The Fourteen Chapters

01

The Ego

The conscious standpoint and its limits

02

The Shadow

Disowned material and projection

03

The Syzygy: Anima and Animus

The inner pair of opposites

04

The Self

Wholeness as archetypal center

05

Christ, a Symbol of the Self

Symbolic wholeness and excluded opposites

06

The Sign of the Fishes

Aeon symbolism and the fish motif

07

The Prophecies of Nostradamus

Collective images and prophetic meaning

08

The Historical Significance of the Fish

How a motif gathers meaning over time

09

The Ambivalence of the Fish Symbol

Paradox, opposites, and shadow

10

The Fish in Alchemy

Transformation imagery of the opus

11

The Alchemical Interpretation

Meaning of alchemical symbols

12

Background to the Psychology of Christian Alchemical Symbolism

Method and symbolic framework

13

Gnostic Symbols of the Self

Gnosis, wisdom figures, and paradox

14

The Structure and Dynamics of the Self

A culminating view of wholeness