Dionysian consciousness
a response to the neurosis of the western culture
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https://doi.org/10.21901/2448-3060/self-2021.vol06.0005Keywords:
Myths, Jungian psychology, archetypes, conscience, neurosisAbstract
This article analyzed the Dionysian consciousness that runs through Jung's analytic psychology and its posterior unfolding in the archetypical psychology of James Hillman. The method used was the bibliographic review, starting with a research of diverse narratives about mythological Dionysius. After that, the Dionysius archetype was approached in the light of Jung's analytical psychology. And then, from the viewpoint of James Hillman's archetypical psychology it was approached the Dionysian consciousness, understood as a return to the feminine in order to metaphorize, or again, turn imaginal the aspects projected on the body and matter – cause of the neurosis of the western consciousness. Dionysius is the god bearer of pathos, god of the emotions and ambivalences. As an archetypical experience, the Dionysian relates to pathos, to the instincts, to human emotions, therefore, it is a privileged access pathway to the unconscious. Dionysian consciousness integrates in itself the dimension of the human pathos repressed by western culture– the matter and the body – to emotions and aspects relegated to the feminine, allowing for the emergence of a new, unified consciousness and a response to the neurosis of the western culture.
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