Psychology
for Lawyers
archetype of the self
Preface
"The Self, according to Jung, was the sum total of the psyche,
with all its potential included. This is the part of the psyche that
looks forward, that contains the drive toward fulfillment and wholeness.
In this, the Self was said to drive the process of individuation, the
quest of the individual to reach his or her fullest potential."
--"The Jungian Model of the Psyche," Journal Psyche [online
text]
"Jung's term ego is virtually identical to Freud's; it
is the centre of our conscious identity and selfhood. However, for Jung,
the task of the ego is to transform itself by integrating as many contents
of the unconscious as possible, in which case it begins to function
as an ancillary organ of the Self.
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The Self is an archetype which expresses the totality of the psyche
and includes the ego and the unconscious . . . .
* * * *
Jung postulated a transcendental element that facilitates our journey
towards wholeness. This element, or archetype, Jung calls the Self
. . . . For Jung, the ego is the centre of consciousness, the focus
of our personal identity, whereas the Self is the centre of the entire
psyche, conscious and unconscious, and thus the focus of our transpersonal
identity. . . .
[The Self] has no equivalent in the Freudian system . . . .
The Self is virtually a transcendental concept, and it cannot be known
directly by the ego, but only indirectly through symbol, dream and myth."
--David Tacey, How To Read Jung 17, 25, 47, 48 (New York:
W.W. Norton & Co., First American ed., 2007)
"Healing is the capacity for reimagine our relationship to the
Self. Underneath the sense of self is the Self itself. It is always
there, our nature naturing, seeking to become itself, and it is always
expressing its holistic intent. The purpose of therapy, whether in company
with a therapist or in dialogue with ourselves, is to attend the teleological
voice of the Self when it speaks through the venue of the body, through
replicative patterns, through compensatory dream image, through the
analysis of complexes, or through the grace of insight and renewing
vision.
The source of the self-disorder is not the Self; it is the power of
the wounding world. The source of renewal is the still, quiet voice
of the Self which may be heard by those who wish to hear, who retain
the capacity to hear, or who are driven to hear. As Jung has noted,
the encounter with the Self is often experienced as a defeat for the
ego. So it is in the experience of defeat that renewal will be found,
through a 'terrible grace' in which other images may present themselves
to consciousness and through the yearning for meaning which leads us
through pain to plenitude.
None of us escapes life unscathed, or evades imprisonment by our reactions
and misreadings of life's traumata."
--James Hollis, The Archetypal Imagination 116-117 (College
Station, Texas: Texas A&M Press, 2000)
Class Audio | Lecture: Edward Edinger
Encounters with
the Greater Personality
[1:45:56 mins.] [lecture at the San Diego Friends
of Jung, 1984] [begin class presentation at 1:00 mins.]
an alternative to the Edward Edinger lecture:
Class Videos
Class Viewing 1: Edward
F. Edinger: Social Implications [40:09 mins.]
["Science of the Soul: A Jungian Perspective," a video directed
and produced by Kevin Haasarud and distributed by Desert Spring Media
in 1997] [class presentation begins at
13:48 mins., ends at 17:01 mins.; following this presentation on the
"awareness of the self," Edinger reflects on the social
implications of the Self and how it can be projected onto/into society]
[the in-class presentation continues at 20:36 mins., ends at 24:48
mins.] [in this segment of the video, Edinger makes a passing reference
to individuation and active imagination]
[commentary on the ego and persona
runs from the beginning of the video, ends at 6:48 mins.] [Edinger's
comments on the shadow, begins at 6:48 mins., ends at 11:07 mins.;
Edinger doesn't, in his comments, tell us how the shadow comes into
being, but rather focuses on "shadow projection"] [comments
on the anima and animus begin at 11:12 mins.]
Class Viewing 6: Jordan
Peterson on Carl Jung's Depth Psychology: Persona and Shadow
[1:13:47 mins.] [commentary on the archetype
of the Self begins at 33:58 mins., ends at 37:14 mins.]
Class Viewing 7: Resurrection
of Logos [2:34:51 mins.] [2017] [Jordan Peterson's
presentation begins at 51:59 mins., ends at 1:15:46 mins.] [Paterson's
comments on archetypes and traditions associated with Christianity with
passing references to the archetype of the Self, that begins at 2:03:02
mins,, ends at 2:10:20 mins.]
[discussion of the persona
and shadow runs from 3:40 mins. and ends at 10:40 mins.] [Ian Laird
is a Jungian analyst] ["The shadow is everything that has not
been lived, that could be lived. "] [There is another interesting
segment of the Ian Laird video at 27:05 mins. that ends at 30:54
mins. with passing references to "active imagination"]
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