04-03-2010, 05:43 PM
so we are saying :
"The Christian aion is typified by a split"
"the psychological fact ....surrounding the birth of Christ, was that it was a twin birth - two brothers, not just one Son."
to me however this seems quite reminiscent of the Osiris : Set mythology which pre-dates the Christian aion by some degree - I presume - in this chronology ?
I presume you are well aware of the mythological parallels between the Christ story & earlier .
Does this parallel in any way challenge this or merely demonstrate the universality of archetypes ?
( I'm really winging this ! please don't think I have a sophisticated view on this stuff ! )
my original query was prompted by a rather pop-Jung book I read that sought to explain "hollywood" style possession in terms of somehow the shadow / anti-christ archetype "bursting through" into the conscious so was interested in your take.
"The Christian aion is typified by a split"
"the psychological fact ....surrounding the birth of Christ, was that it was a twin birth - two brothers, not just one Son."
to me however this seems quite reminiscent of the Osiris : Set mythology which pre-dates the Christian aion by some degree - I presume - in this chronology ?
I presume you are well aware of the mythological parallels between the Christ story & earlier .
Does this parallel in any way challenge this or merely demonstrate the universality of archetypes ?
( I'm really winging this ! please don't think I have a sophisticated view on this stuff ! )
my original query was prompted by a rather pop-Jung book I read that sought to explain "hollywood" style possession in terms of somehow the shadow / anti-christ archetype "bursting through" into the conscious so was interested in your take.