Getting into Complexity: The Blastula and Its Psychological Implications

Embryological Focus: The morula forms a blastula (or blastocyst), a hollow structure with an inner cell mass and outer layer—the first architectural distinction of inner and outer, self and other.
Psychological Insights: This moment reflects the beginning of structured complexity and internal organization. Psychologically, it touches on themes of containment, boundary formation, self-definition, and orientation within one’s internal and external world.
Key Themes: Complexity, inner world vs. outer shell, beginnings of structure and identity, boundary-making, layered being.