POLARITY LIST
These sets of contrary states and forces do not represent any split in the psyche
between them, such as the term "dualtity" may imply.
These polarities represent
opposing, but not alway conflicting, aspects of a larger changing whole
they
are
expressions
of,
such as what Jung refers to as the archetype of The Self.
dreambody/earthbody .........
masculine/feminine
strong/weak .........
order/chaos
nourishing/toxic .............
dominant/submissive
stable/volatile .............
good/evil
pleasure/pain .............
commitment/apathy
safety/danger .............
mercy/severity
triumph/defeat .............
ignorance/wisdom
victim/savior .............
precise/sloppy
dry/moist .............
reward/punishment
sanity/insanity .............
repulsion/attraction
doing/being .............
known/unknown
satiated/hungry .............
mechanical/spontaneous
joy/sorrow .............
creation/destruction
attachment/detachment .............
seeing/feeling
valued/worthless .............
failure/success
intoxication/sobriety .............
heart/heartless
health/illness .............
love/fear
shame/pride .............
parent/child
depth/shallow .............
hard/soft
personal/impersonal .............
fool/magus
freedom/oppression .............
dead/alive
uncertainty/certainty ........
deception/honesty
resistance/non-resistance .......
density/clarity
cruelty/empathy .........
center/periphery
earth/air .............
water/fire
lack/abundance .............
puer/senex
beauty/ugly ..........
angles/curves
red/green ...........orange/blue
yellow/purple ...........head/gut
heaven/hell ............perfect/flawed
creature/spirit ............agony/ecstacy
sacred/profane
...........open/closed
exposure/shelter .........
sensitive/numb
control/abandonment .............
rising/falling
acceptance/denial .........
virtue/sin
more to come...
