concretism, n.Definitions

Concretism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠thought still “grown together” with the senses — so that for the primitive the sacred tree is the god's home, or even the god himself.

Concretism (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠unavoidable for early Christians, who could grasp spirit only through tangible miracles; Jung found it comic that Christians still picture spiritual existence only as body and physical event.

Concretism (n.) lets ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠fantasy be lived out literally: the shoemaker who is an archangel in his sect, the small tradesman a grandee among the freemasons, the clerk who by evening is Julius Caesar.