백기홍 Kihong Baek

DOI: Vol.39(No.2) 199-241, 2024

This study contrasts two cases of Jungian psychotherapy, one involving an adolescent and the other a middle-aged woman. It explores how the psyche in depth manifests and is experienced in therapeutic practice across different life stages, within the context of the individuation process aiming for the realization of one’s unique personality. Special attention was given to dream images as reflections of the unconscious psyche. Through this, the researcher aimed to present the actual aspect of the manifestation of “vocation (Bestimmung, calling)”, which Jung discussed as the inner voice. In the adolescent case, the research identified the specific inner activities leading the individual to develop their ego and suitable persona. Given the rapidly-changing nature of the current era, where the established norms and values often fail to appeal, young individuals may now more than ever need to discover and respond to their inner calling. This suggests that the role of the psychotherapist is becoming increasingly crucial. The middle-aged woman case reveals the increasingly intense unconscious urge to turn inward and care for one’s true feelings and needs during the midlife transition. This suggests that entering the second half of life requires one to turn their attention inward from external collective standards. By turning inward, one not only encounters neglected life potentials, but also discovers the true solutions to unresolved problems persisting from the first half of life. Overcoming unresolved problems from earlier life is crucial for engaging with later life tasks. This means that ultimately, tasks of different life phases are integrated within the context of the individuation process, driven by the whole psyche. Both cases demonstrate that encountering the inner creative force guiding the individuation process is accompanied by suffering. Enduring and gaining insight into the purposeful meaning of this suffering holds significant value. Since an individual’s life is inevitably influenced by their era, each individuation process also carries significant meaning in relation to resolving the collective issues of their time. Consequently, even a single case of individuation process is worth focusing on, as an individual’s journey toward the realization of their unique personality is fundamentally connected to universality. This would be a crucial psychological truth revealed in the process of individuation, reflecting one of the mysteries of our psyche.

청소년, 중년, 인생의 주기, 분석심리학적 정신치료 사례, 개성화, 자기, Adolescent, Middle-aged, Life stages, Jungian psychotherapy cases, Individuation, Self

이기경 Kikyoung Yi , 박신 Sin Park

DOI: Vol.39(No.2) 242-282, 2024

This paper is an attempt to understand the fairytale of the Brothers Grimm < One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes > from the perspective of analytical psychology. Two-Eyes, mistreated and left to starve by her mother and sisters (One-Eye and Three-Eyes) for having two eyes, receives help from a mysterious woman, that she is able to eat food provided by a goat. The eyes symbolize consciousness, and Two-Eyes represents a woman’s consciousness separated from its original maternal nature (unconscious). When Three-Eyes discovers the secret, the goat is killed. From its entrails, a golden apple tree grows. Two-Eyes, who is able to pick the golden apples, marries a knight and later takes in her sisters. Emotional response of “sadness” to the starving and disconnected situation calls forth the compassionate maternal figure. According to this figure’s advice, Two-Eyes becomes conscious of the emotions, passions, and impulses that remain at an instinctual level, enabling her to reconnect with her own nature. The passion for of love in its primitive form is subdued under the influence of Three-Eyes―representing consciousness that once again observes or reflects one’s emotions, thoughts, or actions―and of negative maternal influence. Through the participation of Two-Eyes, representing consciousness, the meaning and essence of that passion become conscious and integrated, resulting in psychological and spiritual growth. As the fruit of such growth, the apple symbolizes Eros―a conscious relationship with emotion―and the principle of relationship. With the help of the chivalric masculine aspect, the knight, the feminine principle achieves enriched inner vision and elevated consciousness.

두눈박이, 여성의 의식, 의식성, 염소, 사과나무, 여성 원리, 모성 원형, Two-eyes, Woman‘s consciousness, Goat, Apple tree, Feminine principle, Maternal archetype