HELLIGKEIT: Against Jung and Heidegger: A Position Between Psyche and Being

HELLIGKEIT is a philosophical work situated at the boundary between psychology and ontology, without attempting reconciliation, synthesis, or resolution. The book engages critically with Carl Gustav Jung’s depth psychology and Martin Heidegger’s fundamental ontology, not in order to compare or integrate them, but to expose the limits of each when taken as a comprehensive orientation for human existence. Rather than proposing a therapeutic framework, a system of meaning, or a redemptive philosophy, HELLIGKEIT asks what remains when the psyche no longer functions as shelter and being offers no guarantees. It examines the risks of inwardization without world, and openness without responsibility. Across nine chapters, the work moves from necessary darkness, through the danger of brightness, toward a final position defined not by explanation or hope, but by responsible presence. HELLIGKEIT does not present a method, doctrine, or path toward salvation. It articulates a stance: the capacity to stand within openness without recourse to synthesis or escape. This book is written for readers engaged with philosophy, phenomenology, depth psychology, and existential thought, who are willing to confront awareness without promise and openness without refuge.