“Numbers, furthermore as archetypal structural constants of the collective unconscious, possess a dynamic, active aspect which is especially important to keep in mind. It is not what we can do with numbers but what they do to our consciousness that is essential.” TimeNumbersConsciousnessPsychologyPhysicsFine Structure ConstantArchetypes Book:Number and Time: Reflections Leading Towards a Unification of Psychology and Physics Source: Number and Time: Reflections Leading Towards a Unification of Psychology and Physics
“To sum up: numbers appear to represent both an attribute of matter and the unconscious foundation of our mental process. For this reason, number forms, according to Jung, that particular element that unites the realms of matter and psyche. It is "real" in a double sense, as an archetypal image and as a qualitative manifestation in the realm of outer-world experience.” WorldRealMatterReasonFormProcessNumbersParticularElementsFoundationManifestationRealmsUnconsciousAttributesOuter WorldsJungQualitative Book:Number and Time Source: Number and Time
“Number, as it were, lies behind the psychic realm as a dynamic ordering principle, the primal element of which Jung called spirit. As an archetype, number becomes not only a psychic factor, but more generally, a world-structuring factor. In other words, numbers point to a background reality in which psyche and matter are no longer distinguishable.” WorldMatterRealitySpiritLyingNumbersBehindsPrinciplesElementsBackgroundsFactorsRealmsPsychicsPrimalArchetypeJung Author:Marie-Louise von Franz
“Number is therefore the most primitive instrument of bringing an unconscious awareness of order into consciousness.” ScienceOrderNumbersConsciousnessAwarenessInstrumentsUnconsciousPrimitive Book:Creation Myths: Revised Edition Source: Creation Myths: Revised Edition
