Numbers do not merely have a quantitative nature, but also a qualitative one (for Pythagoras they were divine). Numbers have life, they are not just symbols on paper. Several philosophers, alchemists and mystics throughout history have associated religious or mystical ideas to numbers.
In ancient times, people associated mystical meaning to words and names based on their numerical value, which became the basis for 20th century numerology that seeks to understand personality through numbers. Carl Jung describes number as the most primitive archetype (the archetype of order), which provides a vital link between matter and psyche (united by the unus mundus).
Psychologically, the most primitive numbers are 1 to 4, which form the basis for all the rest of the numbers, and as such it is not surprising that they are the most recurring ones in the psyche. These remarkably symbolise the human creation myth and the purpose of life. To paraphrase Pythagoras, βNumber rules the universe.β
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βΆ Number and Time: Reflections Leading Toward a Unification of Depth Psychology and Physics β M.L. von Franz
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βΆ The Three Books of Occult Philosophy: Book II - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
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π Sources
- See Recommended Reading List above
- Carl Jung, C.W. Vol.14: Mysterium Coniunctionis
- Carl Jung, C.W. Vol.8: The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche
- Carl Jung, Answer to Job (From C.W. Vol. 11)
- Card, C. R. (1991). The Archetypal View of C.G. Jung and Wolfgang Pauli. Psychological Perspectives, 24(1), 19-33.
- Sparks, J. G. (2018). An Introduction to Marie-Louise von Franzβs Number and Time. Psychological Perspectives, 61(4), 448-470.
- Edinger, E. (1992). The Ego-Self Paradox. Carl Gustav Jung: Critical Assessments, 4(1), 259.
- Jung, C. G., & Pauli, W. (2014). Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958-Updated Edition. Princeton University Press.
- Le MouΓ«l, C. (2018). Jungβs Axioms: An Introduction to Jungβs βNote on Numberβ. Psychological Perspectives, 61(4), 414-430.
- Robin Robertson, "The evolution of number: The archetype of order"
https://empslocal.ex.ac.uk/people/staff/mrwatkin/isoc/robertson.htm
- Β Β Β β’Β PythagoreanΒ TheoryΒ ofΒ NumberΒ SeminarΒ Β
- https://www.scribd.com/document/127793203/NUMBERS-AND-THEIR-MEANINGS
- http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emat6680fa06/hobgood/Pythagoras.html
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β Timestamps
(0:00) Introduction
(1:10) Isopsephy, Gematria, Numerology
(2:58) Number as the Archetype of Order
(5:00) The Role of Numbers in Dreams
(5:35) Numbers as the Archetype of Wholeness (Self)
(6:20) Numbers as Autonomous Entities
(7:18) Numbers, Psychoid, Unus Mundus
(9:32) Numbers and Synchronicity
(11:17) Numbers: Link between Psyche and Matter
(13:50) The Psychology of the Number 1
(17:08) The Psychology of the Number 2
(25:00) The Psychology of the Number 3
(35:06) The Psychology of the Number 4
(46:46) Esoteric Meaning of Numbers (5-10)
(51:55) Conclusion
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