A katábasis de C. G. Jung: dos mitos antigos às experiências visionárias modernas

Pedro Henrique Costa de Resende; Mateus Donia Martinez

Authors

Pedro Henrique Costa de Resende University of Juiz de Fora
Mateus Donia Martinez University of São Paulo

Keywords:

Katabasis and anabasis, C.G. Jung, The Red Book, history of psychology, life and work

Abstract

This article aimed to revisit C.G. Jung experiences of katabasis, or in other words the experiences of descending to the underworld, or world of the dead, followed by the return to the world of the living, the anabasis. In psychological terms, these experiences mean confronting the unconscious and the subsequent expansion of consciousness. To revisit C.G. Jung’s experiences of katabasis, it was rescued historically (1) in classical antiquity through greek mythology, (2) in the medieval and modern period, through the works of Dante Alighieri, Emmanuel Swedenborg and William Blake, and (3) finally in Jung’s own life with an emphasis on the constitution of The Red Book. The katabasis experiences were of vital importance to Jung and culminated in the genesis of analytical psychology.

Author Biographies

Pedro Henrique Costa de Resende, University of Juiz de Fora

PhD student in psychology at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Master in psychology from the Federal University of São João Del-Rei (UFSJ), graduated in psychology and philosophy from UFSJ. Member of Research Center in Spirituality and Health (NUPES) at UFJF.

Mateus Donia Martinez, University of São Paulo

PhD student and Master in social psychology from the University of São Paulo (USP) and graduated in psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP). He is a member of Laboratory of Psychosocial Studies: belief, subjectivity, culture & health (INTERPSI) at USP and Research Group on Religious Experience and Altered States of Consciousness (GEALTER) at PUC-SP.

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