The memory of original wholeness and conscious differentiation in Genesis 1:1-2:4a
Sakkie Spangenberg has written a number of articles dealing with Gen 1-3 in terms of its place in traditional Christian dogma and the paradigm shifts he has experienced in his understanding of this text. In this article, I would like to honour Sakkie by providing a Jungian psychoanalytic interpretat...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2017, Volume: N.S.30, Issue: 2, Pages: 283-299 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament ZD Psychology |
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Bible. Genesis 1,1-2,4
B Creation B Genesis B Genesis paradigm Jungian psychoanalysis wholeness creation |
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| Summary: | Sakkie Spangenberg has written a number of articles dealing with Gen 1-3 in terms of its place in traditional Christian dogma and the paradigm shifts he has experienced in his understanding of this text. In this article, I would like to honour Sakkie by providing a Jungian psychoanalytic interpretation of Gen 1:1-2:4a, focusing primarily on the memory of original wholeness and the conscious differentiation that are reflected in this text. I conclude that the psyche that produced this creation story had stalled at the third stage of individuation as a result of a traumatic experience which caused it to long for its erstwhile memory of original wholeness. |
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| ISSN: | 1010-9919 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2017/v30n2a6 |