Psychological Alchemy, the Hermes Archetype and Carl Jung
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The Hermes Mercury Figure
There is one archetype in particular that Young seemed to be pretty interested and pretty obsessed with. It doesn't explain why many Jungian thinkers associate this Hermes Mercury figure with the phenomenon of synchronicity or why Jung himself associated this figure with his entire process of self actualization. I literally just watched an Instagram reel. Someone made about this figure this morning. What is this archetypal figures wisdom? What does it tell us about the nature of reality and meaning making? Why am I myself a bit obsessed with this archetype? This is a deep rabbit hole my friends. So let's start exploring with the mercurial, multifaceted nature of this archetype and its cultural and psychological influence
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