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In the nine at the top of the 38th hexagram [Wilhelm edition] it states....Isolated through opposition
one sees ones companion as a pig covered with dirt, As a wagon full of devil's first one draws a bow against him,, then ones lays the bow aside He is not a robber;he will woo at the right time
here the isolation is due to misunderstanding; it is brought about not by outer circumstances, but by inner conditions. A man misjudges his best friends, taking them to be as unclean as a dirty pig and as dangerous as a wagon full of devils.He adopts an attitude of defence... and so on.
According to Jung the initial collision between the Self and the ego is the cause of the ongoing opposition [and conflict] in the individual psyche,as the top line[38] states "it is brought about by inner conditions"
In Mysterium Coniunctionis[para 145][ ..The Self is by definition, greater than the Ego conscious personality, embracing besides this, the personal shadow and the collective unconscious. Conversely the entire phenomenon of the unconscious appears so "unimportant" to Ego consciousness. Consequently it is critical and mistrustful of everything "hailing from the unconscious" convinced it is suspect and somehow dirty.[A pig covered with dirt, A wagon full of devil's]?
In Psychology and Alchemy[para 192] A man's unconscious is feminine and is personified by the "Anima" the Anima also stands for the inferior function, and for that reason frequently has a shady character; in fact she sometimes stands for evil itself. It is possible to raise this "inferior" Function to consciousness and thus made masculine.It will however bring traces of its contamination with the inferior function, thus acting as a kind of link with the darkness of the unconscious.
The fourth[inferior]
function now being contaminated with the unconscious and, on being made conscious drags the whole of the unconscious with it. We must then come to terms with the unconscious
and try and bring about a synthesis of opposites
At first a violent conflict breaks out, such as any reasonable man would experience when it became evident that he had to swallow a lot of absurd superstitions. Everything in him would rise up in revolt and he would defend himself desperately against what looked to him like murderous nonsense.
One of the major problems that Jung is illustrating here is that modern man with his Christian upbringing runs eventually into opposition with his "feminine" unconscious in which the deep rivers of Paganism still flow.
In Two Essay's on Analytical Psychology [para120]
In this paragraph Jung is giving advise to those, whose fate it is to plunge over into the abyss clutching their copy of the "Yi"
.... The wordless occurrences which are called forth by regression to the pre-infantile period need no substitutes; They demand to be individually shaped in and by each man's life and work. They are images sprung from life, the joy's and sorrows of our ancestors; and to life they seek to return, not in experience only but in deed. Because of their opposition to the conscious mind they cannot be translated straight into our world; hence a way must be found that can mediate between conscious and unconscious reality.
This last paragraph incorporates not only the 38th
hexagram but is a parallel with the image of the 26th hexagram .
I must apologise for quoting so much out of context which makes for difficulty in "stringing it all together"But if the opposition hexagram is kept in mind then maybe it will make some sense.
Django.
one sees ones companion as a pig covered with dirt, As a wagon full of devil's first one draws a bow against him,, then ones lays the bow aside He is not a robber;he will woo at the right time
here the isolation is due to misunderstanding; it is brought about not by outer circumstances, but by inner conditions. A man misjudges his best friends, taking them to be as unclean as a dirty pig and as dangerous as a wagon full of devils.He adopts an attitude of defence... and so on.
According to Jung the initial collision between the Self and the ego is the cause of the ongoing opposition [and conflict] in the individual psyche,as the top line[38] states "it is brought about by inner conditions"
In Mysterium Coniunctionis[para 145][ ..The Self is by definition, greater than the Ego conscious personality, embracing besides this, the personal shadow and the collective unconscious. Conversely the entire phenomenon of the unconscious appears so "unimportant" to Ego consciousness. Consequently it is critical and mistrustful of everything "hailing from the unconscious" convinced it is suspect and somehow dirty.[A pig covered with dirt, A wagon full of devil's]?
In Psychology and Alchemy[para 192] A man's unconscious is feminine and is personified by the "Anima" the Anima also stands for the inferior function, and for that reason frequently has a shady character; in fact she sometimes stands for evil itself. It is possible to raise this "inferior" Function to consciousness and thus made masculine.It will however bring traces of its contamination with the inferior function, thus acting as a kind of link with the darkness of the unconscious.
The fourth[inferior]
function now being contaminated with the unconscious and, on being made conscious drags the whole of the unconscious with it. We must then come to terms with the unconscious
and try and bring about a synthesis of opposites
At first a violent conflict breaks out, such as any reasonable man would experience when it became evident that he had to swallow a lot of absurd superstitions. Everything in him would rise up in revolt and he would defend himself desperately against what looked to him like murderous nonsense.
One of the major problems that Jung is illustrating here is that modern man with his Christian upbringing runs eventually into opposition with his "feminine" unconscious in which the deep rivers of Paganism still flow.
In Two Essay's on Analytical Psychology [para120]
In this paragraph Jung is giving advise to those, whose fate it is to plunge over into the abyss clutching their copy of the "Yi"
.... The wordless occurrences which are called forth by regression to the pre-infantile period need no substitutes; They demand to be individually shaped in and by each man's life and work. They are images sprung from life, the joy's and sorrows of our ancestors; and to life they seek to return, not in experience only but in deed. Because of their opposition to the conscious mind they cannot be translated straight into our world; hence a way must be found that can mediate between conscious and unconscious reality.
This last paragraph incorporates not only the 38th
hexagram but is a parallel with the image of the 26th hexagram .
I must apologise for quoting so much out of context which makes for difficulty in "stringing it all together"But if the opposition hexagram is kept in mind then maybe it will make some sense.
Django.