김진숙 Jin-sook Kim
DOI: Vol.32(No.1) 1-16, 2017
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the nature of Objective Psyche based on island related case materials. Theoretical background starts with psychological meaning of islands, a kind affective symbol rather than cognitive image, and creation myths as the story of man`s awareness of the world; Chaos as archaic identity (unconscious), islands as emergence of the ego from unconscious. In alchemical symbolism, island related to coagulatio, the operation which turns something into earth, the realm of ego. In addition, related parts of Hindu creation myths, Korean giant woman creator Sulmoonde-halmang, and legends of “Relocation of Island/Mountain” will be presented to integrate with case materials.
Case A : Starts with a dream of killing a huge dragon and dead body became an island. The dragon in the water was seen as Spirit of Mercurius, the autonomous spirit, connecting of the ego with the Self. The act of killing related to Primeval being which needs to be killed to be transformed. Myths of Eskimo, The Eagle`s Gift, the giant woman creator in Korea, and Marduk, the Babylonian hero will be integrated.
Case B : Prior to introduce six island images in sand trays, a dream of a giant serpent (python) wound around her body will be presented to portray her situation. By relating Jung`s “The Sermons to the Dead,” her effort to make the solid island regarded as an act of bringing order out of original oneness (pleroma). Then stresses the importance to coagulate archetypal image
Case C : A vignette of active imagination seminar where island image emerged will be described. Her endeavor of focusing on inner image related to the Hindu Creator, Cherokee creation myth, as well as Sulmoonde-halmang. As a motif of growing island, Samoan creation myth, and Legend of Mountain, Mai were incorporated. Colors in her art work regarded as expression of inner need, and importance of expressing inner feeling images as a mean to coagulate volatile emotional and spiritual content.
Case D : A dream and art work of terminally ill woman; embracing the tip of the island with gushing up water will be presented. Her island and replenishing water image regard as “an immortal body,” corresponds to the Philosophers` Stone for she accepted her death peacefully after the dream. Also related to “The Mercurial Fountain” in Rosarium Philosophorum, and aqua permanence, an allegory of God.
Key Words
섬·용(뱀)·창조신화·연금술·객체정신, Island · Serpent/dragon · Creation myth · Alchemy · Objective psyche
