The Collective Unconscious and the Akashic Field
2007; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 1; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1525/jung.2007.1.2.2
ISSN1934-2047
Autores Tópico(s)Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
ResumoAbstract J. Linn Mackey, “The Collective Unconscious and the Akashic Field,” Jung Journal: culture & psyche, 2007, 1:2, 1-15. Review of Ervin Laszlo, Science and the Akashic Field. Jung's hypothesis of the collective unconscious evolved in his later writings to the unus mundus, the psychoid ground of both psyche and matter. Other attempts to express the unitary basis of psyche and matter are summarized and suggest a common archetypal inspiration. A more recent expression is Laszlo's book. This work draws on concepts of contemporary physics to propose the quantum vacuum as the unitary basis of psyche and matter. Contemporary physics accepts the quantum vacuum as the origin of all matter and energy. Laszlo proposes that it is also an information field — “the holographic memory of the universe.” This A-field, as Laszlo calls it, transmits “in-formation,” equivalent to Jung's archetypes. Laszlo supports his hypothesis by showing how it solves a number of puzzles at the forefront of various areas of science. Some areas of inadequacy in Laszlo's scheme are set out. It seems to be too much on the side of physis and too little on the side of psyche. Reasons are given why Laszlo's A-field will not be accepted by the scientific community.
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