Freud - Blogs - Depth Psychology Alliance2024-03-29T08:05:49Zhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/FreudHappy Birthday, Carl Jung! -- A blog post in your honor on your role in depth psychology....https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/happy-birthday-carl-jung-a-blog-post-in-your-honor-on-your-role-i2013-07-26T23:29:53.000Z2013-07-26T23:29:53.000ZBonnie Brighthttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/BonnieBright<div><p><font face="Verdana"><i>I</i></font><font face="Verdana"><i>n honor of what would have been Jung's 138th birthday, July 26, I'm sharing an excerpt from my essay on Jung's role in Depth Psychology, "</i><span><i>Occupy Psyche: Deconstructing the Jungian Shadow in Depth Psychology," published in </i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Occupy-Psyche-Archetypal-Perspectives-ebook/dp/B008LFIB9S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374878285&sr=8-1&keywords=occupy+psyche" target="_blank">Occupy Psyche: Jungian and Archetypal Perspectives on a Movement</a> <i>(2012, Eds. Jordan Shapiro and Roxanne Partridge).</i></span></font></p><div><div><font face="Verdana"><i> </i></font></div><div><div align="left"></div><div><font face="Verdana" size="2"><i><img src="http://www.depthpsychologylist.com/Resources/Pictures/265-occupypsycheebookCover.jpg" title="" alt="" width="133" height="200" border="0" align="right" />The essay takes a look at how Jungian psychology relates to depth psychology and examines the influence of the larger-than-life persona of Jung on many of us who feel profoundly impacted by his work. </i></font></div><div><font face="Verdana" size="2"><i> </i></font></div><div><font face="Verdana" size="2"><i>It also cautions us, by the way, to regard the shadow cast by the legend Jung has truly become and to ground ourselves in remembering his humanity and not idealizing him. </i></font></div><div><font face="Verdana" size="2"><i> </i></font></div><div><font face="Verdana" size="2"><i>(You can <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Occupy-Psyche-Archetypal-Perspectives-ebook/dp/B008LFIB9S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374878285&sr=8-1&keywords=occupy+psyche" target="_blank">learn more about or buy the anthology, Occupy Psyche, here.</a>)</i></font></div><div>Read on...</div><div><p><font size="2" face="Verdana">The theories of Swiss-born Carl Gustav Jung (known as C.G. to his peers) developed during the infancy of the emerging field known as psychology, established him as a pioneer and one of the founding fathers of depth psychology. The broader field of psychology was essentially born in 1879 when German physician and philosopher, Wilhelm Wundt, set up the first laboratory that carried out psychological research. The next few years marked the award of the first doctorate in psychology, the first title “professor of psychology, and the establishment of the American Psychological Association in 1892 (<a href="http://www.depthpsychologylist.com/Depth-Psychology-Practitioners-Blog?mode=PostView&bmi=1352640#_ENREF_26" title="Zimbardo, 2001 #947"><span>Zimbardo, 2001</span></a>). In 1890, American philosopher William James, published <i>Principles of Psychology</i>, which marked an important transition from a mental <i>philosophy</i> to a <i>scientific</i> psychology. A few years later, in 1896, a Viennese medical doctor trained in neurology, Sigmund Freud, introduced the term “psychoanalysis” to define the practice of “talk therapy"...</font></p><p><a href="http://www.depthpsychologylist.com/Depth-Psychology-Practitioners-Blog?mode=PostView&bmi=1352640" target="_blank">Read the full blog here...</a></p></div></div></div></div>Living the Symbolic Lifehttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/living-the-symbolic-life2011-03-08T01:20:23.000Z2011-03-08T01:20:23.000ZBonnie Brighthttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/BonnieBright<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">It is Sigmund Freud who is credited for the discovery of the unconscious and is often called the “father of psychology”. Psychiatrist and medical historian Henri Ellenberger, in <i>Discovery of the</i> <i>Unconscious</i>, describes Depth Psychology as the key to exploring the unconscious mind. Understanding what lies in the unconscious--whether repressed, forgotten, or simply never known--can help us bring meaning to our conscious lives. The unconscious makes itself known to us through symbols, that is, images that appear to us either internally or externally and suggest meaning we can relate to. If we are willing to engage with the symbols as they come to us, whether in dreams, through art, or in some other compelling way, we can learn more about ourselves and our relationship to each other and the world around us than we ever imagined.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">In his book, <i>The Symbolic Quest</i>, Jungian analyst Edward Whitmont states, “The same images which present themselves to us as representatives of the outside world are subsequently used by the psyche to express the inner world” (p. 29). Intuiting the meaning of this object beyond what we already understand it to be is the idea of <i>symbolic thought.</i> Carl Jung strongly promoted living the symbolic life: taking symbolic experiences seriously and living in relationship to the unseen worlds beyond our conscious lives. Locating ourselves within a symbolic life gives us the feeling of being rooted in something bigger, of a sense of the tapestry of the world soul into which we are woven.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">One portal into living the symbolic life is paying attention to our dreams. Freud wrote the groundbreaking work, Interpretation of Dreams, on the topic in 1900. Jung's work on dreams suggested dreams are the royal road to the unconscious and he promoted analysis and amplification of dreams as a way to receive the message the unconscious is attempting to deliver. Contemporary archetypal psychologist James Hillman promotes interacting with dream symbols on their own turf, dialoguing with them and allowing their autonomous energy (that of the psyche) to speak directly to us. Whichever technique you use, you are sure to learn something new about yourself and your connection to the world through them. For a great example of dream interpretation which I enjoyed, check the recent article "Whale Dreaming" by Jungian analyst Barry Williams along with Renata Ritzman in Sacred Fire magazine (Issue 11): <a href="http://www.sacredfiremagazine.com/Subscribe/IssueGallery/IssueEleven/tabid/241/Default.aspx"></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sacredfiremagazine.com/Subscribe/IssueGallery/IssueEleven/tabid/241/Default.aspx">http://www.sacredfiremagazine.com/Subscribe/IssueGallery/IssueEleven/tabid/241/Default.aspx</a> or check out Hillman's <em>Dream and the Underworld</em>.</span></p></div>