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Given this indissoluble jumble of definitions in Jung - which continues to this day in analytical psychology - I suggested in the Report that Jung's theory of archetypes should not be considered as a coherent theory, but as at least four different theories, which are confounded with each other in Jung's works. This leads me to suspect that Goodwyn equates archetype with instinct, which, as I have shown above, is a partial aspect of Jung's archetype theory but which is incompatible with other aspects of the same theory. In addition, it is still completely unclear which elements a catalogue of archetypes would contain - according to Jung's own statement, the number of archetypes is even unlimited (Jung [17], para. Jung however makes clear that archetypes arise without any influence from environment, experience etc. (Jung [18], paras. [Extracted from the article]

The archetype of the self underlies the ego-complex at its root and source in the unconscious. None of these assigns to the self the role that I feel to be so essential in the syndrome. SP 50-52 sp In regard to the method of study of these processes of the archaic, unconscious psyche in psychosis, I find myself baffled as to how to set up anything like a scientific approach to the material. In this hypothesis the model is easy to visualize but difficult to understand in terms of experience; the self is seen in this case as the center of the total psychic organism, and the ego is subsumed within this totality as the center of the field of consciousness only, that is, of contents accessible to consciousness; between the two are the autonomous complexes, which are groupings of contents not accessible to ego-consciousness (Figure 1). Reconstitutive process in the psychopathology of the self1: The following paper by J.W. Perry is published with permission from the Annals of the New York Academy of the Sciences where it was first published in January 1962. The imagery I refer to is a whole class of symbolic representations of centrality and organization, of order and highest authority; I hope to demonstrate that in these we see representations of the self and processes that transform or reorganize the self in the unconscious psyche. [Extracted from the article]

Cavalli wrote of the need to create a "maternal matrix" (what Botella and Botella [[1]] call figurability) in which the patient's early trauma can be recovered and the split-off part can be integrated (p. 106). It opens with a paper about her work by Warren Colman who pays tribute to Cavalli's "radical courage and depth of engagement" (p. 4). (Williams, [2], p. 194) This book is a collection of 11 clinical papers by the gifted child- and adult-trained Jungian analyst Alessandra Cavalli. [Extracted from the article]

We have therefore chosen the title of Volume 10 of Jung's Collected Works, "Civilization in Transition", as the theme of our conference as it captures something of the feeling of the times in which we find ourselves. The topics addressed by Jung in Volume 10 seem as pertinent today as they did in Jung's time, perhaps with an even greater sense of urgency. Los temas abordados por Jung en el volumen X parecen tan pertinentes hoy como en el tiempo en que Jung los escribió, tal vez con un sentido de urgencia aún mayor. Les sujets abordés par Jung dans le volume 10 semblent aussi pertinents aujourd'hui que dans le temps de Jung, peut-être avec un sentiment d'urgence encore plus grand. [Extracted from the article]

In this edition of the I Journal i , we are pleased to offer you a selection of articles from two conferences held in Europe in 2018, as well as two articles having to do with topics of current interest, one concerning the conflict between the legal world and the analytical world, and the other on the differentiation of healthy and unhealthy forms of dissociation, and this in reference to the challenges refugees face in adapting to their new life circumstances. In each paper, the author shows how the fairy tale of I Bluebeard i proved useful as an amplification of and metaphor for the intricacies of the psychic dynamic at the heart of their clinical work. At the end of the paper, the author addresses the issue of the impact of a totalitarian regime on psychological development and of the possible lasting transgenerational effect. [Extracted from the article]

The Journal of Analytical Psychology's latest issue features a variety of papers with academic and clinical relevance, as well as an interview with Warren Colman, a previous editor and regular contributor to the Journal. The papers cover topics such as the personal and transpersonal psyche, anima projection, embodied metaphors, and power dynamics in Jungian theory and practice. Additionally, the issue includes reviews of books and journal articles, as well as an announcement of the winner of the Michael Fordham Prize. The Journal also invites submissions from authors and plans to hold workshops on different topics. [Extracted from the article]

In the last administration, the IAAP initiated a new series of conferences under the category of "Joint Conferences IAAP/University". Professor Grazina Gudaite was the first to submit a proposal for a joint conference of the IAAP with the University of Vilnius. A second "Joint Conference IAAP/University" was held in October 2018 at the University of Basel, together with Professor Christian Roesler, who holds a teaching position in Analytical Psychology at the University of Basel, and Dr. Harald Atmanspacher from the ETH Zürich/Collegium Helveticum. [Extracted from the article]

Chris Brogan's engaging paper makes a compelling case in acknowledging Winnicott's unique contribution to psychoanalysis. Perhaps by learning through their own experiences as children of depressed mothers, both Winnicott and Jung instinctively understood the need to play as being an integral part of re-finding creativity and contact with, in Winnicott's terminology, the illusive True Self, and in Jung's terminology, the self through Individuation. ' Winnicott's Dream: Some reflections on D.W. Winnicott and C.G. Jung'. [Extracted from the article]

An introduction is presented in which editor discusses various articles within the issue on topics including interview with Murray Stein, cultural history of African American and richness of Africanist cultures.

This is a two‐part paper: in the first one, a personal story serves as a conceptual prism through which I address the issue of how a queer analyst can be a problem for analytical psychology; in the second, I present some readings and images—mostly from decolonial feminisms—that have been of interest to me lately in my path to queer Jungian psychology, that is, to de‐essentialize and de‐individualize its theory and practice. By borrowing (and altering) the title from Gloria Anzaldúa's (1991/2009a) essay "To(o) queer the writer", this paper explores some themes she has elaborated there on solidarity, theorization and ways of writing and reading from othered points of view. In dialogue with Donna Haraway's (2016) Staying with the Trouble and Ursula K. Le Guin's (1989/2000) The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, together with the imagery of bags, weaving and string figures game, this paper aims to explore the potential of what I have called "woven onto‐epistemologies". By imagining and developing this new condition of knowledge, other stories and theories in analytical psychology may have an opportunity to be told. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Research on socially responsible supply chains has tended to define suppliers over‐simplistically as either responsible or irresponsible. This paper illuminates the varied roles of broadly socially responsible small and medium sized enterprises by seeking to discern the differences and highlight the heterogeneity of the approaches taken. Distinguishing our approach from extant corporate social responsibility categorisations, a typology is outlined, drawing on Jungian Theory of Extraversion and the strategic capability of smaller firms. The analysis suggests four groupings of socially responsible small and medium enterprise supplier: strategic engager; strategic contemplator; active connector and active reflector. Overall, the paper seeks to inject nuance into discussions regarding supplier social responsibility practices, adding to the small business social responsibility literature, as well as unifying a number of strands of research relating to supply chain responsibility. The proposed typology offers firm foundations for further empirical and conceptual research in the area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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With the birth of her daughter, Renata, in 1913, Spielrein was able to observe language development I in vivo i , just as Klein and Piaget subsequently studied their own children. Caropreso notes that, as a pioneer in the development of infant psychology, Spielrein was the first psychoanalyst to link Freudian theories to language development. Jung, as Spielrein knew through her collaborative work with him between 1910 and 1911, was more interested in what is currently known as the collective unconscious or objective psyche. [Extracted from the article]

In this issue of the Journal, our regular "Clinical and Theoretical Practice" strand brings together papers that revisit the foundational work of Winnicott and Segal, providing an opportunity to deepen our thinking around key texts in the field, and perhaps too to consider our individual practice afresh. Next, Patrick Casement, in a wide-ranging inaugural lecture prepared for the inaugural conference of the Japanese Winnicott Association in 2019, draws a distinction between "using" - or applying - Winnicott's ideas, and "finding" Winnicott in our clinical work, suggesting that it is 'at those times of finding Winnicott that his ideas most vividly come alive to us'. Then, R.D. Hinshelwood offers a searching paper that extends his recent discussion of Segal's theory of symbol-formation in the BJP (Hinshelwood, [2]). [Extracted from the article]

This paper will focus on bicorporates, the enigmatic composite animals with one head and two bodies which have been left rather outside of scholastic attention. The first known bicorporates appeared on Mesopotamian cylinder seals around the third millennium BCE. They subsequently appeared in Minoan, Greek, Etruscan and Roman art. In mediaeval Europe, they flourished in Romanesque churches, especially, Southern Europe and Scandinavia. Furthermore, they also emerged in India and Southeast Asia and China. Bicorporates exist across a remarkably wide geographical and chronological range. Even though a small number of scholars carried out some research on them, most of their focus was trying to trace the migration route of the images. No previous study had focused on answering the most intriguing question, how these enigmatic images came about and the reason why they spread and recurred beyond geographical and chronological borders. Therefore, this paper will focus on the questions and seek to provide the answers, by applying neuropsychological reading and analytical psychology. The findings of this study suggest that Lewis‐Williams' neuropsychology and Jung's analytical psychology are intertwined and both offer explanations for the origin and widespread occurrence of bicorporate images. However, the contrast between these two theories lies in the fact that Lewis‐Williams' theory relies on the perspective of materialistic science, implying that these images are solely products of the human brain and nervous system. In contrast, Jung's theory allows for the possibility of exploring the invisible or esoteric realm, which cannot be disproven or proven by current materialistic science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, Ogden is examining Winnicott's ([9]) paper, "Mind and Its Relation to the Psyche-Soma". Thomas Ogden has been at the forefront of psychoanalytic thought for over 40 years, yet he continues to offer fresh insights on psychoanalytic theory and clinical practice. Ogden introduces Winnicott's paper as "one of Winnicott's most significant contributions" (p. 8). [Extracted from the article]

The article introduces a series of articles published within the issue, including one on a Buddhist science of mind, another on cultural differences in individuation and a paper on a Jungian analyst's view of myths.

A call for papers on theoretical and practical issues related to clinical, analytic psychology in various situations is presented.

An introduction is presented which discusses reports within the issue on topics related to analytical psychology.

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Groups of Jungian analysts, which included the present authors, met to discuss four key theoretical concepts, each of which was felt to have problematic aspects if used unquestioningly in contemporary practice. The concepts were: The Primitive, Inner and Outer Worlds, Contrasexuality and Participation Mystique. The discussions were informed by clinical material and specific papers chosen for their critical evaluation of the topic. Four recorded transcripts were made, with permission, for further consideration of the relationship between contemporary Jungian theory and practice using the research method of thematic analysis. Three main themes were identified: Work of Analysis, Frames of Reference and Power Dynamics. The authors discuss the themes in relation to the overarching theme of power, understood as operating at conscious and unconscious levels. The artwork "Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View" by Cornelia Parker is used as a metaphor in discussing the dynamic of challenging foundational concepts. The authors suggest that power dynamics are intrinsic in both the difficulty and the benefits of critically evaluating key concepts, binding together the theoretical (what informs us) with the clinical (what we do in the consulting room) as well as blowing apart pre‐conceived notions of what underpins the analyst's work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The February 2024 issue of the Journal of Analytical Psychology features a range of stimulating papers. Silvia Presciuttini's paper explores the impact of mask usage in the treatment setting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wes Wallace examines Jung's paper on the psychology of transference and proposes a new translation to clarify Jung's meaning. Ginny Hill discusses the clinical application of Jung's Black Books and The Red Book in therapy for a patient experiencing feelings of being the "living dead." Gunnar Reefschläger investigates synchronicity in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, focusing on relational and transferential aspects. Benjamin Swogger pays tribute to Anthony Stevens and his contributions to the archetype debate. Joe Cambray interviews Ann Casement, discussing her journey in depth psychology and her various roles in the field. The Clinical Commentaries section presents a vignette on unconscious-to-unconscious linkage and the challenges it poses for the analyst. The issue also includes book reviews on a variety of topics. [Extracted from the article]

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Over the course of a 40-year career as a Jungian analyst, Giles Clark became an influential figure in both England and Australia, where he emigrated in 1995. Giles and Neil Micklem were the other Zurich graduates; Sheila Powell, Mary Williams and Andrew Samuels came from the SAP. At that time, ANZSJA's training was arranged regionally, with responsibility for the content and structure of the training being left to local analysts. Jim was a patient with whom Giles worked for eight years before leaving for Australia, and whom he wrote about in several of his later papers. [Extracted from the article]

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The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of Jungian analysis, an article on dissociation, and a report on some of the reasons why people are turning away from psychotherapy.

This book review discusses "Transforming Infantile Trauma in Analytic Work with Children and Adults: The Clinical Writings of Alessandra Cavalli," a collection of papers by Alessandra Cavalli, a Jungian-trained analyst. The book explores Cavalli's work with severely traumatized children and adults, focusing on the impact of early infantile trauma on the developing self. The review highlights Cavalli's dedication to establishing meaningful emotional connections with her patients and her persistence in trying to communicate with highly defended children. It also mentions Cavalli's exploration of intergenerational trauma and her consultancy work with a staff team at a home for street children in Mexico. The reviewer recommends the book to child and adult psychotherapists. [Extracted from the article]

An oft‐repeated and largely unexamined assumption in Jungian psychoanalysis is the notion of "analyzability", that is, of an individual's ability or present capacity to think symbolically. It is often taught that if someone is unable to think symbolically, a depth analysis is not possible. Such an individual may be more aptly suited for supportive psychotherapy, the argument goes, an experience that may very well lead to the development of the ego's capacity for symbolic thought but is not, in and of itself, a Jungian analysis. While this sort of categorical thinking has, at times, crossed over into ontological claims about individuals and groups, the notion of analyzability encountered in psychoanalytic theory and praxis is often cloaked in facially neutral language. The impact, however, has been anything but neutral in effect. In this paper, I propose a softening of our theoretical edges through a genealogy of the category of analyzability within the broader history of psychoanalysis. Through this excavation, I explore the contingent nature of the category of analyzability, how it has constricted knowledge, perpetuated inequality, and, more broadly, obscured ways of knowing. In so doing, I recover the radically democratic potential that lies at the heart of Jungian psychoanalysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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For all these reasons, I advocated exploratory psychotherapy as the first treatment of choice for gender dysphoria in the article. When dysregulated affect and early attachment trauma are present, they can make effective therapy extremely difficult. In the paper, I argue that "gender affirmative" medical treatment should be a treatment of last resort, for several reasons. Firstly, I would like to thank Karen Herdzik and David Solem for discussing this emotionally charged, controversial but important subject with me. [Extracted from the article]

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