What is a Jungian analyst dreaming when myth comes to mind? Thirdness as an aspect of the anima media natura

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ID8984419
AuthorsAugust Cwik (0009-0001-7551-8942, corresponding author), August J Cwik (Chicago)
Year2017
Volume62
Issue1
Pages107-129
Publication date2017-01-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Analytical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8774 • E-ISSN: 1465-5922
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-5922.12284
PMID28093750
OpenAlexW2574884621
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited19

Listening analytically is not listening just to what is said but listening to what is just below the surface waiting to be said. This paper looks at Jung's insight into a 'third thing' being created intra-psychically and within the analytic encounter. Ogden's concept of an 'analytic third' is used to describe the clinical aspects of this thirdness. This paper explores: how the state of thirdness is created and accessed through use of reverie and associative dreaming; how the material emerging from it is used in a from or about manner; and the eventual fate of the third in a successful analysis by a reexamination of plates four and ten of the Rosarium. The focus is particularly on the awareness and possible meanings of mythological motifs appearing in the mind of the analyst while in session. Thirdness can be viewed as the interpersonal aspect of the anima media natura and functions in a way that informs us of permeability in and between individuals, while the operation of the anima mundi means that there is always an inseparability of the individual with the world

Active listening · Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Literature · Mythology · Psychoanalysis · Communication · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Jungian Analytical Psychology · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

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