tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36658090.post6899405774048708427..comments2023-03-29T05:29:55.199-04:00Comments on Brigid's Blog: AuthoritarianBrigid N. Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954486097108820795noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36658090.post-5436611560252743562012-05-21T08:51:34.600-04:002012-05-21T08:51:34.600-04:00No, I haven't read that, but it sounds interes...No, I haven't read that, but it sounds interesting. The confrontation with the unconscious does require a healthy ego to act as a container for the transcendent function to operate, so I could see Hillman's point. I haven't read Hillman or archetypal psychology in general, but I know his thought is influencial at the school I had been considering (Pacifica Graduate Institute).RoboPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03321756514781845967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36658090.post-23013662951941269792012-05-18T15:54:14.714-04:002012-05-18T15:54:14.714-04:00That sounds like an excellent thesis. I know that ...That sounds like an excellent thesis. I know that Hillman thought the transcendent function was missing in the case of manic depressives, who could not mediate the Senex/Puer polarity in the unconscious. Have you read "Jungian Psychiatry" by Heinrich Karl Fierz? Some great case studies there, combining pharmacology (which Jung does recommend in some cases where the transcendent function fails) with traditional Jungian therapy.Brigid N. Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954486097108820795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36658090.post-59399194886712944212012-05-17T15:27:52.158-04:002012-05-17T15:27:52.158-04:00Great post. I'm actually working on a post al...Great post. I'm actually working on a post along a similar line. My thesis for the post, based on some thoughts I came across reading Jung's essay on the Transendent Function, is that people's inability (due to unawareness or fear) to dialog with the unconscious parts of themselves leads them to not be able to make room for the unconscious/shadow of the other. Instead, the other is seen as the enemy. It's easier to project our shadow and hate it in another than it is to learn to face and integrate it within ourselves. When we make room for those parts of ourselves that want a voice, it's easier to sit with the other and allow them the space to be different.RoboPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03321756514781845967noreply@blogger.com