An Evaluation on The Â’yân-ı Sâbite of Ibn ‘Arabî and The Archetypes of Jung

Human self-recognition, being himself and the process of individuation are the subjects of both the sciences of psychology and religion. Discovering one’s self-values and implementing them is an existential phenomenon. It is through the primary samples, the primary ideas (archetype / â’yân-ı sabite) given to man, that he does not feel himself as an alien to the world he was born to and he lives in since the birth. Should man did not have these latent images of his inner world, he would not be able to recognize them in the outer world. In this study, Jung’s notion of collective unconciousness and archetypes, which form the basis of his theories of analytical psychology and Ibn ‘Arabi’s notion of Â’yan-ı Sâbite, which, in the light of divine sources, had been worked out by him centuries ago, have been evaluated. The purpose is, to put forward the existence of man and of himself in terms of psychology of religion.