Unus Mundus and Tjukurrpa

Research Focus

We challenge the traditional view of consciousness as a private, interior mental state, arguing instead that it is an emergent relational event within a shared field of reality. Drawing on Carl Jung’s late theories of synchronicity and the unus mundus, we explore how mind and matter are coordinated through an underlying, non-local order rather than simple cause and effect. This psychological framework is juxtaposed with the Indigenous concept of Tjukurrpa, as taught by Bob Randall, which describes a living continuity and lawful relationship that precedes individual experience. Unlike Western theory, which often treats these connections as symbolic or exceptional, Tjukurrpa presents relationship as an always-present obligation and the very ground of existence. Ultimately, we call for analytical psychology to shift from interpreting internal symbols toward recognizing consciousness as active participation in a broader ecological and ethical field.