Foundation

The Seba library treats Foundation in 9 passages, across 6 authors (including Aurobindo, Sri, Benveniste, Émile, von Franz, Marie-Louise).

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The principle of the process of evolution is a foundation, from that foundation an ascent, in that ascent a reversal of consciousness and, from the greater height and wideness gained, an action of change and new integration of the whole nature.

Aurobindo articulates foundation as the indispensable ontological base — Matter — from which the entire evolutionary and spiritual ascent of consciousness proceeds, requiring reversal before integration becomes possible.

Aurobindo, Sri, The Life Divine, 1939thesis

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The strict sense of dhē is 'to put (in a creative way), establish in existence,' and not simply to leave an object on the ground. The derivative dhāman thus designates 'the establishment,' both what is placed and created, and the place of the 'putting' or 'establishing'.

Benveniste's etymological reconstruction reveals that the deep Indo-European root of 'foundation' carries a creative, not merely material, sense — it designates the act of bringing something into established existence, resonating with depth-psychological notions of psychic ground.

Benveniste, Émile, Indo European Language and Society, 1973thesis

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The C. G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology is dedicated to helping men and women to grow in conscious awareness of the psychological realities in themselves and society, find healing and meaning in their lives and greater depth in their relationships.

The institutional foundation here is explicitly framed as a vehicle for the Jungian program of individuation, translating depth-psychological theory into organized collective purpose.

von Franz, Marie-Louise, Creation Myths, 1995supporting

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It was the one in which the idea of creating a foundation to raise money for the Fellowship was first proposed and seriously considered.

Schaberg documents the moment at which the organizational foundation concept was introduced into AA's history, linking the institutional form to the collective healing mission of the fellowship.

Schaberg, William H, Writing the Big Book The Creation of A A , 2019supporting

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The profits of the book are administered by a foundation for promotion of cure and understanding of alcoholism.

The foundation is here constituted as a fiduciary instrument charged with advancing the psychological and medical understanding of addiction, linking institutional structure to therapeutic purpose.

Schaberg, William H, Writing the Big Book The Creation of A A , 2019supporting

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A C. G. JUNG FOUNDATION BOOK Published in association with Daimon Verlag, Einsiedeln, Switzerland. The C. G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology is dedicated to helping men and women grow in conscious awareness of the psychological realities in themselves and society.

The Jung Foundation's imprimatur on von Franz's work signals the institutional grounding through which analytical psychology sustains and transmits its depth-psychological research.

von Franz, Marie-Louise, Psyche and Matter, 2014supporting

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published by G. P. Putnam's Sons for the C. G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology

Harding's Jungian study of feminine psychology appears under the Jung Foundation's patronage, affirming the Foundation's role as the primary institutional ground for post-Jungian depth-psychological publication.

Harding, Esther, the way of all women, 1970supporting

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Aedes, meaning 'house,' 'temple,' viewed as a construction, gave rise to a derivative aedilis, the magistrate in charge of the construction of houses and more especially temples. From domus we have no comparable derivative.

Benveniste's distinction between aedes as constructed edifice and domus as social domain touches obliquely on the semantic field of foundation as physical versus relational ground.

Benveniste, Émile, Indo European Language and Society, 1973aside

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Joseph Campbell Foundation is a registered 501(c) 3 United States not-for-profit corporation.

The Joseph Campbell Foundation's institutional status as a nonprofit mirrors the pattern by which depth-psychological and mythological traditions establish organizational foundations to perpetuate their intellectual heritage.

Campbell, Joseph, Oriental Mythology: The Masks of God, Volume II, 1962aside

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