{"title":"Jungian Analysis of the Chinese Mythological Image of Sun Wukong","authors":"Jingyu Liang, Yancui Zhang, Jingwen Zhang, Heyong Shen","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.12948","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.12948","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper examines the symbolism of the cultural image Sun Wukong (the Monkey King), a Chinese legendary hero, and how it influenced an eight-year-old boy’s psychic development. Through an analysis of Sun Wukong’s life from his birth to attaining Buddhahood, a three-phase healing process is identified in Sun Wukong’s tale and the psychotherapeutic process: “naming and initiating,” “nurturing and taming,” and “transforming and transcending,” proposed by Dr. Heyong Shen. Sandplay visually highlighted these key clinical changes in conscious awareness and developmental behaviour influencing the boy’s individuation process. Images found either in cultural traditions or spontaneously emerging from the unconscious in individuals are of significance in human life, offering pathways to psychic healing and development. Further, myths and cultural resources used in clinical work demonstrate that having cultural competency is invaluable in Jungian analysis. Pathogenic and health-maintenance factors of culture can be explored in future clinical practice and research.</p><p>Cet article étudie le symbolisme de l'image culturelle d’un héros légendaire chinois; Sun Wukong (le roi singe). L’article explore comment cette image a influencé le développement psychique d'un garçon de huit ans. À travers une analyse de la vie de Sun Wukong depuis sa naissance jusqu'à ce qu’il atteigne la bouddhéité, un processus de guérison en trois phases est identifié dans le conte de Sun Wukong et dans le processus psychothérapeutique, et proposé par le Dr Heyong Shen : « nommer et initier », « apprivoiser et nourrir » et « transformer et transcender ». La thérapie par le jeu de sable a ensuite mis en évidence visuellement ces changements cliniques clés dans la prise de conscience et le comportement développemental, qui ont influencé le processus d'individuation du garçon. Les images trouvées dans les traditions culturelles ou qui émergent spontanément de l'inconscient chez les individus sont importantes dans la vie des êtres humains : elles fournissent des voies de guérison et de développement psychiques. De plus, les mythes et les ressources culturelles utilisés dans le travail clinique montrent que la compétence culturelle est inestimable dans l'analyse jungienne. Les facteurs pathogènes et les facteurs de maintien de la santé – présents dans la culture - peuvent être explorés dans la pratique clinique et la recherche futures.</p><p>Dieser Artikel untersucht die Symbolik des kulturellen Bildes Sun Wukong (des Affenkönigs), eines legendären chinesischen Helden, und wie es die psychische Entwicklung eines achtjährigen Jungen beeinflußte. Durch eine Analyse von Sun Wukongs Leben von seiner Geburt bis zur Erlangung der Buddhaschaft wird in Sun Wukongs Geschichte ein dreiphasiger Heilungsprozeß identifiziert und als psychotherapeutischer Prozeß gesehen: ‘Benennung und Initiierung’, ‘Zähmung und Pflege’ und ‘Transformation und Transzendierung’, vorgeschlagen von Dr. Heyong Shen. San","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"68 4","pages":"665-686"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10499332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mundici, Elena. (2022). “A Matter of Wife and Death: Reflections on Music and Violence,” British Journal of Psychotherapy, 38(1), 17–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjp.12697","authors":"Nada O'Brien Ph.D.","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.12931","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.12931","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"68 4","pages":"792-794"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10117944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Helge Michael Osterhold, Gisele Fernandes-Osterhold
{"title":"Chasing the Numinous: Hungry Ghosts in the Shadow of the Psychedelic Renaissance","authors":"Helge Michael Osterhold, Gisele Fernandes-Osterhold","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.12949","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.12949","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In recent years a renewed scientific, public and commercial interest in psychedelic medicines can be observed across the globe. As research findings have been generally promising, there is hope for new treatment possibilities for a number of difficult-to-treat mental health concerns. While honouring positive developments and therapeutic promise in relation to the medical use of psychedelics, this paper aims to shine a light on some underlying psycho-cultural shadow dynamics in the unfolding psychedelic renaissance. This paper explores whether and how the multi-layered collective fascination with psychedelics may yet be another symptom pointing towards a deeper psychological and spiritual malaise in the modern Western psyche as diagnosed by C. G. Jung. The question is posed whether the West’s feverish pursuit of psychedelic medicines—from individual consumption to entheogenic tourism, from capitalist commodification of medicines and treatments to the increasing number of ethical scandals and abuse through clinicians and self-proclaimed shamans—is related to a Western cultural complex. As part of the discussion, the archetypal image of the Hungry Ghost, known across Asian cultural and religious traditions, is explored to better understand the aforementioned shadow phenomena and point towards mitigating possibilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"68 4","pages":"638-664"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1468-5922.12949","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10125944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Where Does I Stand? Reflections on Home and Identity Ensnared in a Cultural Narrative","authors":"Joanna de Waal","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.12947","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.12947","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this paper the author explores a cultural narrative that she suggests rests on the concepts of the Feminine and Masculine as such, employing both as though they contain an agreed set of universal givens. These givens are extrapolated from an androcentric perspective on female and male bodies, in particular their biological functions regarding reproduction. The metaphors of the baby-in-womb, mother’s preoccupation with child and heteronormative sexual relations are the primary cyphers for the narrative. She suggests that remaining unconscious of this narrative, such that it is taken as a universal given, can hamper a person’s relation to themselves, the world and others. The author names two concepts, Home and Identity: Home being an hospitable and accommodating space with Identity denoting the one who inhabits the space. In the narrative these two are unhelpfully categorized as belonging to the Feminine and the Masculine respectively. For ease of understanding the author uses a capital letter to designate an abstract idea, and lower case when referring to the concrete or particular. Clinical examples are given throughout the paper to illustrate how acknowledgement and awareness of this narrative might free the analyst or therapist to think more broadly around issues pertaining to space and identity.</p><p>Dans cet article, l'auteur explore un récit culturel qui, selon elle, repose sur les concepts du Féminin et du Masculin en tant que tels, utilisant ces deux termes comme s'ils contenaient un ensemble convenu de données universelles. Ces données sont dérivées à partir d’une perspective androcentrique des corps féminins et masculins, en particulier leurs fonctions biologiques en matière de reproduction. Les métaphores du bébé dans le ventre de la mère, de la préoccupation de la mère pour les enfants et des relations sexuelles hétéro-normatives sont les principaux codes du récit. Elle suggère que si l’on reste inconscient de ce récit, et que l’on continue à le considérer comme une donnée universelle, cela peut entraver la relation d'une personne à elle-même, au monde et aux autres. L'auteur nomme deux concepts, « Home » et Identité: « Home » étant un espace hospitalier et accueillant, et « Identité » désignant celui qui habite l'espace. Dans le récit, ces deux termes sont catégorisés comme appartenant respectivement au Féminin et au Masculin, ce qui pose problème. Pour faciliter la compréhension, l'auteur utilise une majuscule pour désigner une idée abstraite, et des minuscules lorsqu'elle se réfère au concret ou au particulier. Des exemples cliniques sont donnés tout au long de l'article pour illustrer que prendre la mesure de ce récit et développer la prise de conscience pourraient libérer l'analyste ou le thérapeute et lui permettre de réfléchir de manière plus large aux questions relatives à l'espace et à l'identité.</p><p>In diesem Artikel untersucht die Autorin ein kulturelles Narrativ, das ihrer Meinung nach auf den Konzepten des Weibl","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"68 4","pages":"706-728"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10128806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Epistolary Conversation","authors":"John Beebe, Stefano Carpani","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.12944","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.12944","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This written exchange is between a senior and a younger Jungian analyst on issues relevant to the development of analytical psychology throughout the world today. The younger analyst, Stefano Carpani, considers himself a neo-Jungian. He explains to John Beebe, known for post-Jungian contributions to the study of typology, integrity, and gender, how important it is to include sociological perspectives alongside those that stem from the Jungian practice of relational psychoanalysis. The degree to which analysis has become an extended meditation on the relation of individual self-exploration to supra-personal Self-realization is emphasized by both authors, who envision this introspection leading to an expanded inner openness that Carpani has called “absolute freedom.” The authors conclude that absolute freedom is a space of engaged reflection that can permit an informed but individualized approach to the complexities of the world soul today.</p><p>Il s’agit d’un échange par écrit entre deux analystes jungiens - l’un plus agé, l’autre plus jeune - sur des questions concernant le développement actuel de la psychologie analytique à travers le monde. L’analyste plus jeune, Stefano Carpani, se considère comme un néo-jungien. Il explique à John Beebe – qui est connu pour ses contributions post- jungiennes à l'étude de la typologie, de l'intégrité et du genre - à quel point il est important d'inclure des perspectives sociologiques aux côtés de celles qui découlent de la pratique jungienne de la psychanalyse relationnelle. Les deux auteurs insistent sur le degré auquel l'analyse est devenue une méditation prolongée concernant la relation entre l'exploration individuelle de soi et une réalisation supra-personnelle du Soi. Ils envisagent que cette introspection mène à une ouverture intérieure élargie que Carpani a appelée « liberté absolue ». Les auteurs concluent que la liberté absolue est un espace de réflexion engagée qui peut permettre une approche éclairée mais individualisée des complexités de l'âme du monde aujourd'hui.</p><p>Dieser Schriftwechsel findet zwischen einem älteren und einem jüngeren Jungianischen Analytiker zu Themen statt, die für die Entwicklung der Analytischen Psychologie in der heutigen Welt relevant sind. Der jüngere Analytiker, Stefano Carpani, bezeichnet sich selbst als Neo-Jungianer. Er erklärt John Beebe, der für post-jungianische Beiträge zur Erforschung von Typologie, Integrität und Geschlecht bekannt ist, wie wichtig es ist, neben denen, die aus der jungianischen Praxis der relationalen Psychoanalyse stammen, auch soziologische Perspektiven einzubeziehen. Das Ausmaß, in dem die Analyse zu einer erweiterten Meditation über die Beziehung der individuellen Selbsterforschung zur überpersönlichen Selbstverwirklichung geworden ist, wird von beiden Autoren betont, die sich vorstellen, daß diese Selbstbeobachtung zu einer erweiterten inneren Offenheit führen wird, die Carpani als 'absolute Freiheit' bezeichnet hat. Die Autoren komm","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"68 4","pages":"729-752"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10128809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gairola, , Vineet, . (2022). “ On Wilfred R. Bion's Way of Being: Linking Truth, Thought, and Nostalgia,” Psychoanalytic Psychology, 39(1), 78–84. https://doi.org/10.1037/pap0000375","authors":"Donald Grasing","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.12938","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.12938","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"68 4","pages":"778-780"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10499313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dialectics of Sign and Symbol and the Utterance of Archetype Theory","authors":"Raya Jones","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.12942","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.12942","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Debates surrounding Jung’s archetype theory could be characterized as tacit attempts to contend with the concept’s dual function as referring to something known to psychologists (sign) and standing for something that is fundamentally unknowable (symbol). This essay considers implications of the term “archetype,” outlines and critiques some of the conundrums of categorization and scientific credibility posed by Jung’s formulation of the theory, and prompts locating the archetypal “human quality” of being human in imaginaries of typical patterning of the experiential realm.</p>","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"68 4","pages":"687-705"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1468-5922.12942","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10480824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Civitarese, G. (2021). “ Experiences in Groups as a Key to ‘Late’ Bion.” The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 102(6), 1071–1096. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2021.1927045","authors":"Stephan Alder","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.12933","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.12933","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"68 4","pages":"780-784"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10115151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}