Dark Religion: Fundamentalism from The Perspective of Jungian Psychology

by Vladislav Šolc

provide templates for individual growth that serve as containers and conduits for spiritual progress, many religious establishments have gradually and selectively adhered to dogmas that perpetuate defensives toward the numinosum. Instead of a gradual and persistent leveling of the fortresses that prevent an ongoing ego-Self axis that would lead to greater spiritual freedom and contentment, the reliance on dogma becomes a hindrance to individuation. We have attempted to answer the question of why and how the ego transits from development to stagnation, and vice versa. Splitting off archetypal affect, leads to the exclusion of, or misuse of logic and critical reasoning which are essential tools for integrating the irrational contents of the archetypal realms into consciousness.