This article is born from my interest in understanding those aspects in the psyche that activate an urge to discover the scattered and broken pieces that complete the whole. The movement toward completion does not follow a lineal or progressive drive but pertains to the archetypal movements of the psyche that procure wholeness within the mystery of the psyche’s dismembered nature. In its necessary fragmentation, there are aspects of the psyche that solar consciousness cannot realize. The detective function of the psyche is lunar because it is associated with death, darkness, and mystery. Thus, this article argues that there is a detective function intimately related to the symbolism of the moon, and through which depth psychology has illuminated the unconscious. This function works in a regressive motion and is awakened when one needs to pull together the pieces of personal stories. If a bizarre emotion is haunting one, one may feel the urge to place it somewhere, as if by doing so one would be restoring a whole. However, when one has lodged the matter in the dark—the unconscious—something comes back from there, demanding different treatment. It is as if a crime scene continues to surface through haunting details, narrating the story of a dismembered whole that calls for a specific type of attention. It is important to mention that even while there are various kinds of mysteries (hard-boiled, and soft-boiled), this article is a survey of one type of detective story.

这篇文章源于我对理解心灵中那些激发了发现完整整体的零散碎片的冲动的兴趣。走向完成的运动并不遵循直线或渐进的驱动力，而是与心理的原型运动有关，这些运动在心理被肢解的本性的奥秘中获得完整性。在其必要的碎片化中，太阳意识无法实现心灵的某些方面。心灵的侦探功能是月球，因为它与死亡、黑暗和神秘有关。因此，本文认为有一种与月亮的象征密切相关的侦探功能，深度心理学通过它照亮了无意识。该功能以一种倒退的方式工作，当人们需要将个人故事的片段拼凑在一起时就会被唤醒。如果一种奇怪的情绪困扰着一个人，一个人可能会有将它放在某个地方的冲动，就好像这样做会恢复一个整体。然而，当一个人把这件事放在黑暗中——无意识中——就会有东西从那里回来，要求不同的处理。就好像犯罪现场继续通过令人难以忘怀的细节浮出水面，讲述一个被肢解的整体的故事，需要特定类型的关注。值得一提的是，尽管有各种各样的谜团（硬煮和软煮），但本文是对一种侦探故事的调查。好像这样做会恢复一个整体。然而，当一个人把这件事放在黑暗中——无意识中——就会有东西从那里回来，要求不同的处理。就好像犯罪现场继续通过令人难以忘怀的细节浮出水面，讲述一个被肢解的整体的故事，需要特定类型的关注。值得一提的是，尽管有各种各样的谜团（硬煮和软煮），但本文是对一种侦探故事的调查。好像这样做会恢复一个整体。然而，当一个人把这件事放在黑暗中——无意识中——就会有东西从那里回来，要求不同的处理。就好像犯罪现场继续通过令人难以忘怀的细节浮出水面，讲述一个被肢解的整体的故事，需要特定类型的关注。值得一提的是，尽管有各种各样的谜团（硬煮和软煮），但本文是对一种侦探故事的调查。