cydira
May 22nd, 2001, 09:57 PM
I've decided to put these two classes together, this way we can make up for lost time a little better. 8O
Class 4 &5
Freud & Jung
Sigmund Freud's method of analysis maintained that dreams and their content revealed the unconscious motivations and thoughts of the dreamer. Freud's work was a signifigant influence on the work of Carl Jung as well as on the entire field of psychoanalysis. To fully discuss his work would move us beyond the scope of dream analysis, but his focus on sexually related unconscious desires and symbolic meanings of dreams was the source of the split between Jung and Freud.
Jung was a student of Freud's work and he adopted many of Freud's ideas. To understand Jung's methods of dream analysis, it is necessisary to identify the major parts of the mind, as viewed by Jung and Freud. The waking mind was called the conscious mind by both. The sleeping mind was called the subconscious mind by Freud and the personall unconscious by Jung. The "racial" memories and archetypes was called the unconscious by Freud and the collective unconscious by Jung. For an excellent discussion of the Jungian mind, please see Janet and Stewart Farr's book The Healing Craft. They give a very good visual diagram and a practical set of explinations of Jungian psychology, but I digress.
The major benefit of Jung's work was the identification of the symbolic language of the sleeping mind. Archetypes are a collection of semi-universal symbols for abstract thoughtforms and concepts that are common through out the human species. An excellent example of this is a pregnant woman indicating the concept of motherhood. According to Jung's theories, the archetypes existed because humanity is linked on a unconscious (or as others term it psychic) level. The archetypes are the basic building blocks of communication.
As an assignment, I would like you to look up Jung's archetypes and present 1 symbol. I would also like you to post a description of it's meaning by next tuesday. On thursday, I will be posting an abbreviated list of archetypes and their basic meanings.
Class 4 &5
Freud & Jung
Sigmund Freud's method of analysis maintained that dreams and their content revealed the unconscious motivations and thoughts of the dreamer. Freud's work was a signifigant influence on the work of Carl Jung as well as on the entire field of psychoanalysis. To fully discuss his work would move us beyond the scope of dream analysis, but his focus on sexually related unconscious desires and symbolic meanings of dreams was the source of the split between Jung and Freud.
Jung was a student of Freud's work and he adopted many of Freud's ideas. To understand Jung's methods of dream analysis, it is necessisary to identify the major parts of the mind, as viewed by Jung and Freud. The waking mind was called the conscious mind by both. The sleeping mind was called the subconscious mind by Freud and the personall unconscious by Jung. The "racial" memories and archetypes was called the unconscious by Freud and the collective unconscious by Jung. For an excellent discussion of the Jungian mind, please see Janet and Stewart Farr's book The Healing Craft. They give a very good visual diagram and a practical set of explinations of Jungian psychology, but I digress.
The major benefit of Jung's work was the identification of the symbolic language of the sleeping mind. Archetypes are a collection of semi-universal symbols for abstract thoughtforms and concepts that are common through out the human species. An excellent example of this is a pregnant woman indicating the concept of motherhood. According to Jung's theories, the archetypes existed because humanity is linked on a unconscious (or as others term it psychic) level. The archetypes are the basic building blocks of communication.
As an assignment, I would like you to look up Jung's archetypes and present 1 symbol. I would also like you to post a description of it's meaning by next tuesday. On thursday, I will be posting an abbreviated list of archetypes and their basic meanings.