us , ▁Mos es ▁and ▁J amb res , ▁various ▁psych op om ps , ▁John ▁De e , ▁Gi ord ano ▁Bruno ▁and ▁others , ▁before ▁address ing ▁Jung ian ▁ideas ▁of ▁the ▁arch et ype ▁and ▁the ▁Swiss ▁correspond ence ▁with ▁myst ical ▁phys ic ist ▁Wolfgang ▁Paul i . ▁ ▁The ▁central ▁theme ▁to ▁Temple ton - W ard ' s ▁work ▁is ▁the ▁hom ogene ity ▁between ▁what ▁the ▁artist ▁bel ieves ▁are ▁the ▁real ities ▁of ▁the ▁collect ive ▁un cons cious ▁and ▁the ▁un resol ved ▁problem ▁of ▁how ▁( or ▁if ) ▁wave ▁function ▁collapse ▁occurs . ▁The ▁paint ings ▁allow ▁parallel ▁ideas ▁and ▁in numerable ▁characters ▁to ▁get ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁plot , ▁expand ing ▁new ▁spectrum s ▁to ▁the ▁alleg ory . ▁These ▁extra ▁characters ▁include ▁Charles ▁Bon net ' s ▁father , ▁Will - o '- the - w isp , ▁per cept ual ▁par aps ych ologist ▁and ▁ESP ▁fan atic ▁Karl ▁Z ener , ▁N icole ▁A ubre y , ▁Hol in sh ed ' s ▁w itch ▁and ▁others , ▁each ▁reve aling ▁separate ▁inc id ences ▁and ▁new ▁a ven ues ▁for ▁thought . ▁The ▁characters ▁appear ▁in ▁mock ▁batt les ▁rem in is cent ▁of ▁ar cade ▁games ▁such ▁as ▁Street ▁F ighter ▁and ▁Mort al ▁K omb at , ▁t ipping ▁a ▁hat ▁to ▁the ▁world ▁of ▁Har away ' s ▁cy borg s , ▁machine ▁fet ish / my th ology ▁and ▁the ▁t ension ▁between