The Symbolic Quest Basic Concepts of Analytical Psychology
by Edward C. Whitmont
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This book explores the use and development of man's symbolizing capacities-those qualities that make him distinctly human. Dr. Whitmont describes the symbolic approach to a dream, which takes into account a symptom's meaning in reference to an unfolding wholeness of personality. He then presents the view that the instinctual urge for meaning is served by the symbolizing capacities, and that this urge has been repressed in our time. In the field of psychology, this symbolic approach is most show more fully exemplified by the theories of C. G. Jung. The author's contribution includes many differentiations and speculations, especially concerning the problems of relatedness. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- The Symbolic Quest Basic Concepts of Analytical Psychology
- Original publication date
- 1969
- First words
- Twentieth century psychology, in its concern with depth analysis, and twentieth century physics have begun to direct man's attention toward the use of symbols as a helpful means of comprehending and making use of the non-rati... (show all)onal and intuitive realms of functioning.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)True individuation occurs through living the fullness of one's life, its joys, pains and defects as symbolic actualizations of a Self reality which is "suprahuman and only partly conceivable" but nonetheless "recognized as existing".
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