Comparing Jung's Theories Of Alchemy And U

Alchemy is a seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination that was eventually replaced by chemistry. During his psychological advancements, Carl Jung began to learn about alchemy due to his theories of the self and individuation A major concept of alchemy is spiritual transformation, which is similar to the process of change from psychic sleep to awakening and the stages of the journey. Jung later began to call this process individuation. Opposites play a role both in alchemy and Jung’s practices. Opposites form dualisms, such as cold and warm, masculine and feminine, and good and evil. For Jung’s purpose, the opposites are unconscious and conscious, also called Sol and Luna (sun and moon), which are represented by
Enlightenment and individuation are similar on a broad scale. While the goal of enlightenment is to reach a higher place of awakening through meditation to get to Nirvana, the perfect place of peace and happiness and the highest state of being, the goal of individuation is to transform the self and to get the personality to the complete state. The completed personality is a parallel to enlightenment since a completed personality can be seen as a form of Nirvana for the self. In the completed state, in theory, the personality will no longer have conflicted feelings of how to act, be true to how one would actually act or change for everyone else. The self would then be at peace and could become happy from within. Similarly, the theory of emancipation in psychology, liberating and setting oneself free, has parallels to the Buddhist philosophy of mindfulness, the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something. Becoming conscious and being set free are similar because part of becoming conscious in Buddhism is letting go of pain and suffering and realizing that there is more to life beyond the physical, seeing beyond the need for material possession. In the Buddhist world, this is being set free. While being set free in Jungian psychology has more to do with attaining the true self, the concepts are similar. In Jungian psychology, liberation and being set free could be dealing with the past and letting it all go to move forward with life or to achieve the one true self. In some ways achieving the self is a way of becoming conscious, seeing past the thoughts of the world and ending the pain and suffering faced due