Platonic Jung: And the Nature of Self

Platonic Jung: And the Nature of Self

by Jane Weldon
Platonic Jung: And the Nature of Self

Platonic Jung: And the Nature of Self

by Jane Weldon

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Overview

How does Jung model his psychology on Plato’s philosophy? The Platonic Jung gives us a clear look at the remarkable similarities between the two, particularly in the structure of the cosmos and psyche, and in the nature of the self. The individual self is identified as soul in each system, and it is placed in what both Jung and Plato call the “third,” a level of being located in-between the divine Self or One, and the ego complex or sense based self. Practicing the work of individuation in Jung or philosophy in Plato, which are also shown to be similar paths of development, a person is able to unite the opposites in the lower self. Thus, by healing the conflicts inherent in psychological injury, consciousness is developed in soul and its subtle body. The transcendent function is the cornerstone of individuation in Jung, and we learn here that he included an energetic aspect of transformation in the function, which is actually responsible for the movement of consciousness from ego-complex into soul in the third.

Developing the self through philosophy or individuation involves a unity of the psyche that creates an inner state Dr. Weldon calls dual-unity, where the individual soul is simultaneously aware of the ego or sense based world below and the divine One or Self above. Plato referred to this state as the realization of the macrocosm within the microcosm and Jung mirrors this in his idea of wholeness. After doing the theoretical work of showing us the root of Jung in Plato, the book also includes a chapter on how to practice analytically orientated psychotherapy using the framework of the individual self as soul. In the first chapter Dr. Weldon shares her own experience of consciousness in soul and subtle body, all of which ultimately called her to this project. The Platonic Jung re-unites philosophy and psychology and expresses the message these two great men imparted to the world—that the soul is the true self, and is worth finding.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781630514013
Publisher: Chiron Publications
Publication date: 04/06/2017
Pages: 260
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Jane Weldon has been a practicing psycho - therapist for 35 years and continues to be captivated by the mystery and inspiration of the work. Initially trained as a teacher, she taught movement dance for several years for both students and faculty at schools in southern New Hampshire, and for the Monadnock Arts Council. Graduating from Antioch University in New Hampshire in 1983 with a Masters in Counseling, she earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a depth perspective from the Pacifica Institute in Santa Barbara, California in 2004. In her early twenties, Jane lived for three years in an isolated cabin on a small mountain in New Hampshire with no running water or electricity. This formative experience of "chop wood, carry water" on Pudding Hill taught her the virtues of voluntary simplicity, and how to live in a world often lost to depth, silence and inner meaning. In 1983 Jane moved to Charlottesville, Virginia to begin working as a psycho - therapist and still lives there with her husband, Morgan, and dog, Bodhi. Efforts towards simplicity and contemplation continue to be the center of her life.

Table of Contents

Introduction 11

Chapter One: From Experience to Application 15

Background

Experiences

The Fourth Way 19

Subtle Soul-Body Awareness 20

Dream Work 23

Application in Practice 24

Jung’s Psychology 27

Chapter Two: The Cosmology 35

Some Considerations on the Platonic One 36

The Self and the One 40

The Divine Center 40

Parts of the Whole 44

The Form and the Archetype 47

The Form 47

The Archetype 52

The Image 59

The Ego and The Sensible Man 68

A World of Flux Based on the Opposites 68

Jung’s Ego Complexes 73

Plato’s Sensible World 79

Platonic Jung Chapter Three: Plato’s Soul 83

The Structure of Soul 85

The Immortality of the Soul 89

Soul in the “Third” 91

The Dual-Unity of Soul in the Third 94

Soul’s Development through Philosophy 95

Acquiring Virtue 95

Battling Vice 99

Plato’s Cave Allegory 105

Moral Being 108

World Soul and the Subtle Luciform Body 110

Chapter Four: Jung’s Soul 117

Soul’s Immortality 118

The Structure of Soul 120

Soul as Functional Complex 120

Soul’s Progression 123

Soul in the “Third” 127

The Discrimination of Opposites 129

The Union of Opposites 136

The Dual-Unity of Soul in the Third 146

Individuation and the Transcendent Function 150

Transformation in the Transcendent Function 151

Psychoid Matter 161

The Nature of Psychoid 162

Energetic Realms 165

The Subtle Body 172

Zarathustra 172

The Union of Physical and Spiritual 175

The Platonic Philosophical Life and Jungian Individuation 184

Chapter Five: Some Considerations for Psychotherapy Based on The Dual-Unity of Soul in the Third 191 The Ontological Frame 191

The Nature of Being 191

Transformation 194

The Vertical Axis 196

In Relation to the Horizontal Axis 196

Healing Wounds 200

The Unconscious and Conscious Mind 206

The Law of Three 211

Third Force 212

Thought 216

The Bipartite Centers 218

A Few Words about Soul in Childhood 226

Epilogue 233

Glossary 235

References 241

Index 247

About the Author 259

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