Jung on Active Imagination / / C. G. Jung; ed. by Joan Chodorow.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Jung, C. G.,
• HerausgeberIn: Chodorow, Joan,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Encountering Jung
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

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