Swastika

The Seba library treats Swastika in 9 passages, across 5 authors (including Jung, C.G., Jung, Carl Gustav, Jodorowsky, Alejandro).

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Just as Christianity had a cross to symbolize its essential teaching, so Hitler has a swastika, a symbol as old and widespread as the cross.

Jung explicitly compares the swastika to the Christian cross as equally archaic and widespread, framing its Nazi adoption as the political instrumentalization of a primordial collective symbol.

Jung, C.G., Collected Works Volume 18: The Symbolic Life, 1976thesis

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The circles, spheres, and cruciform figures are often represented in rotation (swastika).

Jung classifies the swastika structurally as a rotational form of the mandala's cruciform motif, placing it within the typology of symbols expressing psychic totality and individuation.

Jung, Carl Gustav, The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, 1959thesis

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the golden sun swastika. Therefore the swastika symbol contains all the elements with which Zarathustra is dealing.

In seminars on Nietzsche's Zarathustra, Jung and participants connect the swastika to the 'golden sun swastika,' asserting that it synthesizes the cosmic and spiritual themes central to Zarathustra's vision.

Jung, C.G., Nietzsche's Zarathustra: Notes of the Seminar Given in 1934-1939, 1988thesis

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The swastika also appears less frequently in Europe at this time. The Latin and the equilateral cross were at first employed without discrimination.

A historical survey of cross symbolism notes the swastika's declining frequency in early Christian Europe alongside the crux ansata, situating it within a broader comparative cross typology.

Jung, C.G., Dream Analysis: Notes of the Seminar Given in 1928-1930, 1984supporting

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I obtained a swastika, the symbol of the creative whirlwind around which the hierarchies it cr

Jodorowsky reports that grouping Tarot cards into a mandala-like arrangement produces a swastika, which he interprets as the symbol of the creative whirlwind underlying hierarchical cosmic order.

Jodorowsky, Alejandro, The Way of Tarot: The Spiritual Teacher in the Cards, 2004supporting

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Swastika 525-6

Harrison's index to Themis places the swastika in direct proximity to the solar wheel and sun-chariot complex of Greek religion, situating it within the archaic symbolism of celestial rotation.

Harrison, Jane Ellen, Themis: A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion, 1912supporting

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swastika, 107, 247

The index to Symbols of Transformation records the swastika as a referenced symbol, confirming its explicit presence within Jung's foundational study of libido and its transformative symbols.

Jung, Carl Gustav, Symbols of Transformation, 1952supporting

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swastika, 16

The index to The Practice of Psychotherapy lists the swastika alongside other uniting symbols, confirming its standing within Jung's clinical and symbolic lexicon.

Jung, C.G., Collected Works Volume 16: The Practice of Psychotherapy, 1954supporting

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of swastika 112, 114, 116

The index to Jung on Active Imagination cross-references the swastika's symbolism across multiple pages devoted to mandala imagery and the process of individuation through active imagination.

Chodorow, Joan, Jung on Active Imagination, 1997supporting

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