scholarly journals Rock: Symbol of Self in the Process of Individualization - Alchemy Transformation in Sandplay Therapy -

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Eun Sun An
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
True Self ◽  
Sandplay Therapy ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Aged Woman ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Middle Aged Woman ◽  
Life Force ◽  
Spiritual Energy ◽  
The Individual

This study investigated the process leading to individuation by examining the symbolism of rocks that emerged from sandplay therapy for a middle-aged woman from the perspective of analytical psychology and alchemy. The rock symbolizes an unchangeable life force, nurturing, recovery, source of living water, grave, and place in contact with spiritual energy. The alchemical process of creating new substances using existing substances proceeds in the order of calcification, dissolution, solidification, sublimation, decay, separation, and unity. In this study, the client expressed her unconscious through the rocks in the sand tray, which corresponded to the calcification of alchemy. Afterwards, the client expressed feelings such as despair and sadness that existed deeply within her, which were linked to the process of dissolution and coagulation of alchemy. Finally, the client could proceed with the process of individuation through self-integration with her shadow by accepting the suppression and wounds of her heart that were suppressed for a long time in consciousness, which is connected with the process of sublimation, corruption, separation, and unity in alchemy. The process of individuation involves completing the true Self by integrating the Self that exists inside the individual. We can integrate these processes through a confrontational dialogue between consciousness and the unconscious through symbols.

The Crisis of Becoming-Nature in Howard Barker’s Recent Dramas

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-114
Author(s):  
Karoline Gritzner
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Human Agency ◽  
The Self ◽  
Love Relationships ◽  
Late Style ◽  
Life Force ◽  
The Individual

AbstractThis article discusses how in Howard Barker’s recent work the idea of the subject’s crisis hinges on the introduction of an impersonal or transpersonal life force that persists beyond human agency. The article considers Barker’s metaphorical treatment of the images of land and stone and their interrelationship with the human body, where the notion of subjective crisis results from an awareness of objective forces that transcend the self. In “Immense Kiss” (2018) and “Critique of Pure Feeling” (2018), the idea of crisis, whilst still dominant, seems to lose its intermittent character of singular rupture and reveals itself as a permanent force of dissolution and reification. In these plays, the evocation of nonhuman nature in the love relationships between young men and elderly women affirms the existence of something that goes beyond the individual, which Barker approaches with a late-style poetic sensibility.

Self, Indian theories of

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.S. Rukmani
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Inner Self ◽  
Spiritual Energy ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Ultimate Principle ◽  
Ultimate Nature

Hindu thought traces its different conceptions of the self to the earliest extant Vedic sources composed in the Sanskrit language. The words commonly used in Hindu thought and religion for the self are jīva (life), ātman (breath), jīvātman (life-breath), puruṣa (the essence that lies in the body), and kṣetrajña (one who knows the body). Each of these words was the culmination of a process of inquiry with the purpose of discovering the ultimate nature of the self. By the end of the ancient period, the personal self was regarded as something eternal which becomes connected to a body in order to exhaust the good and bad karma it has accumulated in its many lives. This self was supposed to be able to regain its purity by following different spiritual paths by means of which it can escape from the circle of births and deaths forever. There is one more important development in the ancient and classical period. The conception of Brahman as both immanent and transcendent led to Brahman being identified with the personal self. The habit of thought that tried to relate every aspect of the individual with its counterpart in the universe (Ṛg Veda X. 16) had already prepared the background for this identification process. When the ultimate principle in the subjective and objective spheres had arrived at their respective ends in the discovery of the ātman and Brahman, it was easy to equate the two as being the same spiritual ‘energy’ that informs both the outer world and the inner self. This equation had important implications for later philosophical growth. The above conceptions of the self-identity question find expression in the six systems of Hindu thought. These are known as āstikadarśanas or ways of seeing the self without rejecting the authority of the Vedas. Often, one system or the other may not explicitly state their allegiance to the Vedas, but unlike Buddhism or Jainism, they did not openly repudiate Vedic authority. Thus they were āstikadarśanas as opposed to the others who were nāstikadarśanas. The word darśana for philosophy is also significant if one realizes that philosophy does not end with only an intellectual knowing of one’s self-identity but also culminates in realizing it and truly becoming it.

James Devaney and the Brisbane Resistance to Modernism

2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-39
Author(s):  
William Hatherell
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Large Contribution ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Cultural Activities ◽  
Aged Woman ◽  
Middle Aged Woman

This grainy old photograph from The Courier-Mail of 2 April 1971, under the headline ‘The Three Ancients’, shows three grey-haired men — James Devaney (identified as being 80 years old), Frank Francis (75), and Robert S. Byrnes (71) — standing around a middle-aged woman who sits at a Victorian-style desk in front of a photograph of the Queen. The caption explains this puzzling image. As an April Fool's Day gesture, the self-styled ‘three ancients’, all former presidents of the Queensland Branch of the Federation of Australian Writers (FAW(Q)), are singing a song called ‘Three Ex-P's’ (to the tune of ‘Three Blind Mice’) to the current president, Maureen Freer. The three men, we are assured, ‘have made a large contribution to the cultural activities of Queensland’.

scholarly journals The journey of individuation: A Jungian alternative to the theory and practice of leading authentically

Leadership ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Ladkin ◽  
Chellie Spiller ◽  
Gareth Craze
Keyword(s):  
Authentic Leadership ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The Self ◽  
True Self ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Organizational Contexts ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Conscious Processes

Along with increasing interest in the concept of ‘authenticity’ as it applies to leadership, critique of dominant authentic leadership theorizing is also on the rise. This paper joins that critique in relation to a key aspect of dominant theorizing: its neglect of the unconscious and its role in shaping one’s experience and behaviour. This oversight results in an unrealistic version of ‘authenticity’ which over-emphasizes pro-social, positive conduct, prescribes components through which authenticity is achieved, and directs individuals to act from an individually determined ‘true self’ rather than recognizing the role that both others and the wider context play in the creation of that self. The notion of ‘mature personhood’, underpinned by Jung’s theory of individuation is offered as an alternative aspirational aim for those wishing to take up the leading role in a way which align what is ‘real’ for them at a given moment within the demands of organizational contexts. Drawing from Jung’s ideas of ‘the shadow’, the ‘centre point’ and ‘the collective’, we theorize an integrated approach to leadership which accounts for unconscious as well as conscious processes, works with less desirable aspects of the self rather than dismissing them, is achieved through reflexive processes rather than prescriptive formulae; and is collectively, rather than individually determined.

scholarly journals COVID-19 vaccine-associated subacute thyroiditis: an unusual suspect for de Quervain’s thyroiditis

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. e246425
Author(s):  
Mohammad Sadiq Jeeyavudeen ◽  
Alan W Patrick ◽  
Fraser W Gibb ◽  
Anna R Dover
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
The Self ◽  
Subacute Thyroiditis ◽  
Imaging Features ◽  
Aged Woman ◽  
Uncommon Presentation ◽  
Symptomatic Management ◽  
The World ◽  
Middle Aged Woman ◽  
Thyroid Swelling

Subacute thyroiditis following vaccination is an uncommon presentation of thyrotoxicosis. As the world undertakes its largest immunisation campaign to date in an attempt to protect the population from COVID-19 infections, an increasing number of rare post vaccine side effects are being observed. We report a case of a middle-aged woman who presented with painful thyroid swelling following the second dose of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 (Pfizer–BioNTech) with clinical, biochemical and imaging features consistent with destructive thyrotoxicosis. Symptomatic management only was required for the self-limiting episode. Thyroiditis typically has a mild and self-limiting course and thus this observation should not deter people from vaccination, as COVID-19 infection has a far greater morbidity and mortality risk than thyroiditis.

Seven Years Of Occupational Psychiatry In A Portuguese Universitary Hospital

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S487-S487
Author(s):  
L. Sousa ◽  
A. Antunes ◽  
L. Bastos
Keyword(s):  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Work Organizations ◽  
Institutional Level ◽  
Aged Woman ◽  
Middle Aged Woman ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
Mental Health Policies

IntroductionOccupational psychiatry is the field of psychiatry that focuses on work, its importance in the lives of individuals and work organizations. It gained visibility in the 2000 decade, after the creation of the Academy of Occupational and Organizational Psychiatry. Following that trend, occupational psychiatry outpatient started in 2008 at Hospital de Santa Maria.ObjectiveTo describe the structure and functioning of that project; to characterize the population that has been referred to this subspecialty, as well as the main motives for referral; and to highlight some paradigmatic cases that deserve special attention.AimsCall attention to the importance of occupational psychiatry at the individual and institutional level.MethodsAll the patients ever referred to the occupational psychiatry consultation were considered for the analysis. Clinical information was obtained through medical records and interviews with the patients. Bibliographic research was conducted through the PubMed in the Medline library.ResultsIn our hospital, the prototype patient referred to occupational psychiatry is a middle-aged woman working as a medical assistant. The most frequent motives for referral were related to difficulties in accomplishing job duties and definite psychiatric diagnosis corresponded more often to the common mental disorders (anxiety, depression and adjustment disorders). At the institutional level, the initiative was received with great enthusiasm.ConclusionsAs Freud stated “To Love and work are the cornerstone of our humanness”, in line with that we consider that occupational psychiatry should be taken as a priority in what concerns to mental health policies.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals A Case Study of Sandplay Therapy for a Middle-aged Woman Who Goes the Way of Individuation Through Conflicts with an Adolescent Son

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-253
Author(s):  
Hee-og Sim
Keyword(s):  
Initial Phase ◽  
Intermediate Phase ◽  
Final Phase ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Sandplay Therapy ◽  
Aged Woman ◽  
Individuation Process ◽  
Middle Aged Woman ◽  
Therapy Sessions

This study explored a sandplay therapy case of a woman maturing through conflicts with an adolescent son. The goal of the therapy was to relieve her from conflicts with going through individuation process under a free and protected space in sandplay therapy. Forty-six therapy sessions were held. The client exhibited that she needed a conversation with her feminity and maternity in the initial phase of therapy (1-5, regression). In the intermediate phase of therapy (6-43, struggle), she displayed the scenes of meeting of opposites, shadow, death, nurturing and integration of opposites. In the final phase of therapy (44-46, transformation), she showed the acception of her life with leaving her situations to God. Through sandplay therapy in the free and protected space, this study showed the effectiveness of sandplay therapy since the client achieved individuation by showing the acceptance of her life and could control her enraged feelings.

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