1st Edition

My Self, My Many Selves

By Joseph Redfearn Copyright 1985
    156 Pages
    by Routledge

    156 Pages
    by Routledge

    'The concept of the "self" has remained puzzling and controversial. Indeed, far from gaining clarity, it seems to become ever more complex; for many different people, starting from different premises and having different goals have come to "appropriate" this term. The author has made what seems to me to be a most valuable contribution by sticking firmly to an experiential approach. The author has thought hard and deeply about the different ways in which we experience the "I" and drawn on his own "I" experience as well as on those of his patients and Jung himself. 'The author tells us in his introduction that the main aim of his book is to illustrate the migratory nature of the feeling of "I" and that the goal of analysis is to "facilitate and open up interaction and intercommunication between our various selves".

    Foreword , Preface , Introduction , Ego and self: terminology , The Jungian Self , God and myself, God as myself , The omnipotent “I” and the realistic “I” , The body, the body-image and the self , Are our “minds” in our heads? The location of the feeling of “I” , The sub-personalities: archetypes and complexes , The winning of conscious choice: the emergence of symbolic activity , Boundaries and mandalas , Conclusion

    Biography

    Joseph Redfearn