The Application of Jung's Personality Psychoanalysis in Attar and Rumi's Poetry Relying on the Two Categories of Joiner and Separation

Despite the common thoughts of the poets who have stepped on the path of mysticism, each of them had a special style in depicting the ways and methods of conduct and their identification. In addition to the stylistic characteristics of a work, which play a decisive role in creating a different work, the spiritual and personality characteristics of the creator of the work also have an effect on this matter. In this article, the personality of Attar and Rumi has been analyzed based on the theory of the famous psychologist, Gustav Jung, from the perspective of introversion and extroversion in the face of the two categories of joiner and separation. Considering the influence of the childhood environment, different incidents and events in the lives of the two poets, the difference in their views and narratives about the character of the lover, which is the main focus of romantic lyric poetry, and the moods related to it, as well as the poetic style and personality type of the two poets, it can be acknowledged that Attar has an emotional introverted character and has spoken more about Hejran (separation) than Vesal (joiner), and despite many descriptions about Hejran (separation), Rumi does not consider Vesal (joiner) to be out of reach and has an emotional extroverted personality.