As a science, it is a body of empirical knowledge that is structured by intellectual concepts that apply to the psyche in general. This practical aspect goes quite beyond the scientific aspect. It is, in truth, an art. If, in fact, complexes do function as a collective whole much as ants or termites, it becomes possible for science to validate many of Jung s conclusions about the psyche. He speculates further than consciousness arises out of the collective group as a soliton, a non-linear wave that retains its structure indefinitely as it moves throughout the brain.
Children stand in awe of the symbol, even though they themselves have created it.
The dragon is both fantastic and terrifying, wonderful and hideous, familiar and mysterious very much like life itself.