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| <fc green>The **Persona**</fc>\\ | <fc green>The **Persona**</fc>\\ |
| §245 "This arbitrary segment of collective psyche—often fashioned with considerable pains—I have called the //persona//. ... If we endeavour to draw a precise distinction between what psychic material should be considered personal, and what impersonal, we soon find ourselves in the greatest di- lemma, for by definition we have to say of the persona's contents what we have said of the impersonal unconscious, namely, that it | §245 "This arbitrary segment of collective psyche—often fashioned with considerable pains—I have called the //persona//. ... If we endeavour to draw a precise distinction between what psychic material should be considered personal, and what impersonal, we soon find ourselves in the greatest dilemma, for by definition we have to say of the persona's contents what we have said of the impersonal unconscious, namely, that it |
| is collective. It is only because the persona represents a more or less arbitrary and fortuitous segment of the collective psyche that we can make the mistake of regarding it in toto as something individual. It is, as its name implies, only a mask of the collective psyche, a mask that feigns individuality, making others and oneself believe that one is individual, whereas one is simply acting a role through which the collective psyche speaks." | is collective. It is only because the persona represents a more or less arbitrary and fortuitous segment of the collective psyche that we can make the mistake of regarding it in toto as something individual. It is, as its name implies, only a mask of the collective psyche, a mask that feigns individuality, making others and oneself believe that one is individual, whereas one is simply acting a role through which the collective psyche speaks." |
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| === III. The Technique of Differentiation between the Ego and the figures of the Unconscious === | === III. The Technique of Differentiation between the Ego and the figures of the Unconscious === |
| §341 "... the ... transformation and dissolution of the autonomous complex. \\ | §341 "... the ... transformation and dissolution of the autonomous complex. \\ |
| [[:death|Ω]] §342 "This transformation is the aim of the analysis of the unconscious. <Fc green>(xRef. para. 360, 387)</fc> If there is no transformation, it means that the determining influence of the unconscious is unabated, and that it will in some cases persist in \\ <fc green>(1)</fc> maintaining **neurotic symptoms** in spite of all our analysis and all our understanding. \\ <fc green>(2)</fc> Alternatively, a **compulsive transference** will take hold, which is just as bad as a neurosis.\\ ... to deal fundamentally with the unconscious, to come to a real settlement with it. This is of course something very different from **interpretation**. ... in the case of a real settlement it is not a question of interpretation: it is a question of releasing unconscious processes and letting them come into the conscious mind in the form of fantasies. ... \\ In many cases it may be quite important for the patient to have some idea of the meaning of the fantasies produced. But it is of vital importance that he should experience them to the full ... \\ ...the doctor should assiduously guard against clever feats of interpretation. For the important thing is not to interpret and understand the fantasies, but primarily to experience them. ... \\ By "human" experience I mean that the person ... should not just be included passively in the vision, but that he should face the figures of the vision actively and reactively, with full consciousness. ... \\ a real settlement with the unconscious demands a firmly opposed conscious standpoint." \\ <fc green>Emphasis mine. The fact that experience is so important aligns with the energic theory that the image itself, the symbol, the fantasy as a symbol, contains energy and can in itself create the necessary environment for a change in attitude. See next para. 343, para. 350 and para. 358</fc> \\ | [[:death|Ω]] §342 "This transformation is the aim of the analysis of the unconscious. <fc green>(xRef. para. 360, 387)</fc> If there is no transformation, it means that the determining influence of the unconscious is unabated, and that it will in some cases persist in \\ <fc green>(1)</fc> maintaining **neurotic symptoms** in spite of all our analysis and all our understanding. \\ <fc green>(2)</fc> Alternatively, a **compulsive transference** will take hold, which is just as bad as a neurosis.\\ ... to deal fundamentally with the unconscious, to come to a real settlement with it. This is of course something very different from **interpretation**. ... in the case of a real settlement it is not a question of interpretation: it is a question of releasing unconscious processes and letting them come into the conscious mind in the form of fantasies. ... \\ In many cases it may be quite important for the patient to have some idea of the meaning of the fantasies produced. But it is of vital importance that he should experience them to the full ... \\ ...the doctor should assiduously guard against clever feats of interpretation. For the important thing is not to interpret and understand the fantasies, but primarily to experience them. ... \\ By "human" experience I mean that the person ... should not just be included passively in the vision, but that he should face the figures of the vision actively and reactively, with full consciousness. ... \\ a real settlement with the unconscious demands a firmly opposed conscious standpoint." \\ <fc green>Emphasis mine. The fact that experience is so important aligns with the energic theory that the image itself, the symbol, the fantasy as a symbol, contains energy and can in itself create the necessary environment for a change in attitude. See next para. 343, para. 350 and para. 358</fc> \\ |
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| §343 "Libido can never be apprehended except in a definite form; that is to say, it is identical with fantasy-images. And we can only release it from the grip of the unconscious by bringing up the corresponding fantasy-images." | §343 "Libido can never be apprehended except in a definite form; that is to say, it is identical with fantasy-images. And we can only release it from the grip of the unconscious by bringing up the corresponding fantasy-images." |