The Seba library treats Coral in 7 passages, across 7 authors (including Vaughan-Lee, Llewellyn, Hollis, James, Yalom, Irvin D.).
They are ‘a beautiful coral color.’ Coral is the tree of the Mother Goddess, and b
Vaughan-Lee identifies coral directly as a symbol of the Mother Goddess within an alchemical dreamwork context, linking its color to the unconscious beauty of the inner self.
, Catching the Thread: Sufism, Dreamwork, and Jungian Psychology, 1992thesis
Not unlike the coral atoll which is formed by accreting skeletal shards, so the ego collects experiential fragments and builds them as a structure to hold fast in the great tidal shifts.
Hollis deploys the coral atoll as a structural metaphor for ego formation, emphasizing how the ego defensively accretes experiential fragments against the overwhelming forces of life.
, The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife, 1993thesis
The warmth of the water, the beauty of the coral bottom, the sparkling silver minnows, the neon-bright coral fish, the regal angel fish, the fleshy anemone fingers
Yalom uses the coral reef environment as a phenomenological backdrop for a pivotal insight into human responsibility and the uniqueness of conscious self-awareness.
, Existential Psychotherapy, 1980supporting
he did not see the little coral creatures glinting in the orbs of her skull, he did not see the crustaceans on her old ivory teeth.
Estés employs coral creatures inhabiting the skull of La Llorona as imagery of deep-sea death-and-renewal, reinforcing the Wild Woman archetype’s rootedness in elemental, chthonic processes.
, Women Who Run With the Wolves Myths and Stories of the Wild, 2017supporting
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Jung’s index in Aion registers coral as a noted alchemical and symbolic reference, confirming its presence in his broader engagement with symbolic imagery even without elaboration.
, Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self, 1951supporting
Coral seeks intimate connection through sex, and love charges her desire. She associates love with warmth and security.
Perel uses ‘Coral’ as a clinical case name in an exploration of how love and desire are differently organized for different individuals, without symbolic or archetypal intent.
, Mating in captivity sex, lies and domestic bliss, 2007aside
In the immense colonies of madrepores, which form coral reefs, the existence of a polarity is quite prominent.
Simondon references coral reef colonies as a biological example of polarity and morphological individuation, without symbolic or psychological elaboration.
, Individuation in Light of Notions of Form and Information, 2020aside