The Seba library treats Arch in 5 passages, across 3 authors (including Jung, Carl Gustav, Beekes, Robert, Peterson, Cody).
archai, Gnostic, 22 archaic: God-image, 345 residues in dreams, 347 archetypal: and collective symbols, 301 concept of perfect being, 26 configurations of the unconscious, 253
This index entry from Jung's Alchemical Studies maps the full semantic cluster of 'arch-' as it operates in depth psychology, linking Gnostic archai, archaic God-images, and archetypal configurations of the unconscious in a single coordinated framework.
, Alchemical Studies, 1967thesis
apXJ1 [f.] 1. 'begin, origin' (ll.); 2. 'reign' (Pi.). DER From 1: apXalOe; 'original, ancient, old' (Pi.)
Beekes establishes the dual etymological foundation of ἀρχή — as both originary beginning and sovereign reign — from which the depth-psychological derivatives 'archai,' 'archaic,' and 'archetypal' derive their semantic authority.
, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, 2010thesis
Adamas (arch-man), 208 adamas (steel), 161
Jung's Aion deploys 'arch-' as a marker of primordial ontological status, designating the Gnostic Adamas as 'arch-man' — the original or superlative human figure standing at the apex of cosmological hierarchy.
, Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self, 1951supporting
arcane: doctrine, 129 name, 131 philosophy of Paracelsus, 110: remedy (-ies), 135, 156n substance(s), 72, 74f, 82, 83n, 85, 142, 145, 203, 207f, 211, 213, 216
The proliferation of 'arcane' terminology in Jung's alchemical lexicon — arcane doctrine, arcane substance, arcane name — demonstrates how the 'arch-' root functions as a marker of hidden, originary, and transformative psychic material.
, Alchemical Studies, 1967supporting
Sebas is figured not as a conqueror but as a suppliant — one who arrives at the threshold and requests admission. The thumos functions as the doorkeeper who retains the agency to open or refuse.
Though not directly concerned with 'arch-,' this passage's analysis of threshold-crossing and the reception of the sacred touches on structural dynamics cognate with the archaic and arche-level encounter between psyche and numinous.
, The Abolished Middle: Retrieving the Thumotic Soul from the Unconscious, 2026aside