Integration of the Self: A Jungian Study of Mystical Experiences in Herman Hesse's Siddhartha
This paper aims at juxtaposing the Buddhist notion of enlightenment with the Jungian concept of individuation. It attempts to explore how the dissolving of ego and approaching the subliminal consciousness in the path of self-realization stand parallel to Jung's idea of dismantling one's persona and connecting with the self, respectively. Siddhartha's journey towards enlightenment offers a psychological reading through which an interplay between ego-consciousness and the collective unconscious could be studied. Archetypal method of analysis is applied to Herman Hesse's novel Siddhartha to analyze the protagonist's psychological journey with regard to different archetypes of individuation. The study draws on Carl Gustav Jung's theory of individuation which is employed as a theoretical framework to see how the protagonist makes his unconscious conscious. Study reveals that 'Siddhartha attains psychological wholeness, transcends beyond archetypal existence and becomes his own person. His striving for meaning is very much in line with the Jungian notion of individuation.
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Mysticism, Mystical Experience, Individuation, Archetypes, The Collective Unconscious
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(1) Muhammad Imran
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government College Havelian Abbottabad, KP Pakistan.
(2) Adil Khan
Lecturer, Department of Pakistan Studies, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Nazakat
Lecturer, Department of English, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Imran, M., Khan, A., & Nazakat. (2019). Integration of the Self: A Jungian Study of Mystical Experiences in Herman Hesse's Siddhartha. Global Political Review, IV(I), 71-82. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-I).08
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CHICAGO : Imran, Muhammad, Adil Khan, and Nazakat. 2019. "Integration of the Self: A Jungian Study of Mystical Experiences in Herman Hesse's Siddhartha." Global Political Review, IV (I): 71-82 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-I).08
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HARVARD : IMRAN, M., KHAN, A. & NAZAKAT. 2019. Integration of the Self: A Jungian Study of Mystical Experiences in Herman Hesse's Siddhartha. Global Political Review, IV, 71-82.
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MHRA : Imran, Muhammad, Adil Khan, and Nazakat. 2019. "Integration of the Self: A Jungian Study of Mystical Experiences in Herman Hesse's Siddhartha." Global Political Review, IV: 71-82
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OXFORD : Imran, Muhammad, Khan, Adil, and Nazakat, (2019), "Integration of the Self: A Jungian Study of Mystical Experiences in Herman Hesse's Siddhartha", Global Political Review, IV (I), 71-82
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TURABIAN : Imran, Muhammad, Adil Khan, and Nazakat. "Integration of the Self: A Jungian Study of Mystical Experiences in Herman Hesse's Siddhartha." Global Political Review IV, no. I (2019): 71-82. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-I).08