Ontolokey

Myth, Alchemy, and the Individuation Process Across Cultures

Who am I really – and who could I become?
This question transcends culture, era, and religion. Whether in ancient myths, world religions, Eastern alchemy, or Jungian psychology, we find strikingly similar answers: the path to wholeness leads through inner transformation.

Ontolokey, a modern personality model in the form of a color-coded cube, makes this path tangible – translating deep psychological and symbolic knowledge into a visual and cross-cultural language.

Ontolokey: The Cube as a Symbol of Inner Space

Based on Carl Gustav Jung’s eight psychological functions – Thinking, Feeling, Intuition, and Sensing, in both introverted and extraverted forms – Ontolokey integrates systems like MBTI, Big Five, and the Enneagram. But it goes a step further:

Ontolokey doesn’t reduce people to types. Instead, the cube becomes a dynamic space – one that unfolds, rotates, and reveals deeper layers of the psyche. This makes development visible: we are not static beings, but evolving selves in motion.

Each surface of the cube, each axis and transformation reflects psychological energy – conscious or unconscious, integrated or projected. This three-dimensionality mirrors our inner complexity.

Mythic Journeys and Archetypes of Transformation

Many cultures have described the journey toward wholeness using myths and symbolic figures. These stories are not just old tales – they are psychological maps.

• In Greek mythology, Odysseus’ return from war is a symbolic individuation process: projection, shadow confrontation, encounters with anima figures, and eventual homecoming.
• In Plato’s Symposium, the idea of the original human as a spherical being, split in two by the gods, represents the eternal longing for psychological completeness.
• In alchemical traditions, the inner work follows stages: nigredo (chaos), albedo (clarity), and rubedo (integration) – all mirrored in the cube’s transformational design.

The Eight Immortals (Ba Xian): Unity in Diversity

A profound Eastern parallel lies in the Chinese myth of the Eight Immortals (八仙, Ba Xian). Each of them represents a different human strength, personality, and symbolic tool. Though individually powerful, they become invincible only when united.

From a Jungian perspective, the Eight Immortals symbolize the eight psychological functions:

• Each Immortal reflects a unique attitude toward life – sensing, thinking, feeling, or intuiting; introverted or extraverted.
• Only as a group can they balance and complement each other.
• Their harmony shows: true mastery comes from internal integration, not dominance of one part over another.

In the Ontolokey model, this principle becomes visible: only when all eight functions are honored and consciously integrated, do we approach psychological wholeness. The cube helps us see which of our “inner Immortals” are already active – and which are waiting to be awakened.

Wholeness as a Universal Path

Whether we look to:

• the Greek heroes,
• the alchemists of Europe,
• the Taoist sages of China,
• the Sufi mystics,
• or the psychological pioneers of the 20th century –

we always find the same basic insight:
Human beings seek unity. Within themselves. With the world. With something greater.

Ontolokey speaks this global language of the soul – without cultural appropriation, but with deep respect for symbolic wisdom across traditions.

Conclusion: A New Visual Language for the Oldest Journey

Ontolokey offers a bridge between cultures, disciplines, and people. It combines analytical depth with symbolic richness – and makes the journey toward wholeness visible, learnable, and shareable.

In a time of fragmentation, speed, and psychological overload, Ontolokey invites us to slow down, turn inward, and discover what the ancient myths always knew: You are more than a type.
You are a whole in the making.
And the path to that wholeness runs through shadow, myth, mystery –
…and a cube that unfolds your Self.