ABSTRACT
The idea of the Self was both central to and encompassing of Jung's map of psyche, just as it was for him the centre and circumference of psyche itself. Yet of all his concepts, this may be the one that now causes commentators most dif®culty. Is the Self an idea of psychic totality or an archetype within that totality? Is it pre-existent or emergent? Is it goal or process ± or both? Does it exist at all, or is it simply a remnant of the Protestant monotheism in which Jung was reared? And, if it does exist, is it written with an upper or lower case `S'?
