I will present my thesis that Septem Sermones ad Mortuos was the initial ground for the development of Jung’s time theory, making it a key text in his opus. In this poetic piece Jung dealt with concepts that are within time and are defined by it, as well as by its absence. This is the first instance that time as well as timelessness are interwoven in a wider context; the temporal parameters of both the cosmic and the individual levels are interrelated. Crucially, timelessness is not a quality belonging solely to the personal unconscious, but is conceptualized in terms of the entire universe. In Septem Sermones we encounter collective as well as individual structures that are within and beyond time.
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