THE MIRACULOUS PATHWAY OF INDIVIDUATION
THE MIRACULOUS PATHWAY OF INDIVIDUATION

Summary/Abstract: Individual growth and maturing, in the terminology of depth psychology called individuation, is a central problem of ancient mythology and art. It can be traced in the folklore genres of the fairy tale and the heroic epos, and in the omnipresent symbol of the tree – axis mundi. Personal socialisation and acquiring maturity, as it will be outlined in this text, is also the central theme of the so-called miraculous healings at sacred places, in narratives about recovering eyesight and hearing or the ability to freely move and walk, and especially as overcoming childlessness. Individual growth, acquiring strength and knowledge, passing through various thresholds and probations is the way of developing in life successfully and normally, it is the way of fulfilling the traditional community’s expectations and ideal.

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