.) (Cf. Jung,
Psychology of the Unconscious.)

The marvel of the invigoration that can be attained in the successful
issue of introversion is comparable to the effect that Antaeus felt on
touching his mother, the earth. The mother of men, to whom introversion
carries us, is the spirit of the race, and from it flows gigantic
strength. "This occasional retiring into oneself, which means a return to
an infantile relation to the parent images, appears within certain limits
to have a favorable effect upon the condition of the individual." Of this
mine of power Stekel (Nerv. Angst., p. 375) writes: "When mankind desires
to create something big, it must reach down deep into the reservoir of its
past."

I wish now to quote a mystic philosopher. J. B. von Helmont (1577-1644)
writes: "That magic power of man which is operative outside of him lies,
as it were, hidden in the inner life of mankind. It sleeps and rules
absolutely without being wakened, yet daily as if in a drunken stupor
within us.... Therefore we should pray to God, who can be honored only in
the spirit, that is, in the inmost soul of man. Hence I say the art of the
Cabala requires of the soul that magic yet natural power shall, as it
were, after sleep has been driven away, be placed in the keeping of the
soul. This magic power has gone, to sleep in us through sin and has to be
awakened again. This happens either through the illumination of the Holy
Ghost or a man himself can by the art of the Cabala produce this power of
awakening himself at will. Such are called makers of gold [nota bene!]
whose leader (rector) is, however, the spirit of God.... When God created
the soul of man he imparted to it fundamental and primal knowledge. The
soul is the mirror of the universe and is related to all Being. It is
illumined by an inner light, but the storm of the passions, the
multiplicity of sensuous impressions, and other distractions darken this
light, whose beams are spread abroad only, if it burns alone and if all in
us is in harmony and peace. If we know how to separate ourselves from all
external influences and are willing to be led by this inner light, we
shall find pure and true knowledge in us. In this state of concentration
the soul distinguishes all objects to which it directs its attention. It
can unite with them, penetrate their nature, and can itself reach God and
in him know the most important truths." (Ennemoser, Gesch. d. Mag., pp.
906, 914.)

Staudenmaier