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Exploring transcendence of the quantum self and consciousness through communication symbols

Rose-Marié Bezuidenhout
Monash University
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Exploring transcendence of the quantum self and consciousness through communication symbols. (2022). Communicare: Journal for Communication Studies in Africa, 25(2), 42-61. https://doi.org/10.36615/jcsa.v25i1.1737
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Abstract

This study is an exploration of how the quantum self, the quintessence of the individual, draws
on archetypal symbols and mythologems during the process of intrapsychic communication. The
process relates to the confluence of a subjective, inner experiential reality and reality as a social
construct during transcendent cycles of the unique individual. The Jungian constructs of archetypal
images, symbols, myths and mythologems are considered as the derivatives of this subjective,
inner reality reflected in the text of a narrative and the dreams of an individual.
An archetypal and mythical semiotic textual analysis of ‘The Alchemist’ by Paolo Coehlo, and an
individual case analysis of dream symbols and a self-report based on the interpretation of a dream
theme by using active imagination indicate that an inner, subjective transcendental reality is
imminent in the individual. An intrinsic need for and representation of equanimity and unity are
reflected in the images, symbols and myths of the self as archetype of meaning nested in the
collective unconscious.

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Exploring transcendence of the quantum self and consciousness through communication symbols. (2022). Communicare: Journal for Communication Studies in Africa, 25(2), 42-61. https://doi.org/10.36615/jcsa.v25i1.1737

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