THE EXPERIENCE OF MEETING WITH THE SELF IN THE KING AND THE SLAVE GIRL BY JALAL AL-DIN AL-RUMI

This study aims to throw light upon the experience of meeting with The Self in “The King and The Slave Girl” From Masnavi by Persian poet Jalal Al-Din Al-Rumi. This study tries to apply Carl Jung theory of Collective Unconscious. Jung was the first who discovered the presence of the collective unconsciousmind in addition to the individual unconscious mind. He believed that menhave the power of collective unconscious mind that belongs to the society andthe culture they live in. Archetypes constitute the structure of the collectiveunconscious. The most famous archetypes are Anima (The archetype of femalein man)، Animus. (The archetype of male in woman)، Shadow (The hateful partpersonality)، Wise Old Man (Archetypal image that embodies wisdom). According to these archetypes، we can say that The King in AL-Rumi storysymbolizes a Sufi who is traveling across an inner trip to obtain trueknowledge of himself. In his trip The Sufi pass through dark tunnel of soil.