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PMID: 11675897 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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While listening to a concert at the age of 20, I suddenly was overcome by a feeling of oneness. The music had touched deeper levels of my soul, which much later I could understand as an experience of the Self. Music may arouse opposite feelings, the source of which is the ambivalence of the Self, of God. These opposites within the Godhead are best explained by the word numinosity, a term coined by Rudolf Otto in his book The Idea of the Holy. Love and fear are opposite feelings with regard to God, to the 'numen'. A meaningful change in my life occurred at the age of 38 when my wife and myself decided to leave Switzerland and immigrate to Israel. Several dreams pointed to the necessity of settling in the Biblical Land, the earth being a manifestation of the mother archetype. The Jungian term Self is discussed by examples from my own analysis and by quoting Edinger. The Self is the mystery of conjunction of feminine and masculine energy. This was clear to me, but what about the evil, dark side of God, of his destructive side, of Satan or the devil, of Christ and Antichrist? I experienced the dark side of God when the Nazis rose to power, unleashing WW II and killing 6 million Jews in the Holocaust. |
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G Dreifuss |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: The Journal of analytical psychology Volume: 46 ISSN: 0021-8774 ISO Abbreviation: J Anal Psychol Publication Date: 2001 Oct |
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Created Date: 2001-10-24 Completed Date: 2001-12-05 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0376573 Medline TA: J Anal Psychol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 689-96 Citation Subset: IM |
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Autobiography Ego* Humans Judaism Jungian Theory* Music Personality Development* Psychoanalytic Therapy Religion and Psychology |
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