Imago [related:American Imago, Sigmund Freud, Anima, Dream Telepathy]
Final stage of insect metamorphosis. Also called the imaginal stage. Imago is characterized by the emergence of functional wings [1], often at the expense of great pain and suffering to the pupa. Starting in the early 20th-century
the term imago appeared often in the related fields of psychoanalysis and psychology. In 1912, Sigmund Freud and his disciple Otto Rank established a periodical under the Imago moniker (later renamed American Imago in
1939) - using the term to refer to an entangled mosaic of alters, archetypes, and idealized images entrenched in the psyche Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag. The publication also offered extensive documentation of Freud's foray into Dream Telepathy, the totality of which was eventually published as part of the 1953 book Psychoanalysis and the Occult. The term Imago has since found occasional use in popular culture, including a giant mutant fly-like
boss with only partially functional wings in the Metroid series of games by the Nintendo Entertainment System.
- ↑ A process in which the exact mechanisms of transformation remain largely opaque to the scientific community, Jan Swammerdam's "imaginal disc" hypothesis notwithstanding. "A microscopic and sometimes even unicellular disc of imagination that somehow converts a leg to an antenna - or even, in fact, wings - in mere days? Sounds to me more magick than wisdom." - [REDACTED]