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The
multiplication of tripartite theories has produced an overwhelmingly
extensive list of variations on the same theme, including Freud and
beyond, but I think it worthy of note to mention that it was part of
Carl Gustav Carus' thinking.
I say this because he was one of the old-school of psychologists much admired by Jung. Interestingly, Dostoyevsky was also a great fan and one wonders if the three Karamazov brothers, Dmitri, Ivan and Alyosha, characterising respectively blind social obedience, the human intellect and mystical-propheticism, were not Carus-inspired.
oldsojur says;
Edinger too, notes much in his , 'Creation of Consciousness', the God-Imago, is represented in the dreams of mental patients , as , 'an ape-man figure , with no neck, who 'expels flatus loudly', he equates this figure with the description of Yahweh in the Book of Job.
He also notes, that this figure, is 'whirling', something echoed in the movements/artistic productions, of AUTISTIC CHILDREN.
He notes; the 'Self', must be given attention! as the egocentricity, is 'inside', ie, in an identification [usually negative]
This has been the case, reported by victims of trauma-induced 'mind control', especially in the USA.
Honesty, Ruthless Honesty, is required.
Other therapy can prove redemptive;
Many
of the dream examples used by Jung to demonstrate the centrality of the
quaternity to the psyche are actually based on the formula of
the-dreamer-plus-three-others. Here are some of the examples from Psychology and Alchemy
[Collected Works, vol 12] which Jung employed to show ongoing
alchemical symbolism in modern man's unconscious. The dreamer in each
case, I believe, is representative of the ego and the three others, the
triune Self.
The
dreamer finds himself with his father, mother and sister in a very
dangerous situation on the platform of a tram-car. [One similar to this
is recorded by P W Martin in Experiment in Depth: A Study of the Work of Jung, Eliot and Toynbee,
Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1976, page 52, which commences "We
were in a car going from Geneva to Lausanne. There were four of us, my
father, mother, younger brother and myself...". Indeed, many of the
ancient triadic formulations were based on familial relationships,
especially in Egypt.][29]
Four people are going down a river; the dreamer, his father, a certain friend and the unknown woman.[30]
The dreamer, the doctor, a pilot, and the unknown woman are travelling by aeroplane.[31]
The dreamer is in the Peter hofstatt in Zurich with the doctor, the man with the pointed beard, and the 'doll woman'.[32]
In a primeval forest. An elephant looms menacingly. Then a large ape-man, bear, or cave-man threatens to attack the dreamer with a club.
Suddenly the man with the pointed beard appears and stares at the
aggressor, so that he is spell-bound. But the dreamer is terrified.
The voice says, "Everything must be ruled by light."[33]
In this final example Jung points out that the man with the beard is the archetypal symbol for God.
The
symbolism of the other two figures the dreamer encounters can be
interpreted as (the elephant for) nature and man, making a thematic
nature, man and God. The success on the third - "third time lucky" - is
a well-known formulation in fairy tales (and mythology) world-wide, the
list almost endless: The Three Bears, Cinderella, The Three Little
Pigs, Rumpel-Stilts-Skin, Aladin and the Lamp, The Devil with the
Three Golden Hairs, etc. etc. (How von Franz manages to interpret The
Three Feathers as success on the fourth is totally beyond me.)
The same theme underlies the universal hero being tested three times to gain spiritual power and immortality.
Emma Jung was deeply interested in Arthurian lore, writing with Marie-Louise von Franz a seminal volume on the Holy Grail,
and was familiar with the tale of : Sir gawain and The Green knight, it was certainly a great favourite with the Jungian-flavoured mythologist Joseph Campbell.
and was familiar with the tale of : Sir gawain and The Green knight, it was certainly a great favourite with the Jungian-flavoured mythologist Joseph Campbell.
The
tale is one of death and resurrection, symbolised in the opening scene
by the axe and the holly branch which the Green Knight carries with
him into the court of King Arthur, and follows the standard formulation
of the hero achieving the victorious goal after a series of trials
based on the triple test (see below).
There is one final triadic example from this volume where Jung interprets an ace of clubs as a trinity becoming
a cross. This again fits the formulation of an original likeness of
the parts of the triality finding expression through the 'odd' fourth.
Perhaps the most important dream Jung had - for himself and his psychological system - was the one of Liverpool which
marked the end of his midlife or creative trauma, and with it the
finish of his mandala drawing and painting. Originally Jung published
the dream in 1929, attributing it to "a patient", as indeed it still is
in The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious[34].
However, the dream is related in his autobiography as his own.
Moreover, the dream is slightly altered from the original account, the
most telling being the opening scene. In the original version it
commences thus:
The dreamer found himself with three younger travelling companions in Liverpool.
In the autobiographical version:
I
found myself in a dirty, sooty city. It was night, and winter, and
dark, and raining. I was in Liverpool. With a number of Swiss - say half a dozen - I walked through the dark streets.[35]
Both
versions end with the discovery of a red-flowering magnolia, which is
for Jung the centre of the psyche, the Self, beyond which it is
impossible to go. This then is the end of his internal quest. The
importance of this discovery cannot be underrated; Jung himself writes
in the most pressing way to convey this sense of importance:
The
dream depicted the climax of the whole process of development of the
conscious....Without such a vision I might perhaps have lost my
orientation and been compelled to abandon my undertaking. But here the
meaning had been made clear. When I parted from Freud, I knew nothing;
but I had taken the step into darkness. When that happens, and then
such a dream comes, one feels it is an act of grace.[36]
This
whole breakthrough is enacted by Jung and three others, but this is,
for some reason, omitted from the later version in the '50s. This, I
feel, is an unconscious attempt to devalue the importance of the
trinity, which is nevertheless replaced by "say, half a dozen", the
double trinity.
His
fantasies at the very beginning of the midlife trauma, which ended with
the Liverpool dream, are also full of trinitarian symbolism, which
again is overlooked by Jung as well as commentators on his life. On 12
December 1913 he withdrew his internal barriers and plunged into his
transforming, creative illness, which was to last for four years.
Jung
wrote, "I let myself drop." After "descending a thousand feet or more"
he eventually meets three individuals, Elijah, Salome and a black
serpent. He understands these characters as: "Elijah is the figure of
the wise old prophet"; "Salome, the erotic element"; and "the snake was
an indication of a hero myth". Not only is this an obvious triad but
the three modalities of the Self are expressed in the formulation of
Elijah=God, Salome=Nature and the snake=Man.
These characters eventually give way to three others, namely Philemon who develops out of Elijah, Ka[e] who was "a spirit of nature" and a woman, the anima, who "must be the 'soul', in the primitive sense".
As the alchemists discovered, the spirit Mercurius can be a good friend (as in the Liverpool dream) or the "dark tricephalus"[f],
the tempter, deceiver and adversary of the universal hero. By
overcoming the chthonic trinity the saviour not only becomes a demi-god
but, in bringing the fruits of his victory to the tribe, ensures the
spiritual and physical well-being of mankind.
One
of the stories from Hindu mythology seems to prefigure the struggles of
Buddha and Christ with the Evil One. In the case of Hinduism the
Christ-like person is the son of a Brahman, Tvashiri, who is eventually
killed by the god Indra. Tvashiri, in a bid to outdo Indra, created a
three-headed son who possessed wondrous spiritual power which grew at
such a rate it promised to absorb the universe.
The
three heads had the separate functions of reading the Vedas, feeding
himself, and observing all that existed: a combination of
intellectual, physical and divine sustenance - the totality of life.
As in the accounts of the temptations of Christ and the trials of
Gautama, the tricephalus Brahman is attacked three times: firstly
through seduction by Heavenly maidens; secondly by a thunderbolt thrown
by Indra which kills the hero; and lastly by a triple decapitation.
The final onslaught, ordered by Indra because the body continued to
glow with the light of spirituality, released a great flight of doves
and other birds, symbolising the resurrection of the perfected spirit
and is analogous to the enlightenment of Buddha and the defeat of Satan
in the wilderness.
The
attacks on Gautama by Mara are variations on the same ideas of
seduction, attack by the actual god and attack by the god's henchman.
The Buddha now becomes an enlightened being, losing his old material
desires, and brings salvation to mankind.
In
the Middle East there existed other notorious examples of the triple
heroic test, and cannot be unconnected with the temptations of Christ.
In
ancient Egypt one of the stories of Se-Osiris (reputedly the greatest
Egyptian magician) from the 13th century BC show him in psychic battle
with the Ethiopian the Son of Tnahsit who is the agent of Apophis, the
Egyptian Devil. As in the other stories, Se-Osiris has to overcome his
satanic adversary three times in order to prove himself and gain total
victory.
Firstly,
the Ethiopian manifests a huge serpent in front of the Pharoah, but
Se-Osiris picks up this giant cobra, turns it into a small white worm
and throws it out of the window.
Next
the evil protagonist summons a large black cloud which resembles the
darkness of the tomb or the dark cloud of smoke from burning bodies.
Again, the hero easily decreases the threat to an infinitesimal size and
throws it out of the window.
The
final threat is in the shape of a sheet of flame moving towards
Pharaoh, but the good magician reverses its movement back in the
direction of his adversary, who is subsequently engulfed and totally
defeated.
Joseph Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces,
writes of the triple life force released by the universal hero upon
completion of his struggle with the internal monster; the bestowing of
the secret treasure, the Holy Grail:
The
effect of the successful adventure of the hero is the unlocking and
release again of the flow of life into the body of the world. The
miracle of this flow may be represented in physical terms as a
circulation of food substance, dynamically as a stream of energy, or
spiritually as a manifestation of Grace. Such varieties of image
alternate easily, representing three degrees of condensation of the one
life force.[37]
The
hero's encounters infer a triality of character, with ramifications for
typological classification. Tripartite man is a theme as old as that
of the trinity, the two being inextricably linked in the relationship
of micro and macrocosmic.
The origin of much of the tripartite formulations is to be found in the
works of Plato, originator of the archetype theory of Form or Idea.
Plato's own threefold division of the soul is into spirit, reason and desire.
It is from these three segments that the layers of society in the utopian Republic are derived: the Guardians, the Auxiliaries and the Plebs.
Broadly, the philosophers, the spiritually enlightened, rule over and guide society, the military types carry out the directives of the elite, applying the rules to the governorship of the materialistic majority.
It is from these three segments that the layers of society in the utopian Republic are derived: the Guardians, the Auxiliaries and the Plebs.
Broadly, the philosophers, the spiritually enlightened, rule over and guide society, the military types carry out the directives of the elite, applying the rules to the governorship of the materialistic majority.
This hierarchical view of tripartness is counter-balanced by an egalitarian formulation allegorised in the Phaedrus
by a charioteer and two horses. One horse is an expression of honour
and modesty whilst the other stands for man's animal desires, with
their unity in the hands of the charioteer, the middle conjoining
factor.
The Gnostics use this platonic schema in their soteriological explanations - the saved spiritual type, the pneumatic, the damned materialists, the hylic, and those with the possibility of choice, the psychic - described in the Jung codex of the Nag Hammadi library.
I say this because he was one of the old-school of psychologists much admired by Jung. Interestingly, Dostoyevsky was also a great fan and one wonders if the three Karamazov brothers, Dmitri, Ivan and Alyosha, characterising respectively blind social obedience, the human intellect and mystical-propheticism, were not Carus-inspired.
oldsojur says;
Edinger too, notes much in his , 'Creation of Consciousness', the God-Imago, is represented in the dreams of mental patients , as , 'an ape-man figure , with no neck, who 'expels flatus loudly', he equates this figure with the description of Yahweh in the Book of Job.
He also notes, that this figure, is 'whirling', something echoed in the movements/artistic productions, of AUTISTIC CHILDREN.
He notes; the 'Self', must be given attention! as the egocentricity, is 'inside', ie, in an identification [usually negative]
This has been the case, reported by victims of trauma-induced 'mind control', especially in the USA.
Honesty, Ruthless Honesty, is required.
Prince's Dock,Liverpool.Other therapy can prove redemptive;
Abstract
In
1939, Margaret Lowenfeld, a child psychiatrist in London, created a
therapeutic medium with which children could freely communicate and
express themselves. Through the influence of Jungian, Dora Kalff, and
the Jungian theories she applied to it, this new technique spread
throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. Termed 
Sandplay
by Kalff, it is recognized as a highly effective and creative modality
used mostly in child therapy, but also in Jungian analysis with
adults. As a sandplay therapist who specializes in sexual abuse
treatment, I have experienced the healing power of sandplay in the
treatment of traumatized children, especially those who were sexually
abused. The focus of this article is on the inner world expression and
process of a boy I call Adam, who was a participant in my doctoral
dissertation study on sandplay with sexually abused children. The
article describes Adam's twelve-tray sandplay process and the theories
behind the assessments that I made, based on Jungian psychology,
Kalffian sandplay theory, and previous research.
Sandplay
by Kalff, it is recognized as a highly effective and creative modality
used mostly in child therapy, but also in Jungian analysis with
adults. As a sandplay therapist who specializes in sexual abuse
treatment, I have experienced the healing power of sandplay in the
treatment of traumatized children, especially those who were sexually
abused. The focus of this article is on the inner world expression and
process of a boy I call Adam, who was a participant in my doctoral
dissertation study on sandplay with sexually abused children. The
article describes Adam's twelve-tray sandplay process and the theories
behind the assessments that I made, based on Jungian psychology,
Kalffian sandplay theory, and previous research.
Victims of 'Magicians', [negative ego-identified people, who do not understand themselves]
are usually male.Sexual abuse is part of their 'apprenticeship'.
But, in the world of negative -identifications, lies are made to appear as 'truths'.
An examination of the 'nadi's', in esoteric literature, will show some unusual, 'energy paths' etc.
I,
posted, this picture, to illustrate, some ,relatively, 'unknown',
pathways, or, 'Channels', that, 'spiritual', seekers, are ,known, to
use, in, India, etc, for example.
The Chinese, call, some, of, these, 'Channels', by,other names, Acupuncture', points, etc.
It, would follow, logically, that, the Psyche, too, has, 'Channels'......
Shamen select their victims at an early age! It does not matter what the term 'shaman' means, it is merely a perpetuation of abuse.
The Chinese, call, some, of, these, 'Channels', by,other names, Acupuncture', points, etc.
It, would follow, logically, that, the Psyche, too, has, 'Channels'......
Shamen select their victims at an early age! It does not matter what the term 'shaman' means, it is merely a perpetuation of abuse.
Of course, abusing 'cliques' soon form, and organisation, brings with it, opportunity to profit , at the expense of innocents.
This has been the situation throughout history, it is now over.
This is the age of Aquarius.
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