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When the boundaries between the inner and the outer dissipate, the ego returns home, back into its original unity. In imagination—phantasy—the thin line between the inner and the outer begins to fade: the I of the abyss is the silent dialogue the soul has with itself. The same is true for the dreaming soul, asleep within its original lost unity, recovered, reconstituted—even if only for a moment—a confluence between the inner and outer is subsumed within the underworld. In imagination—the artist of the dream—there is a contraction of the ego back into its interior, bringing the wealth of its experiences to bear upon the soul.

Jon Mills,  The Unconscious Abyss: Hegel’s Anticipation of Psychoanalysis

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Jon Mills, The Unconscious Abyss: Hegel's Anticipation of Psychoanalysis

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In derangement, spirit’s defensive cry for self-protection leads to a regressive path back toward a preestablished harmony with nature as an earlier form of mastery and control. While such a defense is ultimately maladaptive, being both ontologically and psychologically constrictive, it nevertheless provides an illusory haven in the arms of the abyss. When spirit suffers from psychopathology, the cocoon of its interiority is all it can bear: reality is just too painful to manage. This is when we can say that spirit suffers from ontological insecurity. The logic of the interior governing unconscious spirit becomes the organization of defense. The inner amalgamation of the soul and that of the abyss constitute a defensive fortress that is as protective as it is besieged. When spirit is harassed by reality to the point that it can no longer surpass opposition, its natural proclivity is to escape: when tired, spirit just wants to go to sleep.

Jon Mills,  The Unconscious Abyss: Hegel’s Anticipation of Psychoanalysis