Research in Analytical Psychology: Applications from Scientific, Historical, and Cross-Cultural Research

285 Pages·2018·5.398 MB·English

by  Joseph Cambray (editor), Leslie Sawin (editor)

“The essays in this initial volume in the set Research in Analytical Psychology expand importantly on the
work of C.G. Jung, investigating the psyche from a variety of perspectives. The contributions are suggestive of
directions to pursue toward approaching the ultimate goal of extending our consciousness and understanding
of psychic reality.” – Murray Stein, Ph.D., author of Jung’s Treatment of Christianity
“An outstanding collection in both breadth and depth that takes off from Jung’s prescient attitudes to
scientific and scholarly research. It will significantly enhance the presence of analytical psychology and
Jungian studies in university environments. A welcome and distinguishing feature is that many of the
chapters reflect contemporary clinical perspectives, grounding research in lived experience. Readers
will note with approval the manifold ways in which Jung’s colonial attitudes to culture and society are
challenged and reframed for the contemporary reader. The book will greatly interest academics, scholars,
students, and the clinical communities.” – Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology,
University of Essex, UK
“Here is a book that gives fresh impetus to ongoing research in analytical psychology, opening new
pathways for its development. Its authors draw on clinical experience and theoretical practice to point
them out, and integrate observations, methods, and investigations from other disciplines. As a result,
interdisciplinary approaches and prospecting are at the very heart of the advancements suggested to us
here.” - Christian Gaillard, author of The Soul of Art: Analysis and Creation (Texas AM University Press,
2017); former professor at the National Academy of Fine Arts, Paris; former president, SFPA and IAAP
“This work is a welcome development in the field of analytical psychology. Expanding research beyond
the clinical realm to include evocative interdisciplinary explorations of analytical psychology with
such diverse disciplines as science, history and cultural studies will inevitably lead to an enriched and
en-souled experience for both researcher and reader.” – Jeffrey T. Kiehl, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst, Santa
Cruz, California, USA

RESEARCH IN ANALYTICAL
PSYCHOLOGY
Research in Analytical Psychology: Applications from Scientific, Historical, and Cross-C ultural Research is a unique
collection of chapters from an international selection of contributors, reflecting the contemporary field of
research in Analytical Psychology with a focus on qualitative and mixed- methods research.
Presented in seven parts, this volume offers current qualitative research that highlights approaches to
understanding the psyche and investigating its components, and offers a Jungian perspective on cultural
forces affecting individual psychology. The book brings forward the connections between Analytical
Psychology and other disciplines including neuroscience, psychotherapy research, developmental
research, Freudian psychoanalysis, and cultural studies. Part I provides an introduction to the volume,
establishes the nature of qualitative and interdisciplinary research and its applications for research in
other fields, and outlines the presented work. Part II, Approaching Qualitative Research in Analytical
Psychology, examines postmodernism and the value a Jungian perspective offers, and introduces Jung’s
correspondence as an emerging resource. Part III, Research on Symbolic Aspects of the Psyche, looks
at archetypal theory and cultural complex theory. Part IV, Research on Consciousness and Emotion,
presents chapters on meditation and the spectrums of emotion in mythologies, philosophy, Analytical
Psychology, and the neurosciences. Part V, A Complex Systems Approach to the Psyche, addresses
research on synchronicity, the geometry of individuation, and complexity, ecology, and symbolism. Part
VI, Cross-Cultural Research, contains chapters concerning transcendence, psychosocial transformation,
psychological infrastructure, and cultural complexes and cultural identity. Part VII concludes the volume
by setting directions for potential areas of future study and collaboration. Each chapter provides an
overview of research in a specific area and closes with potential directions for future investigation.
The book will enable practitioners and researchers to evaluate the empirical status of their concepts
and methods and, where possible, set new directions. It also presents the significance of contemporary
Analytical Psychology and offers opportunities for cross- discipline collaboration and fertilization.
Research in Analytical Psychology: Applications from Scientific, Historical, and Cross-Cultural Research will
be essential reading for analytical psychologists in practice and in training, academics and students of
Analytical Psychology and post-J ungian ideas, and academics and students of other disciplines seeking to
integrate methods from Analytical Psychology into their research. It is complemented by its companion
volume, Research in Analytical Psychology: Empirical Research.
Joseph Cambray, PhD, is CEO-President of Pacifica Graduate Institute, USA. He is past president of
the International Association for Analytical Psychology and has served as the US editor for The Journal
of Analytical Psychology. He was a faculty member at Harvard Medical School in the Department of
Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, and former president
of the C. G. Jung Institute of Boston. He has published numerous books and articles, and he lectures
internationally.
Leslie Sawin previously served as co-program director at the Jung Society of Washington, USA, and
has designed programs, such as ‘Jung and Aging’ at the Library of Congress, to bring Jungian ideas to
the community.
RESEARCH IN
ANALYTICAL
PSYCHOLOGY
Applications from Scientific,
Historical, and Cross- Cultural
Research
Edited by
Joseph Cambray and Leslie Sawin
First published 2018
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Names: Cambray, Joseph, editor. | Sawin, Leslie.
Title: Research in analytical psychology : applications from scientific,
historical, and cross-cultural research / [edited by] Joseph Cambray,
Leslie Sawin.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017059799 (print) | LCCN 2018002711 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781315448602 (Master e-book) | ISBN 9781138213265
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Subjects: LCSH: Jungian psychology—Research.
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CONTENTS
Contributors x
PART I
Introduction 1
1 Qualitative research in Analytical Psychology: current
perspectives and future opportunities 3
Joseph Cambray and Leslie Sawin
PART II
Approaching qualitative research in Analytical
Psychology 17
2 Jungian research and postmodernism: an antinomial approach 19
Elizabeth Eowyn Nelson
3 The correspondences of C. G. Jung: a rich resource 35
Thomas B. Kirsch
PART III
Research on symbolic aspects of the psyche 47
4 Some remarks concerning archetypal theory and its
epistemology 49
François Martin- Vallas
viii Contents
5 The cultural complex theory: scientific and mythopoetic
ways of knowing 69
Thomas Singer
PART IV
Research on consciousness and emotion 83
6 The spectrums of emotion: in mythologies, philosophies,
Analytical Psychology, and the neurosciences 85
Beverley Zabriskie
7 Jung and meditation: one path toward investigation 112
Morgan Stebbins
PART V
A complex systems approach to the psyche 133
8 Research on synchronicity: status and prospects 135
Roderick Main
9 Complexity, ecology, symbolism, and synchronicity 157
Joseph Cambray
10 The Tibetan Book of the Dead needs work: a proposal for
research into the geometry of individuation 172
George B. Hogenson
PART VI
Cross- cultural research 195
11 The loss and recovery of transcendence: perspectives of
Jungian psychology and the Hua- Yen School of Buddhism 197
Toshio Kawai
12 Psychotherapy research in times of change 210
Grazina Gudaitė
13 The loss of psychological infrastructure in the “ubiquitous”
self- consciousness of our times 223
Yasuhiro Tanaka
Contents ix
14 Cultural complexes and cultural identity in Brazil: the
development of an individual identity 238
Walter Boechat
PART VII
A glance towards the future 257
15 Going forward 259
Joseph Cambray
Index 264