transconscious aspect of opposites

The elevation of the human figure to a king or a divinity, and on the other hand its representation in subhuman, theriomorphic form, are indications of the transconscious character of the pairs of opposites. They do not belong to the ego-personality but are supraordinate to it. The ego-personality occupies an intermediate position, like the(soul placed between good and evil). The pairs of opposites constitute the phenomenology of the paradoxical Self, man's totality. That is why their symbolism makes use of cosmic expressions like coelum / terra. The intensity of the conflict is expressed in symbols like fire and water, height and depth, life and death