The Seba library treats 8 in 3 passages, across 2 authors (including Jung, Carl Gustav, Richard Wilhelm, Cary F. Baynes).
In lines 7–8 of the paraphrase, the present reading replaces a reference to the ‘tree of Christ,’ as the consequence of an emendation authorized by Professor Jung
The numeral 8 appears here solely as a line-reference marker within an editorial footnote to Jung’s alchemical commentary, carrying no independent symbolic significance.
, Psychology and Alchemy, 1944aside
Fifty stalks are used for this purpose. One is put aside and plays no further part. The remaining 49 stalks are first divided into two heaps
The passage describes the yarrow-stalk oracle procedure numerically, where ’8’ would function as one residual count in the modular arithmetic of hexagram construction, though it is not explicitly named here.
, The I Ching or Book of Changes, 1950aside
The transcendent function of opposites. The confrontation of the two positions generates a tension charged with energy and creates a living, third thing
Paragraph numbering in this section of Jung’s collected works places ’8’ within the structural apparatus; the substantive argument concerns the transcendent function, not the numeral.
, The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche, 1960aside