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Evaluates the journal article 'Learning from Bion,' written by Sheila Spensley in the July, 1999 issue of the 'Journal of the British Psychotherapists' magazine. Recollection of experiences in attending seminars given by psychotherapists Wilfred Bion in 1967; Focus of the paper on Bion's work on thought and thinking; Case example of an obsessional anorexic woman.

Presents a comment on the research paper "Festival, Communion, and Mutuality," by William Willeford. Criticism on the view of Willeford on mutuality; Complexity of the root of festival; Discussion of festival.

Informs about an internet discussion forum on a paper published in the October 2002 issue of 'The Journal of Analytical Psychology.' Internet editor of the forum; Web site address; Paper chosen for the discussion forum.

Part One and Part Two of this article present the Australian and New Zealand Society of Jungian Analysts' 2006 model of training. The authors describe the process and thinking behind ANZSJA's recent revision of training. The influences on the development of analytical psychology and analytic training in ANZSJA are traced in the first paper. The training review undertaken indicated the desire for ANZSJA to continue to train Jungian analysts by exploring new ways of conceptualizing training. The images, metaphors and thinking, which underlie this innovative training model, are explored. The challenge involved in providing and developing training across a large geographic region with widely distributed and slender resources was embraced. ANZSJA have acknowledged the traditional practices of Australian and New Zealand indigenous peoples. The motif of journey and movement is at the core of the ANZJSA model. The ANZJSA training is not held or contained in a building or buildings but rather held at ‘meeting sites’ across the landscape of these two countries. Accountability and transparency are central to this training model. In Part Two of the article the structure and documentation developed for this model are contextualized, outlined and linked to the ethos underpinning the current thrust of analytical training in Australia and New Zealand. The focus is the practical mechanisms and processes, which we have evolved to deliver our new training model. The process of engaging analysts in the new model is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Evaluates the journal article 'Facing the self: Is man no more than this? written by Jane Haynes in a 1999 issue of the 'Harvest' magazine. Belief on the revelation of truth; Emphasis on relation between the persona and the face; Influence of Hayne's analyst Louis Zinkin on her work; Emergence of sense of self through social interaction; Elements that give depth to the paper.

Comments on a paper regarding the question of psychologist Carl Jung's anti-Semitism. Jung's lifelong development; Appreciation of Jung's religious attitude, which evolved toward a deep acceptance of Judaism and its traditions; Jung's belief in the maxim that individuals grow and change.

Discusses the article "The autonomous psyche. A communication to Goodheart from the bi-personal field of Paul Kugler and James Hillman," by J. Hillman. Kugler's reaction to Goodheart's paper "C.G. Jung's first patient"; Kugler's response to Hillman's intense reaction and indignation.

Comments on the discussion of Redfearn's paper, 'Ego and self: terminology' which appeared on 1983 issue of the "Journal of Analytical Psychology." Expressions of the two kinds of mental functioning; Achievements to which numerous post-Jungians have contributed; Observations of the parallels and by Schwartz-Salant's comprehensive list of differences.

A call for papers on contemporary culture and cinema that refer to the interpretive framework of analytical psychology and psychoanalytic discourse is presented.

Jungians who are trained in the so-called 'Developmental School' straddle the two worlds of psychoanalysis and classical Jungian thinking. This is not always an easy position in which to be, but if the tensions can be held it is potentially a rich and creative way of working. In this paper I attempt to explore this position using the poem, 'To Paint the Portrait of a Bird' by Jacques Prévert as a metaphor for the analytic endeavour. From this perspective I hope to illustrate the importance of being able on the one hand to hold and maintain a clear frame for the careful and detailed exploration of the transference within which the more malign aspects of the psyche might be expressed, and, on the other, to allow the alchemical process of mutual transformation that lies outside the conscious understanding of the analytic couple. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The relationship between the IAAP (International Association for Analytical Psychology) and the JAP ( Journal of Analytical Psychology) in the course of their 50-year old existence is explored from historical, theoretical, institutional, personal and clinical perspectives. This relationship is seen to have been contentious as well as complementary in promoting an interdisciplinary approach to Jungian clinical practice. The complementary aspects are evidenced in the training programmes of IAAP constituent Societies and in papers presented at the Cambridge Congress of 2001 and the Barcelona Congress of 2004. The role of the Journal in holding together different, sometimes divergent, views relating to Jung's concepts and theories, and in subjecting these views to discussion, debate and assessment as to their clinical relevance and effectiveness, is explored. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Responds to a critique of a paper regarding the question of psychologist Carl Jung's anti-Semitism. Background on Jung's approach to psychology; Appreciation of Jung's religious attitude, which evolved toward a deep acceptance of Judaism and its traditions; Jung's belief in the maxim that individuals grow and change.

Editorial. Focuses on the papers produced by the Analytical Group of the Society of Analytical Psychology in London, England. Theme on borderline patients and their treatment in relation to the concept of self.