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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 |
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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
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