Summary of Carl Gustav Jung's Modern Man in Search of a Soul

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The use of dream-analysis in psychotherapy is still a debated issue. Many practitioners find it indispensable in the treatment of neuroses, while others dispute the value of dream-analysis and believe that dreams are a negligible by-product of the psyche.
#2 Dreams can be used to reveal the unconscious causes of a neurosis. The Freudian answer is that dreams often reveal the unconscious contents that are causal factors in a neurosis.
#3 The dream is a accurate representation of the patient’s subjective state, which the conscious mind denies exists or recognizes only grudgingly. The patient’s conscious ego could see no reason why he should not go steadily forward, but the dream showed us how things really stood.
#4 There are dreams that explain the causes of a neurosis, and there are others that do not. The point is that there are neuroses whose origins we discover only at the end of an analysis, and there are others whose origins we do not need to discover.

Sujets

• Psychology
• Carl Jung
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Movements
• Jungian

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 01 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9781669396468
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Carl Gustav Jung's Modern Man in Search of a Soul
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The use of dream-analysis in psychotherapy is still a debated issue. Many practitioners find it indispensable in the treatment of neuroses, while others dispute the value of dream-analysis and believe that dreams are a negligible by-product of the psyche.

#2

Dreams can be used to reveal the unconscious causes of a neurosis. The Freudian answer is that dreams often reveal the unconscious contents that are causal factors in a neurosis.

#3

The dream is a accurate representation of the patient’s subjective state, which the conscious mind denies exists or recognizes only grudgingly. The patient’s conscious ego could see no reason why he should not go steadily forward, but the dream showed us how things really stood.

#4

There are dreams that explain the causes of a neurosis, and there are others that do not. The point is that there are neuroses whose origins we discover only at the end of an analysis, and there are others whose origins we do not need to discover.

#5

Dreams can be anticipatory, and in that case, they lose their particular meaning if they are treated in a purely causalistic way. The three dreams I mentioned above show this. They provide clear information about the analytical situation, and it is important for the purposes of therapy that this be understood.

#6

Dreams are often surprisingly clear and straightforward. But as the analysis progresses, the dreams become less transparent and more blurred. They become increasingly difficult to interpret, and a point is reached where the doctor is unable to understand the situation as a whole.

#7

The doctor's interpretation is based on a one-sided theory or a preconceived opinion, and is therefore not based on any understanding of the patient. It is extremely dangerous for the doctor to make a pronouncement before understanding the dream has fully developed in the patient.

#8

The analyst must consider any dream interpretation invalid that does not win the assent of the patient. The rule should be followed that every dream is a new departure, and the analyst should construct a new theory of dreams.

#9

We must not pare down the meaning of a dream to fit some narrow doctrine. We must remember that there are patients who imitate the technical or theoretical jargon of the doctor, and do this even in their dreams. We must never forget in dream analysis that we are on treacherous ground where nothing is certain but uncertainty.

#10

When we take up an obscure dream, our first task is not to understand and interpret it, but to establish the context with care. We should not attempt to understand and interpret a dream offhand, but should instead carefully and consciously illuminate those chains of association that are directly connected with particular images.

#11

Dream interpretation is a very important part of the analysis process. Dreams can contain more than just practical helps for the doctor. They can also contain important information about the causes of a neurosis.

#12

Dreams are important, as they give information about the inner life of the dreamer and reveal hidden factors of his personality. As long as these are unknown, they disturb his waking life and only manifest themselves in the form of symptoms.

#13

The unconscious is a thing of nature that is neutral as far as moral sense, æsthetic taste and intellectual judgement go. It is dangerous only when our conscious attitude towards it becomes false. As we assimilate the contents that were previously unconscious, the danger from the side of the unconscious diminishes.

#14

The unconscious does not harbor explosive materials, but it may become explosive due to the repressions exercised by a self-sufficient, or cowardly, conscious outlook. It is important to understand that the dream is not an isolated psychic event that cut off from daily life.

#15

The interpretation of a dream should not damage the real values of the conscious personality. If the conscious personality is destroyed or even crippled, there is no one left to assimilate the dream content.

#16

The treatment of dream symbols requires that we take into account the dreamer's philosophical, religious, and moral convictions. We should not treat the symbols as signs or symptoms of a fixed character. They should be treated as true symbols, which express something not yet consciously recognized.

#17

It is important to interpret dreams as if they were not fixed, but rather as if they were symbols that relate to the patient's conscious situation. If we do this, our interpretations will not go very far towards satisfying a theory of dreams, but they will meet the patient's need.

#18

The mother and horse symbols are both associated with suicide. The mother symbolizes a place of origin, nature, and the passive creation of substance and matter. The horse symbolizes the non-human psyche, the unconscious, and animal life.

#19

The dream is a powerful tool that can reveal the unconscious processes of the mind.