{"title":"BodyDreaming: An Approach for our Times1","authors":"Marian Dunlea","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.70051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.70051","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In an era marked by global unrest, displacement, and ecological crisis, BodyDreaming offers an embodied Jungian approach for our times. Integrating Jungian analysis with neuroscience, trauma theory, and early developmental research, BodyDreaming brings regulation and embodiment to the centre of the analytic container—within both individual and group process. By focusing on the nervous system’s innate capacity for self-regulation, we cultivate a felt sense of safety and stability that counters the trauma responses of fight, flight, or freeze. This embodied regulation opens pathways to a learned secure attachment through the body and enhances our capacity to experience life as it presents itself—especially vital in the current climate of threat and instability. As regulation deepens, consciousness expands: body, psyche, and soul begin to align with the Self-regulating principle that Jung recognised as the ordering force of the universe. Through theoretical framing and clinical examples—including work with analysts and candidates living in areas of conflict—this paper illustrates how BodyDreaming restores regulation, enlarges compassion, and reconnects us to the living field of the <i>Unus Mundus</i>. In doing so, it invites a renewal of our capacity to be present, to heal, and to nourish soul in a time of collective trauma.</p><p>Dans une ère marquée par l'agitation mondiale, les déplacements de populations et la crise écologique, le <i>BodyDreaming</i> propose une approche jungienne incarnée adaptée à notre époque. En intégrant l'analyse jungienne aux neurosciences, à la théorie du trauma et aux recherches sur le développement précoce, le <i>BodyDreaming</i> place la régulation et l'incarnation (<i>embodiment</i>) au centre du cadre analytique — tant dans les processus individuels que de groupe. En nous concentrant sur la capacité innée du système nerveux à l'autorégulation, nous cultivons un sentiment de sécurité et de stabilité ressenti qui contre les réponses traumatiques de combat, de fuite ou de sidération (<i>fight, flight, or freeze</i>). Cette régulation incarnée ouvre des voies vers un attachement sécure acquis par le corps et renforce notre capacité à vivre la vie telle qu'elle se présente — ce qui est particulièrement vital dans le climat actuel de menace et d'instabilité. À mesure que la régulation s'approfondit, la conscience s'élargit: le corps, le psychisme et l'âme commencent à s'aligner sur le principe d'autorégulation que Jung reconnaissait comme la force organisatrice de l'univers. Par un cadre théorique et des exemples cliniques — incluant le travail avec des analystes et candidats jungiens ukrainiens — cette présentation illustre comment le <i>BodyDreaming</i> restaure la régulation, accroît la compassion et nous reconnecte au champ vivant de l'<i>unus mundus</i>. Ce faisant, il invite à un renouvellement de notre capacité à être présent, à guérir et à nourrir l'âme en ces temps de traumatisme collectif.</p><p>In einer Zeit","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"71 2","pages":"303-318"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148522908","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":"On Death, Hope and Soul: When the Self Compensates Chaos1","authors":"Kristina Schellinski","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.70046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.70046","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Jungian Self as an archetypal force compensating chaos is explored through the author's personal experience with premonitory dreams and synchronicities at a time of loss, and is illustrated by two clinical cases and a tribute to Jung. The author sees this as an ultimate experience of the archetypal Self when, through an experience of darkness, loss, or death, we can comprehend the <i>creative</i> and the <i>destructive</i> as archetypal forces together. This was Jung's personal experience: born after his parents mourned the death of three siblings, his life force was overshadowed, as his early nightmares and thoughts centred on death and non-existence attest, leading him to his lifelong search for self and soul. His vision that “death is not the end but a coming together of two worlds. We are the bridge” invites us to apprehend the presence of the Self and the light of the soul in the midst of chaos, in our life and work. Even in cases of overwhelming trauma, as we witness now in violent conflicts raging at present, there is hope that a member of a future generation may work through transgenerational trauma to comprehend the creative and the destructive together in an experience of the Self: individuation can be seen as a wave spanning generations.</p><p>Le Soi jungien, en tant que force archétypale compensant le chaos, est ici exploré à partir de l'expérience personnelle de l'auteure avec les rêves prémonitoires et les synchronicités en période de deuil ; il est illustré par deux cas cliniques et un vibrant hommage à Jung. L'auteure y voit une expérience ultime du Soi archétypal lorsque, à travers une expérience de ténèbres, de perte ou de mort, nous parvenons à appréhender ensemble les forces archétypales créatrices et destructrices. Ce fut l'expérience personnelle de Jung : né après que ses parents eurent pleuré la mort de trois frères et sœurs, sa force vitale fut assombrie, comme en témoignent ses premiers cauchemars et ses pensées centrées sur la mort et le néant, ce qui l'a conduit à sa quête de toute une vie pour le soi et l'âme. Sa vision selon laquelle « la mort n'est pas la fin mais la rencontre de deux mondes. Nous sommes le pont » nous invite à percevoir la présence du Soi et la lumière de l'âme au milieu du chaos, dans notre vie comme dans notre travail. Même dans les cas de traumatismes accablants, tels que ceux dont nous sommes témoins dans les conflits violents actuels, il reste l'espoir qu'un membre d'une génération future puisse transformer le traumatisme transgénérationnel pour saisir ensemble le créatif et le destructif dans une expérience du Soi : l'individuation peut ainsi être vue comme une vague s'étendant à travers les générations.</p><p>Das Jungianische Selbst als archetypische Kraft die das Chaos kompensiert, wird anhand der persönlichen Erfahrung der Autorin mit Vorahnungsträumen und Synchronizitäten in Zeiten des Verlustes untersucht und durch zwei klinische Fälle sowie eine bewegende Hommage an Jung veranscha","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"71 2","pages":"319-339"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148532548","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":"What has Changed? Has Anything Changed? What Needs to Change? Does Anything Need to Change? Late-Career Reflections1","authors":"Andrew Samuels","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.70048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.70048","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The author reviews his 50 years' immersion in the world of international analytical psychology. He asks what has changed over that period, and what has not changed. What needs to change remains an ever-present question. In terms of what has changed, he considers that his original classification of the schools of Jungian analysis needs review. He also discusses the “political turn” in Jungian analysis. Changes in understandings of the sexualities have taken place. The “style” of Jungian analysis and analysts has undergone significant alternation. In terms of what has not changed, he feels that contemporary analysts have not sufficiently distanced themselves from Jung’s racial biases, esotericism and elitism. He suggests that the worldwide expansion of Jungian analysis has, in its shadow, traces of missionary zeal. There are still issues to do with the “Jung cult” to be addressed. He concludes with a hope that, going forward, the general question of inequalities will be addressed.</p><p>L’auteur passe en revue ses 50 années d’immersion dans le monde de la psychologie analytique internationale. Il s’interroge sur ce qui a évolué au cours de cette période et sur ce qui est resté immuable. Ce qui doit changer reste une question toujours présente. En ce qui concerne les changements, il considère que sa classification initiale des écoles d'analyse jungienne nécessite une révision. Il discute également le « tournant politique » de l'analyse jungienne. Des changements dans la compréhension des sexualités ont également eu lieu. Enfin, le « style » de l'analyse et des analystes jungiens a subi une transformation significative. En ce qui concerne ce qui n'a pas changé, il estime que les analystes contemporains ne se sont pas suffisamment distancés des préjugés raciaux, de l'ésotérisme et de l'élitisme de Jung. Il suggère que l'expansion mondiale de l'analyse jungienne porte, dans son ombre, des traces de zèle missionnaire. Des questions relatives au « culte de Jung » restent encore à traiter. Il conclut en exprimant l'espoir que, à l'avenir, la question générale des inégalités soit enfin abordée.</p><p>Der Autor blickt auf seine 50-jährige Beschäftigung mit der internationalen Analytischen Psychologie zurück. Er fragt, was sich in diesem Zeitraum verändert hat und was gleichgeblieben ist. Die Frage nach dem notwendigen Wandel bleibt allgegenwärtig. Hinsichtlich der Veränderungen hält er seine ursprüngliche Klassifizierung der Schulen der Jungianischen Analyse für überarbeitungsbedürftig. Er erörtert auch die \"politische Wende\" in der Jungianischen Analyse. Es haben sich Veränderungen im Verständnis von Sexualität ergeben. Der \"Stil\" der Jungianischen Analyse und der Analytiker hat sich deutlich gewandelt. Was sich seiner Meinung nach nicht verändert hat ist, daß sich zeitgenössische Analytiker nicht ausreichend von Jungs rassistischen Vorurteilen, Esoterik und Elitarismus distanziert haben. Er deutet an, daß die weltweite Verbreitung der Jungianischen Ana","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"71 2","pages":"399-416"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148522888","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":"Andrew Samuels in Conversation with Christopher Jerome Carter","authors":"Christopher Jerome Carter","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.70036","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.70036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"71 1","pages":"144-165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668159","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":"Beyond Easy Tolerance or the Greater Jihād","authors":"Max Phillips","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.70024","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The psychology of C. G. Jung is known for its focus on the inner life and a tendency toward introversion. In recent years, however, there has been increasing emphasis on political activism and advocacy in depth psychology in general, not least in Jungian circles. Jung was highly suspicious of mass movements and warned that extreme positions tend to become their opposite (<i>enantiodromia</i>). He also warned of the danger of secular or banal matters being imbued with archetypal significance through projection and how this leads to fanaticism. This paper addresses the role of analytical psychology in an increasingly politicized world, turning first to the medieval Islamic philosopher Ibn 'Arabī who proposed a tertiary vision that was capable of perceiving the <i>barzakh,</i> the line that divides as well as connects the opposites. I then illustrate this with the life and teachings of the Malian Sufi, Tierno Bokar, and finish with a discussion of <i>jihād</i>, an Islamic term that refers to both outer and inner struggle. I conclude that the choice facing Jungian psychology is not limited to a simple binary of action vs. inaction but includes a third, more challenging position.</p><p>La psychologie de C.G. Jung est connue pour son accent sur la vie intérieure et une tendance à l'introversion. Or ces dernières années, cependant, l'accent a été de plus en plus mis sur l'activisme politique et la défense des intérêts dans la psychologie des profondeurs en général, et non des moindres dans les cercles jungiens. Jung se méfiait beaucoup des mouvements de masse et avertissait que les positions extrêmes tendent à devenir leur contraire (énantiodromie). Il a également mis en garde contre le danger de voir des questions séculières ou banales imprégnées de signification archétypale par projection et comment cela conduit au fanatisme. Dans cet article, j'aborde le rôle de la psychologie analytique dans un monde de plus en plus politisé, en me tournant d'abord vers le philosophe islamique médiéval d’Ibn 'Arabī qui a proposé une vision tertiaire capable de percevoir le barzakh, la ligne qui divise ainsi que relie les opposés. Je l'illustre ensuite avec la vie et les enseignements du soufi malien, Tierno Bokar, et je termine par une discussion sur le jihād, un terme islamique qui se réfère à la fois à la lutte extérieure et intérieure. Je conclus que le choix auquel est confrontée la psychologie jungienne ne se limite pas à une simple action en binaire contre l’inaction, mais inclut une troisième position, plus difficile.</p><p>Die Psychologie C. G. Jungs ist bekannt für ihren Fokus auf das Innenleben und eine Tendenz zur Introversion. In den letzten Jahren hat jedoch der politische Aktivismus und das Interesse an der Tiefenpsychologie im Allgemeinen, nicht zuletzt in Jungianischen Kreisen, zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen. Jung war Massenbewegungen gegenüber äußerst mißtrauisch und warnte davor, daß extreme Positionen dazu neigen, sich in ihr Gegenteil zu verk","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"71 1","pages":"35-57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668635","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":"Dr Coline Covington—Honouring her Legacy","authors":"Rupert Tower","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.70039","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.70039","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The late Dr Coline Covington died on July 17, 2023, leaving a considerable, rich body of books and articles combining psychoanalytic ideas with historical, political, philosophical and social theory. She was a Training Analyst and Supervisor of the Society of Analytical Psychology (SAP) and the British Psychotherapy Foundation (BPF). With a background in political science and forensic criminology, she was a Fellow of International Dialogue Initiative (IDI), a group formed by Professor Dr Vamik Volkan, Lord Alderdice, and Dr Robi Friedman to apply psychoanalytic concepts in understanding political conflict and the effects of trauma on political behaviour. This paper is an attempt to introduce some of her ideas, psychoanalytic practice and innovative thinking to SAP colleagues who may not be so familiar with her oeuvre. I will acknowledge some of her earlier books/papers of interest briefly and then focus more intensively on her recent trilogy of publications presenting a psychoanalytic exploration of political psychology. Her first book, <i>Everyday Evils: A Psychoanalytic View of Evil and Morality</i> (2017), addresses atrocities arising from perverted belief systems but which are nevertheless based on a powerful need to belong. Her second book, <i>For Goodness Sake: Bravery, Patriotism and Identity</i> (2020), suggests that the same belief system also inspires acts of bravery and patriotism. Her third book, <i>Who’s to Blame? Collective Guilt on Trial</i> (2023), challenges the concept of collective guilt associated with the aftermath of large-scale atrocities and examines the moral pressure placed on perpetrators to exhibit guilt as part of a realignment of political power and a process of restoring social morality.</p><p>La regrettée Dr Coline Covington est décédée le 17 juillet 2023, laissant derrière elle un corpus considérable et riche en livres et articles combinant des idées psychanalytiques avec des théories historiques, politiques, philosophiques et sociales. Elle était formatrice et superviseur des Society of Analytical Psychology et British Psychotherapy Foundation. Avec une formation en sciences politiques et en criminologie médico-légale, elle était membre de l'International Dialogue Initiative (IDI), un groupe formé par le Professeur Dr Vamik Volkan, Lord Alderdice et le Dr Robi Friedman pour appliquer des concepts psychanalytiques à la compréhension des conflits politiques et des effets des traumatismes sur le comportement politique. Cet article est une tentative d'introduire certaines de ses idées, sa pratique psychanalytique et sa pensée innovante aux collègues de la SAP qui ne sont peut-être pas si familiers avec son œuvre. L'auteur mentionne brièvement certains de ses livres/articles antérieurs d'intérêt, puis se concentre plus intensément sur sa récente trilogie de publications présentant une exploration psychanalytique de la psychologie politique. Son premier livre, <i>Everyday Evils: A Psychoanalytic View of Evil and Mor","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"71 1","pages":"195-216"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668405","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":"Introduction from the Clinical Commentaries Editors","authors":"Michelle Cooper, Constance Romero, Laura Tuley","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.70030","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.70030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668695","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":"One-Sidedness and the Inferior Function in Coriolanus and Timon of Athens","authors":"Sofie Qwarnström","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.70023","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.70023","url":null,"abstract":"<p>For both Jung and Shakespeare, one-sidedness is the fundamental tragic trait. Jung proposed that as an individual develops, they inevitably associate their identity with certain modes of perception and interaction, and that this leads to psychological polarization. The preferred function takes on a dominant role as ontological filter of the individual’s worldview, while the disregarded function remains unhewn and volcanic, left largely outside of conscious control. Jung insists that one-sidedness, the over-development of one side of the personality at the expense of the opposite “inferior” function, is a dangerous weakness. Likewise, Bradley (1905, p. 21) observes that in almost all of Shakespeare’s tragic protagonists, “we observe a marked one-sidedness, … a fatal tendency to identify the whole being with one interest, object, passion, or habit of mind.” This article will outline the clear parallel between the structure of Shakespearean tragedy and the psyche as Jung understood it. It will do so through the juxtaposition of <i>Coriolanus</i> and <i>Timon of Athens,</i> in which the same functions are attributed opposite value. The contrast of these two plays seen through the lens of Jung’s <i>Psychological Types</i> will help us to understand the perils presented by one-sidedness and the under-theorized inferior function, and will flesh out the concepts of Introverted Thinking and Extraverted Feeling via amplification.</p>","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"71 1","pages":"8-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1468-5922.70023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668079","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":"Bernardini, Riccardo. The Art of the Self: The Blue Book of Eranos Founder Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn. Chiron Publications. 2025. Pp. xix+435. Hbk. $87. Pbk. $47","authors":"Ildiko Gabor","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.70026","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.70026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"71 1","pages":"224-227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668864","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}