union of opposites, n.Definitions

A Union of opposites (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for human logic, unconsciousness — consciousness needs an "other" to stand against.

The Union of opposites (n.) changes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠both parties in ways no one can foresee, and history testifies that the product is always a subjective experience of a religious order.

The Union of opposites (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠pictured as coitus for medieval eyes: union on the biological level symbolized the union of opposites at its highest — as real as coitus, yet spiritual.

The Union of opposites (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be had by intellectual insight or empathy: experience of the opposites is more what we would call fate — and without it there is no experience of wholeness.

The Union of opposites (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the motive force and the goal of the individuation process, shown in a patient's tree by the perfect symmetry of its crown.

A Union of opposites (n.) brings ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠all energy to a stop: the waterfall has plunged to its full depth in nuptial joy, and only a stagnant pool remains — so it looks from outside.

The Union of opposites (n.) that ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the alchemists pictured as the coniunctio, a mystic marriage, came true in Kekulé's vision of dancing couples that revealed the benzene ring — seventeen centuries of mating images finally reaching their chemical goal.

The Union of opposites (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠native to the unconscious, where every event is also its opposite: the bodily soul is spiritual, the air's heavy kernel is the creative spirit.