The Rorschach – From Its Origins to the Future

Abstract: The Rorschach occupies a unique place in the history of culture and of clinical psychology. While it originated in the tradition of divinatory or pictorial practices, it was also part of the renewal of expression at the turn of the 20th century in the field of psychopathology as well as in artistic activities. It ushered in a new way to grasp humans in their expressive and projective whole. Its protocol provided the nascent clinical psychology with a complementary tool to contribute to diagnostics and to the study of the processes of change in psychotherapies. More generally, it continues to offer clarifications on the psychological function of images in humankind’s evolution.