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TY - JOUR
T1 - Calling to the anima mundi
T2 - on restoring soul within organizations
AU - Rozuel, Cecile
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Concerns about the loss of spirit, morale, and morality in modern organizations, apparent in the growing spirituality-at-work literature, suggest that the dominant business paradigm is unbalanced. Grounded in a patriarchal view of the world, it effectively negates the feminine and its intrinsic connection with nature. Alchemists, as C.G. Jung discussed extensively in his works, understood the risk of living in an unbalanced world which neglects the soul of the earth and the soul of people. This paper explores the lost connection with the soul and discusses its ethical implications. In particular, I argue that the anima mundi (the world soul) can restore balance and values in organizations if she is attended to respectfully and with care. This process involves an appreciation of the feminine in its practical and archetypal sense, and some extensive inner work, in the spirit of alchemical imagination, to understand ourselves and our organizations better.
AB - Concerns about the loss of spirit, morale, and morality in modern organizations, apparent in the growing spirituality-at-work literature, suggest that the dominant business paradigm is unbalanced. Grounded in a patriarchal view of the world, it effectively negates the feminine and its intrinsic connection with nature. Alchemists, as C.G. Jung discussed extensively in his works, understood the risk of living in an unbalanced world which neglects the soul of the earth and the soul of people. This paper explores the lost connection with the soul and discusses its ethical implications. In particular, I argue that the anima mundi (the world soul) can restore balance and values in organizations if she is attended to respectfully and with care. This process involves an appreciation of the feminine in its practical and archetypal sense, and some extensive inner work, in the spirit of alchemical imagination, to understand ourselves and our organizations better.
KW - Jung
KW - archetypes
KW - feminine soul
KW - masculine order
KW - ethics
KW - spirituality
U2 - 10.1080/14766086.2013.801320
DO - 10.1080/14766086.2013.801320
M3 - Journal article
VL - 11
SP - 123
EP - 142
JO - Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion
JF - Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion
SN - 1942-258X
IS - 2
ER -