchemy, religion and Gnostic philosophy.
Archetype.
Primary structural elements of the human psychic. The archetype equals on the psychic plane the biologist's pattern of behavior.
Archetypal image.
The form or representation taken by the archetype in oneiric life or in cultural products, mythical and religious representations etc.
Assimilation.
The process of conscious integration of the contents of the individual and collective unconscious. The assimilation is the result of conscious elaboration in the therapeutic process.
Collective unconscious. Distinctive from the personal unconscious, the collective unconscious contains collective archetypes or representations.
Compensation.
A natural process of reestablishing a central balance in the psychic.
Complex. An emotionally charged group of ideas or images.
Coniunctio.
Or "conjunction", term used in alchemy to define the union of opposites. From the psychological point of view, it means the union of the conscious with the unconscious, process that is also called individuation.
Constellation. Activation of a psychic personal complex or an archetypal content.
Dream.
Spontaneous and natural manifestation of the psychic.
Individuation.
Complex process of synthesis of the Self which consists mainly of the union of the unconscious with the conscious.
Inflation.
Following the identification with an archetypal image, the effect of this identification is to exaggerate the proportions of the Ego.
Libido.
Tendency to appetite, psychic energy that can be transmitted to the instincts. For Jung the libido is more than sexual, while Freud considers it is only sexual.
Numinous.
It defines the quality of archetypal images to inspire powerful feelings of panic, devotion etc.
Mystical participation. Term taken from anthropology - it defines the process of identification of
the human subject with external phenomena, objects and beings with the aim of taking over or determining specific effects.
Persona. Mask of the Ego, its social
expression, the way the others see us.
Personal unconscious. The Freudian unconscious, distinctive from the collective (archetypal) unconscious.
Philosophical stone. Alchemist term identified by Jung with the process of individuation and accomplishment of the Self.
Projection.
Autonomous process by which features (usually repressed) of the Ego are attributed to other people (external objects).
Quaternity.
Representation of the psychic totality through square images or squares in a circle.
Self. The Archetype of psychic Totality, according to Jung.
Shadow. Containing repressed parts of the human personality, the shadow is the counterpart of the Freudian unconscious. The shadow is an archetypal content.
Symbol. Unlike the Freudian definition, the symbol for Jung is the representation of something unfamiliar in the psychic, usually an instance of the Self (or the central archetype).
Synchronicity. A non-causal connection between two or more various phenomena (psychic and/or physical).
Totality. See wholeness.
Wholeness
. Psychic stage in which the union of the unconscious with the conscious has been achieved.
Wise old man.
Archetypal image that embodies wisdom. In the process of individuation, the Wise old man embodies the unconscious.
