- The World Egg (Jung) — undifferentiated potential contained in boundary; appears in second-half-of-life return to undifferentiation; conscious return (not regression) - Undifferentiated…
| Sources | The World Egg (Jung) — undifferentiated potential contained in boundary; appears in second-half-of-life return to undifferentiation; conscious return (not regression) Undifferentiated Consciousness (various sources) — pre-egoic state; regression to fusion; what first-half development differentiates FROM |
| Tension | The world egg sounds like returning to undifferentiation. But Jung emphasizes this is a conscious return, not regression. First-half development differentiates consciousness from the egg. Second-half development returns to the egg while retaining consciousness. The question: Is this actually possible? Can consciousness return to undifferentiation while retaining differentiation? Or is "returning to the egg with cons… |
| Candidate | If genuine: second-half consciousness is trans-differentiated (beyond differentiation/undifferentiation dichotomy) If impossible: Jung is describing a spiritual aspiration that cannot be actualised |