The theme of a unified nature, that existed before man, and represents our current goal, for now we are in a position of being distinct from that . . . ego is only a part of the whole. I was thinking of the figure/ground; but others have stated here, there’s more than just those two aspects. The quaternity:

“The fourth nature—to return to the text of the “Consilium coniugii”—leads straight to the Anthropos idea that stands for man’s wholeness, that is, the conception of a unitary being who existed before man and at the same time represents man’s goal. The one joins the three as the fourth and thus produces the synthesis of the four in a unity.”

Jung, C. G.. Dreams: (From Volumes 4, 8, 12, and 16 of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung) (Jung Extracts) (Kindle Locations 3533-3536). Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition

Oddly enough though, there was an experience I had along these lines, quite the while back. A one of a kind, at the moment; but it got me thinking along these lines, of the three potentially being completed in a quaternity.

It wasn’t an ordinary dream; it was more like a meditation. I closed my eyes, and I had the feeling of three rotating energetic centers twirling within my chest. They didn’t just stay there, for there was a movement of them, and me,  to another body position six feet to the left of the first me. Coincidently just saw an alchemical type drawing in which there were three interconnected spheres. Was this close to being what’s talked about?

Found some other interesting thoughts here, though from another system:

The development of a form of consciousness that survives death is very similar to Buddhist ideas of enlightenment and involves the use of energy exercises to enable the consciousness to regain the state it was in before birth. Once a practitioner has achieved this state of being, their consciousness is able to leave the body and they are also able to retain their consciousness after death, thereby attaining a form of immortality. Giving birth to a spiritual baby, or the “inner copulation” as it is often called, is a process in which the practitioner’s energy develops to the point where the spirit and energy unite to form a spiritual baby, or a kind of second self that possesses the same consciousness but is not bound by physical laws or the material plane of reality. The spiritual entity is trained to be able to leave the physical body (which then appears lifeless) and return at will. After several years of successful practice the baby becomes an earthbound immortal and can exist apart from the body. The original consciousness is thus free from physical death because it is not dependent on the physical body for existence. Transforming the physical body into an immortal body of light involves a process in which the spiritual body is combined with the physical body until the material form dissolves into a being composed of pure energy. This is also sometimes referred to as achieving the “rainbow body.”

“Secrets of Dragon Gate: Ancient Taoist Practices for Health, Wealth, and the Art of Sexual Yoga / Steven Liu and Jonathan Blank.” (Page 27).

Adding some further synchronicities:

• The Rosarium quotes a similar statement from the “Tractatus aureus”: “Vultur . . . clamat voce magna, inquiens: Ego sum albus niger et rubeus citrinus”108 (The vulture . . . exclaims in a loud voice: I am the white black and the red yellow).

Jung, C. G.. Dreams: (From Volumes 4, 8, 12, and 16 of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung) (Jung Extracts) (Kindle Locations 3633-3636). Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition.

• The same applies to the aurum philosophicum: “In the gold the four elements are contained in equal proportions.”

Jung, C. G.. Dreams: (From Volumes 4, 8, 12, and 16 of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung) (Jung Extracts) (Kindle Locations 3639-3640). Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition.

Same as the picture. Serpent is included, and then there is the notion of a spirit baby as well. Alchemy is alchemy, no matter where?

• Böhme’s mysticism is influenced by alchemy in the highest degree. Thus he says: “The form of the birth is as a turning wheel, which Mercurius causes in the sulphur.” The “birth” is the “golden child” (filius philosophorum = archetype of the divine child) whose “master-workman” is Mercurius. Mercurius himself is the “fiery wheel of the essence” in the form of a serpent.

Jung, C. G.. Dreams: (From Volumes 4, 8, 12, and 16 of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung) (Jung Extracts) (Kindle Locations 3591-3595). Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition.

The notion of the spirit child, then finding it as well in the golden child, and alchemy whether Taoist or Medieval, was one of the other orientations grabbing my intuition here. I had a couple of experiences in which I was a young animal. A young elephant, or a young mountain goat, with its mother, with my four legs planted firmly on the rocky, uneven ground, when I had to deal with some varied situations. New, unique and unusual, but related to the timing of all these experiences.