Publisher's Synopsis
Jung referred several times in his writings to the Binarius, especially in relation to the work of the sixteenth century alchemist Gerhard Dorn. In a series of treatises, Dorn articulates the 'myth' of the Binarius. He describes its ingress into the human psyche, where it seeks to take root and eventually assume a position of dominance in the delicate balance of the soul. But the myth of the Binarius had its origin long before Dorn. In this essay, Jeremy Naydler traces the hidden biography of the Binarius both before and after Dorn, from its manifestation in ancient Egypt as Seth, the god of strife and division, to its crucial role in modern times as the basis of computer technology.
