{"title":"The Hour that Never Comes and the Time that Remains","authors":"Daniel Françoli Yago","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.70037","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.70037","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This essay proposes a symbolic and clinical investigation of psychic temporality through two archetypal experiences of time: the hour that never comes and the time that remains. Drawing on analytical psychology, trauma theory and aesthetic philosophy, text explores how certain forms of suffering resist chronological resolution and persist as atmospheres, images or symbolic gestures. The first section examines the temporality of suspended desire and unfulfilled experience—forms of suffering structured not by what happened, but by what never did. The second section explores the aftermath of collapse, when temporality no longer points to the future, but to survival and remainder. Through clinical vignettes, literary references and mythological resonances, the essay argues that analytical listening must not aim to cure time, but to sustain it, especially when psychic life unfolds in waiting, latency or survival. Rather than guiding the patient toward resolution, the analyst may become an Orphic companion: one who listens at the threshold, who stays beside what falls to unfold, and who recognizes the aesthetic, ethical, and political force of suspended time.</p>","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"71 1","pages":"123-143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1468-5922.70037","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668619","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":"Jung's Erotic Phenomenology: II. The Anima-Images","authors":"Wes Wallace","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.70027","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.70027","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In 1946, Carl Jung published an “erotic phenomenology” which condensed his teachings about sexuality and romantic love into a concise system. In Part I of this paper, I proposed a new translation of Jung’s original text, together with a discussion of its philosophical premises and the prior history of the system in Jung’s writings. Here I investigate its four “anima-images”—Eve, Helen, Mary and Sophia. Each image represents a stage in the spiritualization of Eros and in the corresponding phenomenology of anima. I trace the prior history of each image in Jung’s writings, and identify its cultural and literary sources, thereby opening the system to critical reflection. I find that the images are drawn from Goethe’s <i>Faust</i> dramas, from ancient Gnostic writings, and from Biblical scripture. Gnostic sources are paramount however, since Sophia is the dominant image and the others are interpreted from a modern Gnostic perspective. This model can provide a framework for cultivating Eros in a therapeutic context. However, the framework is somewhat unstable and it is perhaps better understood as a hybrid of two systems: Eve and Mary on the one hand, and Helen and Sophia on the other.</p><p>Carl Jung publia en 1946 une « phénoménologie érotique » qui résume ses enseignements sur la sexualité et le désir en un système bien concis. Dans la première partie de cet article, j’ai proposé une nouvelle traduction de ce texte, ainsi qu’une discussion de ses présupposés philosophiques et de la genèse de ce système dans les écrits de Jung. Ici, j’examine ses quatre « images de l’anima » — Ève, Hélène, Marie et Sophia. Chaque image représente une étape dans la spiritualisation d’Éros et dans la phénoménologie de l’anima qui y correspond. Je retrace l’histoire antérieure de chaque image dans les écrits de Jung, et j’identifie leurs sources culturelles et littéraires, ouvrant ainsi le système à une réflexion critique. Je montre que ces images sont tirées du <i>Faust</i> de Goethe, d’anciens écrits gnostiques et des Écritures bibliques. La source gnostique est la principale cependant, puisque Sophia est l’image maîtresse du système, et que les autres sont interprétées dans une perspective gnostique moderne. Ce modèle peut fournir un cadre pour cultiver l’Éros dans un contexte thérapeutique. Néanmoins, ce cadre n’est pas tout à fait stable et il serait peut-être plus juste de le considérer comme un ensemble composite de deux systèmes: d’une part, Ève et Marie, et d’autre part, Hélène et Sophia.</p><p>Carl Jung veröffentlichte 1946 eine 'Erotische Phänomenologie', die seine Lehren über Sexualität und romantische Liebe in einem prägnanten System zusammenfaßte. In Teil I dieses Artikels schlage ich eine Neuübersetzung von Jungs Originaltext vor und diskutiere dessen philosophische Prämissen und die Vorgeschichte des Systems in Jungs Schriften. Hier untersuche ich seine vier 'Animabilder' – Eva, Helena, Maria und Sophia. Jedes Bild repräsentiert eine Stufe in der Spir","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"71 1","pages":"77-98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668769","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":"The Placenta as Threshold: Psychic Transparency, Archetypal Debt, and Individuation in Pregnancy","authors":"Dragana Favre","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.70025","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.70025","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article repositions the placenta as a central symbolic and psychic figure in the Jungian understanding of pregnancy, birth, and individuation. Drawing on the concept of psychic transparency (Bydlowski, 1997), it explores the heightened permeability of ego boundaries in the perinatal period and argues that the placenta operates not only as a biological organ but as a transitional object imbued with archetypal significance. Through Jungian, post-Jungian, and phenomenological perspectives, the placenta is revealed as both a mediator of life and an image of shadow—simultaneously nurturing and obstructive, connective and severing.</p><p>Special attention is given to the moment of placental delivery, reinterpreted as an archetypal act of separation analogous to the alchemical <i>nigredo</i> phase, and to placenta praevia, framed as a symbolic expression of resistance to individuation and severance. Case material and cultural rituals are used to show how the unconscious may register unintegrated placental experiences as psychic residue, dream material, or somatic symptoms. Therapeutic encounters during pregnancy and postpartum are also examined, with particular emphasis on countertransference and the symbolic resonance of the clinical space as a maternal container.</p><p>The article proposes a renewed Jungian ethics of birth—one that restores symbolic and psychological meaning to the somatic processes of gestation and parturition. In doing so, it argues for the need to reimagine not only childbirth but also the delivery of the placenta as a vital moment in the psychic life of the mother, the infant, and the therapeutic relationship.</p><p>Cet article repositionne le placenta comme une figure symbolique et psychique centrale dans la conception jungienne de la grossesse, de la naissance et de l'individuation. S'appuyant sur le concept de transparence psychique (Bydlowski, 1997), il explore la perméabilité accrue des frontières de l'ego pendant la période périnatale et propose que le placenta fonctionne non seulement comme un organe biologique, mais aussi comme un objet transitionnel imprégné d'une signification archétypale. À travers les perspectives jungiennes, post-jungiennes et phénoménologiques, le placenta se révèle à la fois comme un médiateur de la vie et une image de l'ombre, à la fois nourricier et obstructif, connecteur et séparateur.</p><p>Une attention particulière est accordée au moment de l'expulsion du placenta, réinterprété comme un acte archétypal de séparation analogue à la phase alchimique du <i>nigredo</i>, ainsi qu’au <i>placenta praevia</i>, présenté ici comme une expression symbolique de résistance à l'individuation et à la séparation. Des cas cliniques et des rituels culturels sont utilisés pour montrer comment l'inconscient peut enregistrer des expériences placentaires non-intégrées sous forme de résidus psychiques, de matériel onirique ou de symptômes somatiques. Les rencontres thérapeutiques pendant la grossesse et après","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"71 1","pages":"99-122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668795","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":"Case Material “Bianca”","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.70033","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.70033","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"71 1","pages":"166-175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668916","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":"Samuels, Andrew. Reflecting Critically on the Political Psyche: Therapy, Testament and Trouble in Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis. Routledge. 2025. Pp. 242. Pbk. £34.99","authors":"Stefano Carpani","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.70043","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.70043","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"71 1","pages":"217-220"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147667955","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":"Casement, Ann. Integrating Shadow: Authentic Being in the World. Karnac. 2025. Pp. 104. Pbk. £19.99","authors":"Katerina Sarafidou","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.70029","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.70029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"71 1","pages":"221-223"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668160","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":"Dreaming Abraxas: Four-Eyed Babies and Unexpected Birth1","authors":"Francesco Bisagni","doi":"10.1111/1468-5922.70021","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-5922.70021","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present paper examines images of the baby as monster, observed in an adolescent female patient, and proposed by Jung in the <i>Visions Seminars</i>, with reference to the archetypal figure of Abraxas, also quoted by Jung in the <i>Red Book</i>. Such images bring considerable amount of disruptive anxiety to the life of individuals and represent transpersonal and paradoxical coagulation of psychic fragments that—in a strenuous dialogue/conflict—can create substantial movement within the analytic relationship. My choice is to analyse these elements within the framework of the adolescent mind, adolescence being a configuration where monsters and <i>re-narrated</i> babies are—in various ways—always present. Jung and Bion, particularly the trilogy <i>Memoir of the Future,</i> will give theoretical support to the clinical material.</p><p>Le présent article interroge les images du bébé en tant que monstre, observées chez une patiente adolescente, et proposées par Jung dans les <i>Visions Seminars</i>, en référence à la figure archétypique d'Abraxas, également citée par Jung dans le Livre Rouge. Ces images apportent une quantité considérable d'anxiété perturbatrice dans la vie des individus et représentent une coagulation transpersonnelle et paradoxale de fragments psychiques qui - dans un dialogue/conflit intense - peuvent créer un mouvement substantif au sein de la relation analytique. Mon choix est d'analyser ces éléments dans le cadre de l'esprit adolescent, l'adolescence étant une configuration où les monstres et les bébés ré-narrés sont toujours présents, de diverses manières. Jung et Bion, en particulier la trilogie Mémoire du Futur, apportent un soutien théorique au matériel clinique.</p><p>Der vorliegende Aufsatz untersucht Bilder des Babys als Monster, die bei einer heranwachsenden Patientin beobachtet wurden und die Jung in den <i>Visions Seminars</i> vorgeschlagen hat, mit Bezug auf die archetypische Figur des Abraxas, die Jung auch im <i>Roten Buch</i> zitiert. Solche Bilder bringen erhebliche störende Ängste in das Leben der Betroffenen und stellen—in einem anstrengenden Dialog/Konflikt—eine transpersonale und paradoxe Koagulation psychischer Fragmente dar, die erhebliche Bewegungen in der analytischen Beziehung auslösen kann. Ich entscheide mich für eine Analyse dieser Elemente im Rahmen der Psyche von Jugendlichen, da die Adoleszenz eine Konstellation darstellt, in der Monster und <i>wiedererzählte</i> Babys—in unterschiedlicher Weise—stets präsent sind. Jung und Bion, insbesondere die Trilogie 'Memoir of the Future', werden das klinische Material theoretisch untermauern.</p><p>Questo articolo esplora il significato di alcune immagini mostruose di neonati che sono emerse nell’analisi di una paziente adolescente, ed esaminate già da Jung nel suo <i>Visioni</i> in riferimento alla figura archetipica di Abraxas, citata da Jung anche nel <i>Libro Rosso</i>. Queste immagini veicolano una considerevole quantità di angoscia e rappresentano","PeriodicalId":45420,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY","volume":"71 1","pages":"58-76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668612","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}