ABSTRACT
The ultimate goal in Jungian analysis, or the process of individuation which it aims to facilitate, is the hieros gamos or Divine Marriage. C. G. Jung borrowed the term from medieval alchemy, and his last great work, The Mysterium Coniunctionis, was devoted to its study and psychological interpretation. Claire Douglas has pointed that, “It is of relevance to Jung’s theory of the feminine that Jung largely excludes the female half of the alchemical pair, and denies the relevance of alchemy to feminine experience”. The author believes that the early women around Jung used their relationship with him as a sort of acting out of the hieros gamos. They felt a “marriage” to him at a very deep level and perhaps that is the reason most of them remained unmarried. It would be difficult for a mere man to compete with such a figure, who reached these women psychically in such a meaningful way.
