TY - JOUR
T1 - Active Imagination and the Dead
AU - Stephens, Stephani
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/1/2
Y1 - 2016/1/2
N2 - The dead who appeared in Jung's death dreams and visions profoundly influenced Jung's experience and understanding of the unconscious.
1
1 Jung's model of the psyche emerged as a result of his confrontation with the unconscious. During this intense time he had numerous encounters with figures of the unconscious; significant among these were the persistent appearances of those he called ‘the dead’. In his own words, ‘The conversations with the dead formed a kind of prelude to what I had to communicate to the world about the unconscious’ (Jung, 1961, p. 217). Since the publication of The Red Book a significant amount of material on the dead has come to light and points to the possibility that when Jung referred to ‘the dead’ in his personal material he was, in fact, referring to the literal dead as a separate category of experience. Such consideration has a bearing on concepts such as active imagination and the transcendent function.
AB - The dead who appeared in Jung's death dreams and visions profoundly influenced Jung's experience and understanding of the unconscious.
1
1 Jung's model of the psyche emerged as a result of his confrontation with the unconscious. During this intense time he had numerous encounters with figures of the unconscious; significant among these were the persistent appearances of those he called ‘the dead’. In his own words, ‘The conversations with the dead formed a kind of prelude to what I had to communicate to the world about the unconscious’ (Jung, 1961, p. 217). Since the publication of The Red Book a significant amount of material on the dead has come to light and points to the possibility that when Jung referred to ‘the dead’ in his personal material he was, in fact, referring to the literal dead as a separate category of experience. Such consideration has a bearing on concepts such as active imagination and the transcendent function.
KW - The dead, figures of the unconsciousthe literal deadactive imaginationtranscendent functioninterpsychic rapport
KW - interpsychic rapport
KW - The dead
KW - active imagination
KW - the literal dead
KW - figures of the unconscious
KW - transcendent function
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U2 - 10.1080/19409052.2015.1111842
DO - 10.1080/19409052.2015.1111842
M3 - Article
SN - 1940-9052
VL - 8
SP - 46
EP - 59
JO - International Journal of Jungian Studies
JF - International Journal of Jungian Studies
IS - 15
ER -