This myth illustrates the Jungian insight that an ego either devoid of, or possessed by archetypal energies is, psychologically speaking, lifeless. So we have chosen to incorporate the concept of “calypsis” into the neologism “theocalypsis” in order to express the kernel of what happens in strong religion, i.e., a creed in which the Self and the corresponding Imago Dei takes possession of the ego.
