Jung on Active Imagination - Brossura

Jung, C. G.; Chodorow, Joan

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ISBN 10: 0691015767 ISBN 13: 9780691015767

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 1997

Riassunto

All the creative art psychotherapies (art, dance, music, drama, poetry) can trace their roots to C. G. Jung's early work on active imagination. Joan Chodorow here offers a collection of Jung's writings on active imagination, gathered together for the first time. Jung developed this concept between the years 1913 and 1916, following his break with Freud. During this time, he was disoriented and experienced intense inner turmoil --he suffered from lethargy and fears, and his moods threatened to overwhelm him. Jung searched for a method to heal himself from within, and finally decided to engage with the impulses and images of his unconscious. It was through the rediscovery of the symbolic play of his childhood that Jung was able to reconnect with his creative spirit. In a 1925 seminar and again in his memoirs, he tells the remarkable story of his experiments during this time that led to his self-healing. Jung learned to develop an ongoing relationship with his lively creative spirit through the power of imagination and fantasies. He termed this therapeutic method "active imagination."

This method is based on the natural healing function of the imagination, and its many expressions. Chodorow clearly presents the texts, and sets them in the proper context. She also interweaves her discussion of Jung's writings and ideas with contributions from Jungian authors and artists.

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L'autore:

Joan Chodorow, Ph.D., is an analyst member of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, in private practice. She is a registered dance therapist and former president of the American Dance Therapy Association.

Contenuti:

	List of illustrations
	List of abbreviations used in notes
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction	1
1	Confrontation with the unconscious	21
2	The transcendent function	42
3	'The technique of differentiation between the ego and the figures of the unconscious'	61
4	Commentary on The Secret of the Golden Flower	73
5	The aims of psychotherapy	84
6	A study in the process of individuation	97
7	The Tavistock lectures	143
8	The psychological aspects of the Kore	154
9	On the nature of the psyche	158
10	Three letters to Mr O. (1947)	163
11	Mysterium Coniunctionis	166
12	Foreword to van Helsdingen: Beelden uit het Onbewuste	175
	Afterword: Post-Jungian contributions	177
	Bibliography	180
	List of fantasies and visions	186
	Subject index	188
	Name index	197

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• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0691015767
• ISBN 13: 9780691015767
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 198