In this essay I interpret Jung’s later visions and dreams and his most complete description of the Self in light of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother’s teachings on Integral Yoga, with special reference to Overmind and Supermind consciousness. I compare and contrast Jung’s experiences and writings with the goal of becoming one with the Transcendent non-dual Reality accompanied by ego dissolution. Jung’s psychology of individuation requires a creative engagement with the world and not seeking or attaining the Transcendent non-dual Reality per se. The goal of individuation, rather, demands full consciousness of spiritual experiences and not dissolution of the ego. I argue that Jung’s later visions and dreams are most likely experiences of what Sri Aurobindo and the Mother referred to as Overmind consciousness, although their high numinosity and comprehensiveness as well as subsequent creative work opens up the possibility of him having come under the influence of the Supermind.
His latest and most complete description of the Self, fourfold in structure and differentiated at four levels of being supports the Supermind hypothesis. Jung’s last dream-vision is an indication that Jung had won through to individualized global consciousness and attained completed individuation. An important caveat to this essay is that it is written as no more than a contribution to a hypothesis on the nature of Jung’s experiences and the level of consciousness he attained, and nothing more.
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