ABSTRACT
As an imperial discipline that began with studies in geology, botany and zoology, ecology emerged as a separate field in the twentieth century when it attempted to go beyond disciplinary boundaries in understanding the natural world, using conservation as a guiding principle. Jung referred to the feminine in anima and animus, describing these as subjective, a priori categories in the unconscious psyche of men and women, that help mediate the conscious with the unconscious. Jung’s notion of a contra-sexual psyche in a gendered self, ties up with myths and symbols of many cultures, especially epics, sacred texts, art, religious iconography of India, that are pre-psychological in character. Jung wrote that Earth bound desire, sensuality in all its forms, attachment to the lures of this world, and the incessant dissipation of psychic energy in the world’s prodigal variety are the main obstacle to the development of a coherent and purposive attitude.
