This article considers the role of the God-image in Carl Jung's théories of religion, psychotherapy and human development. Jung views the God-image as a fundamental aspect of the human psyche and closely connected to the development of the self. In this regard he describes the individuation process as the progressive incarnation of the divine. His reflections on broadening the Christian God-image to include the feminine, matter and the shadow deal with the problem of psychological opposites with crucial implications for the goals of psychotherapy and psychological development.
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