Art, dreams and active imagination
A post‐Jungian approach to transference and the image
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8983005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joy Schaverien (0000-0001-9331-6239, University of Leicester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 127-153 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Analytical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8774 • E-ISSN: 1465-5922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0021-8774.2005.00519.x |
| PMID | 15817038 |
| OpenAlex | W2098979079 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 14 |
The term active imagination is sometimes applied rather uncritically to describe all forms of creative activity that take place in depth psychology. Whilst there are many forms of expression that evoke or are evoked by active imagination, they cannot automatically be classed as active imagination. In this article investigation of visualized mental imagery, dreams and art reveals three distinct forms of image-based psychological activity. Integrated and mediated within the transference and countertransference dynamic, it is proposed that the engagement in active imagination reflects and is influenced by the transference. Distinctions between sign and symbol, simple and big dreams as well as diagrammatic and embodied imagery clarify the differences. Examples from clinical practice demonstrate each mode in action within the analytic frame
Action (physics · Aesthetics · Art · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Countertransference · Diagrammatic reasoning · Dream · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Expression (computer science · Frame (networking · Linguistics · Mental image · Mode (computer interface · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Sign (mathematics · Symbol (formal · Computer Science · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Pain Management and Placebo Effect · Philosophy · Psychology · Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Jung and the Post-Jungians
The Other as Alter Ego
Mythos und Mythopathologie
Art within analysis
The goal as process
Amplification, Transference Analysis and the Analyst's Inner Process
Symbols of Active Imagination
Picture interpretation and Jungian typology
Reflections About Not Being Able to Imagine
A Possible Root of Active Imagination
Boarding school
Active Imagination—Deintegration Or Disintegration
Transference as a Form of Active Imagination
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2025 (20) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |