In search of lost magic - The alchemy of time and space in the philosophy of Carl Gustav Jung and Gaston Bachelard Cover Image

W poszukiwaniu magii utraconej - Alchemia czasu i przestrzeni w filozofii Carla Gustava Junga i Gastona Bachelarda
In search of lost magic - The alchemy of time and space in the philosophy of Carl Gustav Jung and Gaston Bachelard

Author(s): Barbara Barysz
Subject(s): Psychology, Metaphysics, Psychoanalysis
Published by: Fundacja „dzień dobry! kolektyw kultury”
Keywords: alchemy; depth psychology; psychoanalysis of dreams; cosmos; modernity;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the concept of time and space in the depth psychology of Carl Gustav Jung and the psychoanalysis of dreams of his philosophical heir, Gaston Bachelard. The main thesis of the article is the philosophical, metaphysical and structural affinities between the concept of space-time in the works of both philosophers and the one that emerges from pre-scientific and pre-philosophical alchemical way of thinking and acting. In the course of the analysis, it becomes clear that the concept of space-time of both thinkers is not only non-linear, but even sacral at times, and thus the way of experiencing the world that emerges from their works has, in some ways, more to do with religious experience than with rational analysis of data that is so triumphant in the modern discourse.

  • Issue Year: 9/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 113-150
  • Page Count: 38
  • Language: Polish