Sunday, September 9, 2012

On viewing Jung’s interview on Transference…

What's In Kay's Mind 2: Jung_himself-on-TRANSFERENCE & Archtypes - YouTube

I was happy to hear what he had to say about this.  I once considered he was taking something from the female patient he describes in his scarab beetle story.  But it is clearer she was afraid of what was there in the unconscious and rather than face it she got Jung to do it for her.

This is what I understood in his interview as well, that we can all do the work on ourselves as he did with himself.  This isn’t to say we don’t sometimes need guidance.