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An Image (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠archaic when it has unmistakable mythological parallels: archaism is not pseudo-antique imitation but the quality of a relic.

An Image (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a reflection of an outer object but a figure of fantasy that never takes the place of reality — yet it can represent an inner reality that far outweighs the outer one.

An Image (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a condensed expression of the whole psychic situation of the moment, conscious and unconscious, so it can be interpreted only from their relationship.

Image (n.) born ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠of the soul, worthless to reason, can be spent in four ways: in art, in philosophical speculation, in heresy and the founding of sects — or squandered in every form of licentiousness.

An Image (n.) and ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠meaning are identical: as the image takes shape the meaning becomes clear — the pattern needs no interpretation, it portrays its own meaning.

An Image (n.) tells ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠us everything only in its living context; abstract its “real essence” and it goes cloudy — like dissecting a corpse to learn how it lived.

An Image (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠everything of which we are conscious, and image is psyche, so it makes no sense to dismiss the soul as "nothing but" a complex.

Image (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠life, while concepts are coined, negotiable values; the archetypal image has only its naked fullness, which the intellect cannot grasp, so its use needs an alert and lively fantasy.

Image (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠all we have to speak of divine experience: without them we would be inarticulate, stammering "mana," and even that is an image; God approaches man in symbols, though we cannot know if they are correct.