The Seba library treats Schematization in 6 passages, across 4 authors (including Jung, Carl Gustav, Neumann, Erich, Corbin, Henry).
The schematization and analogy-formation start from four first principles: 1. the work of nature, 2. water, 3. composite natures, 4. the senses.
Jung identifies schematization as the structural engine of alchemical thought, operating alongside analogy-formation to organize transformation-stages across sixteen graduated principles.
, Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self, 1951thesis
this approach completely misses the central intention of these marvelously numinous and imaginative works. The intention is similarly missed when an Aegean prototype of the female godhead is said to be ‘reduced’ to the region of the eyes, and ‘schematized.’
Neumann argues that art-historical use of ‘schematization’ as a term for formal reduction misreads prehistoric goddess imagery by ignoring its concentrating numinous and symbolic intent.
, The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype, 1955thesis
In wisely refraining from a schematization of Ibn ‘Arabi’s ideas he has boldly thrust his mystic into the arena of universal human experience.
Corbin endorses the deliberate avoidance of schematization as the condition that allows mystical thought to retain its living, universally resonant quality.
, Alone with the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn Arabi, 1969thesis
is a schema it constitutes an oversimplification; and on the other hand, that it is not simple enough because the inner dynamic elements of transformation and reversal burst through the schema.
Neumann acknowledges the paradox that any schema of the archetype is simultaneously too reductive and too rigid, as the psychic dynamism it frames inevitably exceeds its boundaries.
, The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype, 1955supporting
‘Influence’ occurs only where a psychic resonance is present, but in this case there are always spontaneous manifestations of the constellation, which brings about a living interaction of influences and often makes for a transformation toward the archetypal (cf. what has been said above about schematization and decadence).
Neumann cross-references schematization alongside decadence as processes that mark one pole of the archetypal symbol’s historical trajectory, contrasting with spontaneous numinous manifestation.
, The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype, 1955supporting
On the basis of a series of usage events, the child will extract a conception that embodies the commonalities of these trees, while properties that vary from one instance to the next will be ignored.
Allan describes the cognitive abstraction process underlying schema formation in language acquisition, relevant to schematization as a general cognitive operation of extracting invariant structure from variant instances.
, The Middle Voice in Ancient Greek A Study of Polysemy, 2003aside