
	Psychology and Psychotechnics Reference: Sherkova, T. A. The Image of the Eye of the Sun God in Ancient Egyptian Religious and Mythological Conceptions: Cultural, Historical and Psychological Aspects // Psychology and Psychotechnics. 2013. № 3. P. 249-254. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=62510 Sherkova, T. A. The Image of the Eye of the Sun God in Ancient Egyptian Religious and Mythological Conceptions: Cultural, Historical and Psychological Aspects Abstract: The image of the solar god-creator — the Eye of Heaven — is typical for many ancient and traditional cultures. But only in ancient Egypt it had a double nature. Masculine image of a demiurge was accompanied with a feminine image named the Holy Eye, a personified goddess, a daughter of Atem and Ra. The origin of such conceptions is viewed from different points of view — history, culture and psychology. Archetype of conflict motives and reunion of gods are studied within the framework of Karl Jung’s analytical psychology. The main purpose of the article is to compare a mythological motive with its psychological contents. Keywords: psychology, symbols, myth, sun, eye, libido, archetype, self, anima, images. This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format for reading. Download article This article written in Russian. You can find original text of the article here . References 1. Antes R. Mifologiya v Drevnem Egipte // Mifologii drevnego mira. M., 1977. 2. Assman Ya. Egipet: teologiya i blagochestie ranney tsivilizatsii. M., 1999. 3. Afanas'ev A. Poeticheskie vozzreniya slavyan na prirodu. T. I. M., 1994. 4. Mat'e M.E. Mify Drevnego Egipta. L., 1940. 5. Meeks D., Favar-Meeks K. Povsednevnaya zhizn' egipetskikh bogov. M., 2008. 6. Tyazhba Gora i Seta // Skazki i povesti Drevnego Egipta / Perevod i kommentarii I.G. Livshitsa. Leningrad, 1979. 7. Sherkova T.A. Bozhestvennyy mladenets i Velikaya Mat' v drevneegipetskoy mifologii: mifologicheskiy i psikhologicheskiy intsest // Psikhologiya i psikhotekhnika. 2010. № 11 (26). S. 39-49. 8. Sherkova T.A. Rozhdenie Oka Khora: Egipet na puti k Rannemu tsarstvu. M., 2004. 9. Frants M.-L. fon. Protsess individuatsii // Yung K.G. Chelovek i ego simvoly. M., 1998. 10. Yung K.G. Ob energetike dushi. M., 2008. 11. Yung K.G. Psikhologicheskie tipy Minsk, 2003. 12. Yung K.G. Simvoly transformatsii. M., 2009. 13. Yung K.G. Eon. M., 2009. 14. Book of the Dead. Transl. by R.O. Faulkner. L., 1993. 15. Faulkner R.O. A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian. Oxford, 2002

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Sherkova, T. A. The Image of the Eye of the Sun God in Ancient Egyptian Religious and Mythological Conceptions: Cultural, Historical and Psychological Aspects