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Book: Archetypes in Religion and Beyond

Chapter: h. Christ

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.43691

Blurb:

Christ (as distinct from the historical Jesus) symbolizes a new emphasis on the universality of the God archetype, but also evokes the Middle Way archetype through the ambiguity of divine and human. The crucifixion and resurrection can symbolize the emotional power of a shift from reinforcing to balancing feedback.

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