The Transcendent Function: Jung's Model of Psychological Growth through Dialogue with the Unconscious

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219 INDEX abortion, transcendent function, application of, 135 active imagination, Jung’s, 8, 13, 56, 129 affect as important to, 23 fantasy, role of in, 23 mechanics of technique, 22 new situation, as creating, 23 symptom as key to, 22–23 transcendent function, relationship to, 24 alchemical fourth, 126–128, 130, 132, 133, 134, 136, 141, 142 alchemical thinking connections, as seeking in seemingly unconnected things, 125 cultural issues, in connection with, 133–136 described, 123 either/or approach, as rejecting, 124, 137 neither/nor stance of, 124, 137 relationship, as emphasizing, 125 social issues, in connection with, 133–136 transcendent function, relationship to, 137 threeness, as emphasizing, 126 alchemy, 8, 110, 142 described, 123 neither/nor stance of, 124 opposites, as joining, 91, 113, 123 relatedness, as emphasizing, 124, 126 soul, concern for, 124 subjectivity, as emphasizing, 124 transcendent function, connection to, 123–124, 126 analyst analytic field, role in, 90 transcendent function, role of in, 19, 194–195 transference and, 20 analytic field analyst role in, 90 described, 89 third, created by, 89–90 transcendent function, comparison to, 89–91 transformation of internal structures , 91 anima, 103 description of, 66 persona, compensatory role to, 66 Other, representative of, 67 transcendent function, relationship to, 66–70, 76 anima mundi, repudiation of by inflation of ego, 1 animus. See anima Apollo, 108 archetypal process, transcendent function as, 5, 7, 80, 89, 99, 108 archetypal psychology, 117 as seeking deeper meaning, 6 comparison to transcendent function, 95–96 soul, described in, 95–96 220 Index archetypal psychology (continued) soul, transcendent function, relationship to, 95–96, 98, 117, 133 subject/object duality, attempts to dispose of, 102–103 archetypes, 3, 15, 73, 102, 116, 140 archetypal psychology, concept of in, 95 conceived of after “The Transcendent Function,” 30, 77 initiation, as one of the, 107 Self, as one of the, 70–71 shadow, as one of the, 73–74 symbol, relationship with, 65 transcendent function, relationship to, 6, 31, 63–66, 76, 77, 101, 142 art therapy, Jung’s use of, 24 autochthonous urge of psyche, 7, 80, 117–120, 122, 123, 142 Axiom of Maria description of, 126 transcendent function, connection to, 127 binary opposition in consciousness, 7, 80, 99–101, 112, 122, 142. See also opposites body, duality with mind, 41, 123, 125, 137 Buber, Martin, 138 Christianity, Jung’s references to, 52, 53, 56, 61 client-centered therapy, 97 clinical application, of transcendent function, 8, 137, 185, 196–197 cogito, Cartesian, impact on Western consciousness, 1 cognitive-behavioral therapy, analogies to transcendent function, 97 collective unconscious, conceived after “The Transcendent Function,” 30 description of, 63 relationship to transcendent function, 63–66, 76 compensatory/complementary relationship of unconscious to conscious, 14 coniunctio, 91, 132 connections, alchemical thinking as seeking between seemingly unconnected things, 125 conscious, Jung’s view of definite and directed nature of, 15, 185 limitations of, 16 overdevelopment as defeat of selfregulating nature of psyche, 21 transcendent function, connection with, 18 unconscious, compensatory/ complementary relationship to, 14, 16, 39 unconscious, dialogue with, 3, 5, 11, 24, 26, 27, 30, 37, 38, 41, 44, 45, 50, 54, 56, 61, 65, 66, 72, 75, 78, 79, 81, 90, 98, 122, 133, 193, 194 unconscious, dynamic opposition with, 37 unconscious, psychic struggle with, 80, 98 constructive method, 3, 185. See also synthetic method described, 18–20 purpose and meaning, importance of, 18 constructive view. See also synthetic view description, 12 distinguishing from Freud’s reductive view, 12, 91 individuation, relationship to, 59– 63 learning what psyche guides toward, 12 transcendent function, relationship to, 18, 59–63, 76, 92 cultural issues abortion, transcendent function applied to, 135 Index 221 gun control, transcendent function applied to, 135 race relations, transcendent function in, 134 transcendent function in, 121, 133–135 death drive, Freud’s, 119 deintegration-reintegration cycle, Fordham’s described, 95 rhythmic in nature, 112 transcendent function, comparison to, 95, 98, 192 depressive position, Klein’s defined, 94 transcendent function, comparison to, 94–95, 98 depth psychology alchemy, relationship to, 123 birth of, 2, 10, 15, 78 compared to other schools, 2, 85 consulting rooms, outside of, 121, 128, 134, 137 definition of, 2 deeper meanings of soul, apprehending , 2 liminal, as seeking, 5 politics, connection to, 197 relationships, perspective on, 129 transcendent function, crucial to mission of, 3, 6, 118 transcendent function, as flowing from, 78 unseen/unknown, as seeking, 5, 16, 85 Descartes, René, 1, 36, 101, 125 dialectical...