The Psychology of the Transference

The central matter of this book is Jung's exigesis of the illustrations to the "Rosarium Philosophorum," in keeping with his psychological reading of medieval alchemy. The sequence of illustrations with their original captions is worth sustained attention in its own right. Jung's explanations are sometimes mildly incoherent--a fact which he recognizes and excuses on the grounds that he is attempting to address inherently unconscious processes.

He is right to note that the "transference" process is not unique to the analyst-analysand relationship, but is common to the vast majority of spousal scenarios, and in a more general way to the experience of "objective" reality as a whole. And yet, despite his prefatory digression that "The show more Church would be an ideal solution for anyone seeking a suitable receptacle for the chaos of the unconscious, were it not that everything man-made, however refined, has its imperfections," (par. 392) he constrains his discussion of psychological projection in religious contexts to the doctrinally hypostasized figures of myth and doctrine, rather than treating the actual relationships among worshippers and religious officials. Perhaps he balked (unconsciously?) at making so plain the sacerdotal role of the psychoanalyst! show less

LA PSICOLOGIA DE LA TRANSFERENCIA

Este importante libro del profesor Jung que se publica ahora en una nueva edición en castellano es la aplicación de los últimos descubrimientos y tesis del gran psicólogo suizo al problema de la transferencia, con justa razón calificado como el más arduo de los problemas de la psicoterapia. Tal es el tema central del presente libro, donde se traza un paralelismo entre el moderno opus psychologicum y un típico ejemplo de procedimiento alquimista. Los procesos de la transferencia se ilustran e interpretan a la vez que una serie de figuras simbólicas, y se muestra que el vínculo entre médico y paciente es una función de la líbido de parentesco, de la cual depende un complicado sistema show more matrimonial en ciertas sociedades primitivas. show less