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- noun psychiatry The
principle whereby thesuperabundance of oneforce inevitably produces itsopposite , as withphysical equilibrium .
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Examples
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It was a stunning enantiodromia the likes of which I couldn't have fantasized in my most wine-fueled delusions.
Rex Pickett: The Sideways Publishing Saga -- Part III: Whiplash; Dismay! Rex Pickett 2012
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A discussion with him might cover astrophysics and ant colonies, meteorology and baseball, the science of poker playing, and "enantiodromia," or the restoration of balance.
The Long Climb and Steep Descent of Legg Mason's Top Stock Picker Jason Zweig 2011
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Marie-Louise von Franz argues that alchemy as Jung deals with it enacts the inevitable enantiodromia that sets in as a result of the patriarchal rigidity of the dogma of the Trinity, which excluded the feminine because of its alliance with
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(enantiodromia) to the patriarchal tyranny of the Roman Church in which vicarious atonement as power rather than love is replaced by active "Soul-making" in which the psyche assumes full responsibility for its own salvation.
whichbe commented on the word enantiodromia
The changing of something into its opposite. I love this concept very much.
May 12, 2008
she commented on the word enantiodromia
Oho! So do I.
September 1, 2008
mollusque commented on the word enantiodromia
The urge to take the road less travelled?
September 1, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word enantiodromia
A Jungian concept, apparently. (I had a nice citation, but it turned out to misspell the word in question.)
October 23, 2008
johanna commented on the word enantiodromia
greek roots....it is the
description of the highest point of the arc
of a pendulim's swing, and the
slight pause there. before it swings back to the opposite direction... great metaphor for the human condition.
July 29, 2009
johanna commented on the word enantiodromia
fata-morgana
July 29, 2009
MiketheViking90 commented on the word enantiodromia
adoption of beliefs opposite to those previously held
March 21, 2011
oroboros commented on the word enantiodromia
This concept is brilliantly depicted in the Taoist symbol of "yin-yang". The "eyes" of the contrasting yin and yang complements represent the seed of its opposite whereby it "sees". Imagine that each eye expands until its color fills the containing yin or yang figure while a new eye, of contrasting color, emanates in the center of a new eye, and the whole process repeats indefinitely.
June 20, 2016