Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2025

Abstract

This paper theoretically situates transformation as a biophysiological process specific to information transfer in and throughout a multicellular organism, conceptualized as the epigenesis, morphogenesis, and formation of the self in the unfolding process of individuation. The self will be ascribed, not merely as the Jungian definition of something to be realized through individuation, but rather, as a twofold operation: (a) As a conjunction within the process of individuation that extends into, as part of, the possible future process of individuation; to account for this phase in the operation of the unfolding of the self, the paper refers to Gilbert Simondon’s ontogenetic operation of individuation to complement and further Carl Jung’s original conception, which implies an immanent vital force in the individuation process; and (b) The operation of individuation distinguishes a conjunction between organism and environment, whereby, the body as organism and the environment inform one another in the organism’s continued development. To account for this phase in the development of the organism, the paper will introduce a rhizomatic structure of self-organization explicated through autopoiesis; the self-organization of an organism takes place chemically, biologically, and psychological, which is further developed through the neurophenomenology of intersubjectivity. Accordingly, through this twofold operation, this paper suggests that transformation is a process of systems in relation which is organized chemically, biologically, physiological, and psychologically through the process of individuation that is operationalized via a vital quality, the self.

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