Jung found it hard to commit himself to any traditional theological position. In practice, his approach to the inner archetype of the Self fulfilled many of the functions which a deity would provide -
“Jung saw this central archetype as the organizer and
inventor of dream images – the inner guiding factor that continually extends
and matures the personality when the ego is willing to listen to the messages
of the Self. The ego perceives the Self
as ‘other,’ and the subjective experience conveys the feeling that ‘some
suprapersonal force is actively interfering in a creative way. One sometimes feels that the unconscious is
leading the way in accordance with a secret design.’ Jung spoke of the Self as the ‘god image’ in
the psyche, and encounters with the Self have all the qualities associated with
the concept of God.”
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“Jung says that those who have developed a kind of dialogue
between the ego and the rest of the psyche sense themselves as the objects of
an unknown and supraordinate object. He
closed his Answer to Job with this passage”
'Even the enlightened person remains
what he is, and is never more than his own limited
ego before the One who dwells within him, whose form has no knowable boundaries, who encompasses him on all
sides, fathomless as the abysms of the earth and
vast as the sky.'
These descriptions are remarkably like those of many
Christian Writers.”
Jean and Wallace Clift
Symbols of Transformation in Dreams
