The Open Code of Psyche.

" Today overall consensus seems to imply that the human organism at a biological level cannot be understood apart from its ecosystem. The human consciousness first and foremost responds and adjusts to immediate demands, whereas the collective unconsciousness shows reactions that pertain to universal and invariable conditions: psychologically, physiologically and physically.

Nobody would doubt that e.g. the circle of the sun as well as countless other repetitious cosmic phenoma has been observed by humans since the dawn of time. The weird thing is that such phenoma are registered in mythological forms and not just as pure physical processes. Jung thinks this is so because it is impossible for the human mind to keep the phenomena in themselves apart from the emotional impressions they make.

Separation of the inner and the outer world occurs through consciousness as a relatively new phenomenon. Ancient ways of experiencing the world, though, breaks through easily under special circumstances. Jung recounts an experience in a heavy earthquake. He spontaneously felt that he was no longer standing on solid familiar ground but rather on top of a gigantic beast swelling under his feet. Although he was perfectly aware of what was going on the mythological image offered itself to him immediately.

Let me sum this up by ascertaining that the psychic system contains all relevant information about the structure and the typical phenomena of this world and among humans. The system expresses itself in a special language distinguished by interpretability at multitudinous levels. We are dealing with a very open code that basically rests upon one sole precondition implying that man is drawn up in accordance with exactly the same principles as the world we live in. Consciousness is that special skill man has developed to to reflect on the meaning of such principles and - through self-reflection - observe their impact on his own interior. The openness of the code means a lot of risk as to errors and disorder; creativity in itself can be regarded as the ability to make fruitful errors." (Page 115 in the Danish Edition.)

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