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- W2433620698 abstract "John of the Cross' mystical text The Dark Night (DN) presents a candid portrayal of the ego's encounter with the numinous or transpersonal dimensions of the psyche. When viewed through a Jungian alchemical lens, the encounter becomes significantly amplified to reveal novel insights into this psychospiritual ordeal. The article first unpacks and explores the DN through Jung's Collected Works and Letters, and subsequently offers an in-depth interpretation of the dark night experience through the lens of the alchemical nigredo, including depth psychological and transpersonal perspectives. Finally, the article re-visions the DN in light of the nigredo, albedo, and rubedo stages of Western alchemy, drawing parallels between these and the purgation, illumination, and union stages of the Western Christian mystical tradition. In both instances, a coniunctio or mystical union results, where new self- and god-images arise from the illuminating darkness of night and into conscious integration. KEYWORDS: John of the Cross, dark night, C.G. Jung, alchemy, nigredo, god image. John of the Cross' (1991) 16 th century text, The Dark Night (DN), offers a stark portrayal of the soul's journey to God from purgation to illumination and union. From a Jungian perspective, this journey can be interpreted as the ego's encounter with the numinous (Otto, 1958) reality of the transpersonal Self. As an archetype that contains both light and dark aspects, the encounter between the Self and the ego can be terrifying and filled with negative affect (Washburn, 1994), which, depending on how it is navigated, can result in a positive disintegration and subsequent renewal of self- and god-images (Welch, 1990). In this article, two aspects of the DN are considered from both Jungian and transpersonalperspectives:thedarknightas(a)anencounterwithone'spersonal darkness and/or the archetypal shadow of the Self, and (b) as an experience of abandonment following illumination, and preceding union. The DN's depiction oftheseaspectsaretheninterpretedthroughan''alchemicalhermeneutic''(Jung, 1963/1970, par. 366). This interpretive lens frames the dark night in a new dark light by entering more deeply into the text through the nigredo, albedo, and rubedo of Western alchemy. The alchemical hermeneutic reveals a parallel process between these stages and the purgation, illumination, and union of the Western Christian mystical tradition where, following Washburn's (1994) ''spiral path'' (p. 237), both self- andgod-images dissolve in order that arenewed and functional ego-Self axis (Edinger, 1972) might emerge. THE DARK NIGHT IN JUNG'S COLLECTED WORKS" @default.
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- W2433620698 title "OF GODS AND STONES: ALCHEMY, JUNG, AND THE DARK NIGHT OF ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS" @default.
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