The Hidden Meanings Behind Demian         Arche eccentrics are considered to be a type of symbolic imagery derived from the past collective experience and mystify in the individual unconscious; at least in the ideas of Jungian psychology. In the article entitled Jungian Archetypes in Her macrocosm Hesses Demian, by critic Johanna Neuer, this definition proves true, as its description is ground on Jungs archetypes and surmisal of individuation. In Herman Hesses novel, Demian, Hesse strives to represent the process of individuation, as defined by Carl Jung. The protagonist of the novel Emil Sinclair, finds within himself the meaning to resolve inner conflicts to reach a new initiate ready. Thus he is able to come to term with life. This prosecution of individuation can only be achieved by dint of what Jung terms the unity of the conscious and unconscious. This is what this novel strives to prove and what Neuers article comments upon, through the use of Jungian archetypes.
        Although this article reflects largely on Jungs theory of individuation, it probes into deeper depths of Jungian theory. Including his understanding of the balancing of the consciousness and unconsciousness. In order for humans to lead a normal life, there must be a balance amidst these two. As Neuer understandably articulates in her article, Emils childhood is set in a pick world.
The good, which is embraced through his family and the bad, which is embodied through his enemies. However, as she states, the difference between the good and the bad is only on the surface and in a deeper reading, this part is the polarity between the conscious and unconscious within man himself (Pg. 10). Neuer goes a step further by offering an interpretation of Jungs theories through examples of archetypes present in Hesses novel. Such archetypes include the nifty Mother and the God Abraxas. The...
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