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The symbols of the self arise in the depths of the body, and they express its materiality every bit as much as the perceiving consciousness. The symbol is thus a living body

Carl Gustav Jung, Karl Kerényi (2002). “Science of Mythology: Essays on the Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis”, p.109, Psychology Press
The symbols of the self arise in the depths of the body, and they express its materiality every bit as much as the perceiving consciousness. The symbol is thus a living body