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The Psychoid (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the quasi-psychic: processes like reflexes, neither merely vital nor properly psychic, lying where instinct rules and consciousness cannot reach.

The Psychoid (n.) archetype ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠behaves as though not localized in one person but active in the whole environment — animals and primitives have a particularly fine nose for it.

The Psychoid (n.) behind ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠any archetypal image keeps its character at all stages of development, though empirically it varies endlessly; a symbol's vitality shows more in its change of meaning than of outward form.

The Psychoid (n.) should ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be recognized alongside the psychic one before anyone pronounces metaphysical judgments beyond human reason; such caution deprives inner experience of none of its reality.

The Psychoid (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the unconscious archetype itself, as distinct from its conscious image; synchronicity reveals its nature by arranging outer coincidences around it, much as amplification gathers associations.