ABSTRACT
“Deep” archetypes deal with dimensions present in many images and symbols and likely correspond to very fundamental ways one can formulate and organize experience, like the image schemata identified by Jean Knox. With regard to the way in which numbers shape symbols, the Jungian analyst Marie-Louise von Franz postulates: In most cases when any archetype constellates, it first manifests as one archetypal image in a dream. Carl Jung argued that the archetypes have a timeless nature about them, and compared the archetype to instinctual behavior, such as nest building in birds. Number symbolism is a big part of images of what Jung called the Self (capitalized) archetype. Causation is an innate concept that structures symbolic narratives, and represents an important dimension to understanding the context of the symbols. The experiences of the subjects in Newberg and Waldman’s experiments present an interesting twist: the “opposites” are well understood by the brain, and hence are used in symbolism all over the place.
