Guest guest Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 A yes has to speak before a NO can sound! aoh............ >All that said, the myths must in some way resonate with human nature in order to be therapeutic, even if they are myths, so there is that to consider. And they do resonate with human nature! Even to conceive a lie, must have a realization of a truth behind it. Myths cannot be conceived out of nothing, as nothing cannot give rise to something. What man knows, be it truth , allegory or lie, all comes from human nature, where else can it come from. Steve Kalec Re: Complementation in psychology > > >> > > >> > > > Mats,> > > >> > > > > > For me, Analytic(al) Psychology provides a rich set of concepts and tools> > > with which to organize and self-organize a novel and subjective vocabulary> > > and view about one's experience of meaningfulness in human context.> > > > > > You write:> > > > > > >> > > > But to say that "almost nothing of Analytical Psychology survives as an> > > > accurate framework for understanding human mental functioning" is an> > > > hideous underestimation of Jungian psychology.> > > >> > > Hideous?> > > > > > > > > > It has proved an extremely powerful method of understanding dreams,> > > > fairytales, myths, symbols, and religious phenomena. I find it immensely> > > > useful. Through learning Jungian psychology one can come to grips with the> > > > unconscious, and the emancipative effect it has on the conscious ego is> > > > inestimable.> > > >> > > I do not question the "use value" of what you term Jungian psychology.> > > > > > Inasmuch as the emancipative effect is reported, the value of using the> > > framework is demonstrated within the largely subjective domain where those> > > effects are encountered.> > > > > > The question raised, however, is: does all this understanding have to do> > > with the efficacious *belief* in the Jungian psychology, or, does it have> > > to do with the Jungian psychology itself being the correct model of human> > > mental functioning?> > > > > > For this question, of course, there is a single correct answer.> > > > > > regards,> > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------> > > squareone-learning.com> > > squareone-learning.com/blog/> > > > > > the entire 'kit and kaboodle'> > > squareone-learning.com/blog/my-outposts/> > >> > > >>------------------------------------"Our highest duty as human beings is to search out a means whereby beings may be freed from all kinds of unsatisfactory experience and suffering."H.H. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th. Dalai Lama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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