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# Sacred marriage
- URL: https://www.descentpress.com/index/sacred-marriage/
- Published: 2026-09-05T04:40:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-10T02:26:15.000Z
- Description: Sacred marriage (*hieros gamos*) is Sharp’s synonym redirect to coniunctio. Related: sponsus/sponsa; Sol–Luna; mystic marriage.
- Author: Jae Botávn
- Tags: #index, #Import 2026-09-04 23:45

## 1\. Etymology

**Sacred marriage** (*hieros gamos*) is Sharp’s synonym redirect to **[coniunctio](https://www.descentpress.com/index/coniunctio/)**. Related: sponsus/sponsa; Sol–Luna; mystic marriage.

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## 2\. Plain summary

**Examples (exhaustive house list for this Index lemma — common sacred-marriage motifs named across Jung’s essays and standard Jungian lexica; not a claim that Jung’s CW contains only these):**  
Sharp redirect → coniunctio; hieros gamos; Christian sponsus/sponsa; dual-stamp CONI-1–4 only.

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## 3\. Academic elucidation

Hub entry. Authority and §5 sample: [coniunctio](https://www.descentpress.com/index/coniunctio/) (CONI folded). No new sacred-marriage leaf stamps this pass.

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## 4\. Lexicon

**Sharp (1991)**

> Sacred marriage. See coniunctio.

(Sharp, 1991)

> coniunctio … (full quotes live on [coniunctio](https://www.descentpress.com/index/coniunctio/))

(Samuels, Shorter, & Plaut, 1986, pp. **35–36**) — dual via coniunctio leaf.

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## 5\. CW concordance — sample, not exhaustive

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**See also:** [coniunctio](https://www.descentpress.com/index/coniunctio/); [opposites](https://www.descentpress.com/index/opposites/); [anima](https://www.descentpress.com/index/anima/); [animus](https://www.descentpress.com/index/animus/); [repression](https://www.descentpress.com/index/repression/); [sacrifice](https://www.descentpress.com/index/sacrifice/).

## References

Samuels, A., Shorter, B., & Plaut, F. (1986). *A critical dictionary of Jungian analysis*. Routledge.

Sharp, D. (1991). *Jung lexicon: A primer of terms & concepts*. Inner City Books.

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