The Seba library treats Mundificatio in 6 passages, across 3 authors (including Jung, C.G., Jung, Carl Gustav, von Franz, Marie-Louise).
the mundificatio, and, just as this is the necessary condition for the return of the soul to the body, so the body is necessary if the unconscious is not to have destructive effects on the ego-consciousness
Jung defines mundificatio as the psychological differentiation of the ego from unconscious contamination, arguing it is the indispensable precondition for grounded integration rather than destructive inflation.
, Collected Works Volume 16: The Practice of Psychotherapy, 1954thesis
the mundificatio—purification—is an attempt to discriminate the mixture, to sort out the coincidentia oppositorum that has overwhelmed the individual.
Jung explicates mundificatio as the discriminative sorting of the coincidentia oppositorum, necessary to restore the distinction between the individual ego and the collective 'eternal man.'
, The Practice of Psychotherapy: Essays on the Psychology of the Transference and Other Subjects, 1954thesis
Praecedit autem operationem perfectae operationis quaedam rerum purificatio quae a quibusdam mundificatio, et a quibusdam administratio, a quibusdam rectificatio, et a quibusdam ablutio, et a quibusdam separatio nuncupatur.
Von Franz cites Pseudo-Aristotle to establish mundificatio's synonymity with administratio, rectificatio, ablutio, and separatio, grounding its technical breadth within the pre-modern alchemical vocabulary of purification.
, Aurora Consurgens: A Document Attributed to Thomas Aquinas on the Problem of Opposites in Alchemy, 1966thesis
ego-personality, differentiation of, and mundificatio, 292
The index entry explicitly links ego-personality differentiation to mundificatio, confirming its systematic role in Jung's psychological framework as presented in the Practice of Psychotherapy.
, The Practice of Psychotherapy: Essays on the Psychology of the Transference and Other Subjects, 1954supporting
the coniunctio is a hieros gamos of the gods and not a mere love-affair between mortals
This passage contextualizes the inflationary danger of the coniunctio that necessitates mundificatio, illustrating how unconscious identification with archetypal contents overwhelms the individual personality.
, Collected Works Volume 16: The Practice of Psychotherapy, 1954aside
multiplicatio, 306; attribute of the
The index records multiplicatio and related alchemical operations in proximity to the transference discussion, situating mundificatio within the broader sequence of the opus.
, The Practice of Psychotherapy: Essays on the Psychology of the Transference and Other Subjects, 1954aside