This book is the result of study of the two authors - Sri Aurobindo and jung towards this cultural recreation of the future, the insight and the knowledge of mind and personality. Contributions made by both of them seem to provide the foundation and direction.

The East-West dialogue increasingly seeks to compare and clarify contrasting views on the nature of consciousness. For the Eastern liberatory models, where a nondual view of consciousness is primary, the challenge lies in articulating how consciousness and the manifold contents of consciousness are singular. Western empirical science, on the other hand, must provide a convincing account of how consciousness arises from matter. By placing the theories of Jung and Patañjali in dialogue with one another, Consciousness in Jung and Patañjali illuminates significant differences between dual and nondual psychological theory and teases apart the essential discernments that theoreticians must make between epistemic states and ontic beliefs. Patañjali’s Classical Yoga, one of the six orthodox Hindu philosophies, is a classic of Eastern and world thought. Patañjali teaches that notions of a separate egoic "I" are little more than forms of mistaken identity that we experience in our attempts to take ownership of consciousness. Carl Jung’s depth psychology, which remains deeply influential to psychologists, religious scholars, and artists alike, argues that ego-consciousness developed out of the unconscious over the course of evolution. By exploring the work of key theoreticians from both schools of thought, particularly those whose ideas are derived from an integration of theory and practice, Whitney explores the extent to which the seemingly irremediable split between Jung and Patañjali’s ontological beliefs can in fact be reconciled. This thorough and insightful work will be essential reading for academics, theoreticians, and postgraduate students in the fields of psychology, philosophy of science, and consciousness studies. It will also appeal to those interested in the East–West psychological and philosophical dialogue.

Beginning with Carl Jung's dismissal of yoga psychology for the Westerner, this thesis employs hermeneutic methodology to explore the question: If Jung, due to cultural prejudices and a lack of experience with Indian yogic tradition, misunderstood the Indian concept of transcending the ego and denied the possibility of a superconscious, or higher state of consciousness above the ego, how can renewed interest into human growth through the lens of yoga psychology contribute to an expansion of depth psychology today? This research helps contribute to the understanding of the nature of the ego and consciousness from a yogic point of view. Clinical implications of integration include more tools for managing the unconscious and psychopathology, a broader understanding of the human mind, greater opportunity for expansion of consciousness, and further opportunities for ethical treatment of multicultural clients. It is time that depth psychology integrates yoga psychology into the mental health paradigm.