ABSTRACT

If the basic processes of living systems are truly equivalent to the properties of archetypal systems, then there should be a ready match between the archetypal and biological phenomena. In fact there is just such a match. In the preceding arguments we have seen that living systems typically exhibit positive and negative polarity, centration, accommodation and assimilation. Although many of these characteristics have already been shown to be characteristic of archetypal systems, it is important now to recapitulate that relationship.