Becoming: An Introduction to Jung's Concept of Individuation arose
from Jungian psychoanalyst Deldon McNeely's reflections on her
lifelong work in psychoanalysis, as well as her sadness at the
dismissal by current trends in psychology and psychiatry of so many
of the principles that had guided her. The teaching of Jung's
psychology is discouraged in some schools, and, while Jung's ideas
generate lively conversations among diverse groups of thinkers that
are presented in journals and conferences, little of this reaches
mainstream psychology. Dr. McNeely realized the need for a new
explication of Jung's process of individuation, one written for
twenty-first century readers who have little or no knowledge of
Jung. Becoming begins by identifying the historical and
philosophical contexts in which Jung was situated and then
addressing the question of where this approach fits with the
cultural issues of today. Dr. McNeely addresses contemporary issues
such as gender identity, addiction, the collective, depression and
mental health, and the view from outside a western cultural lens.
The volume touches upon topics like the overvaluing of the heroic
ego, elitism, the function of introspection in an extraverted
culture, and the role of inner resources in self-development.
Religious parallels include perspectives on eastern thought,
mysticism, spiritual experience, and the development of a "new
myth" for modern times. Her chapter "The Opus: Finding the Spirit
in Matter" delves into Jung's description of alchemist Gerhard
Dorn's three stages of individuation.In the half century since
Jung's colleague, Jolande Jacobi, wrote her now-classic The Way of
Individuation, modern, post-modern, and post-post-modern thought
has raised many questions that color the images of individuation
Jacobi presented. Becoming addresses these, offered for those whose
minds are receptive to the unknown, in the hope that "it will help
some of us to think - more with respect than dread - of the
possibility that we act unconsciously.Deldon Anne McNeely received
her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Louisiana State University
and is a member of the International Association for Analytical
Psychology. A senior analyst of the Inter-Regional Society of
Jungian Analysts, she is a training analyst for their New Orleans
Jungian Seminar. Publications include Touching: Body Therapy and
Depth Psychology; Animus Aeternus: Exploring the Inner Masculine;
and Mercury Rising: Women, Evil, and the Trickster Gods.
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