Unus mundus
Encyclopedia
Unus mundus, Latin
for "One world," is a term which refers to the concept of an underlying unified reality from which everything emerges and returns to. It was popularized by Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung
, though the term was used as early as the sixteenth century by Gerhard Dorn
, a student of the famous alchemist Paracelsus
.
Jung's concepts of the archetype
and synchronicity
are related to the unus mundus, the archetype being an expression of unus mundus; synchronicity, or "meaningful coincidence," being made possible by the fact that both the observer
and connected event ultimately stem from the same source, the unus mundus.
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
for "One world," is a term which refers to the concept of an underlying unified reality from which everything emerges and returns to. It was popularized by Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung
Carl Jung
Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of Analytical Psychology. Jung is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as "by nature religious" and make it the focus of exploration. Jung is one of the best known researchers in the field of dream analysis and...
, though the term was used as early as the sixteenth century by Gerhard Dorn
Gerhard Dorn
Gerhard Dorn was a Belgian philosopher, translator, alchemist, physician and bibliophile.-Biography:The details of Gerhard Dorn's early life, along with those of many other 16th century personalities, are lost to history. It is known that he was born about 1530 in Mechelen, which is part of...
, a student of the famous alchemist Paracelsus
Paracelsus
Paracelsus was a German-Swiss Renaissance physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and general occultist....
.
Jung's concepts of the archetype
Archetype
An archetype is a universally understood symbol or term or pattern of behavior, a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated...
and synchronicity
Synchronicity
Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events that are apparently causally unrelated or unlikely to occur together by chance and that are observed to occur together in a meaningful manner...
are related to the unus mundus, the archetype being an expression of unus mundus; synchronicity, or "meaningful coincidence," being made possible by the fact that both the observer
Observer (quantum physics)
In quantum mechanics, "observation" is synonymous with quantum measurement and "observer" with a measurement apparatus and observable with what can be measured. Thus the quantum mechanical observer does not...
and connected event ultimately stem from the same source, the unus mundus.