Chen Canrui, Ph.D. in Psychoanalysis of South China Normal University, director of China Psychoanalysis Federation, and member of the Standing Committee of Guangdong Psychological Counseling and Therapy Committee; Now he is a teacher of Guangzhou Medical University, with rich clinical experience, and is known as "the first person to draw Datura".
Gao Yanhong, Ph.D. in Applied Psychology, member of Chinese Psychological Society. His research interests are Jungian psychological types and MBTI technology. Now I work in South China University of Technology.
19 12 years, due to differences in academic views, jung decided to part ways with Freud. After the relationship broke down, Jung, who was in his forties, suffered a lot of hallucinations and emotional shocks, and was in danger of being swallowed up by the unconscious at any time. Therefore, he experienced pain like a schizophrenic.
In order to maintain the realistic function of ego, Jung painted Datura and actively imagined it, and recorded all kinds of unconscious experiences in the little red book. Later, he analyzed the experience of this period, and the self-theory formed in it became the characteristic of psychoanalysis.
Datura's 3. 1 jung
We try to understand the inner world of this great psychologist through several important Datura works of Jung, and hope to understand how Jung achieved his psychological healing through the analysis of these works.
1. Jung's first Datura
Jung's first painting of Datura was painted in 19 17, which is called Systema Munditotius, as shown above. During that time, Jung was a camp officer imprisoned in England. He drew mandala figures in his notes every morning.
Psychoanalyst Harms(20 1 1) analyzed this Datura, and thought that Jung appeared to be sorting the species of the world, but in fact he was trying to construct inner balance and order through symbolic means.
2. Datura painting in the middle period
In the middle period of facing unconsciousness and self-treatment, there are two mandalas in the little red book that can represent the transformation of Jung's inner world. These two works are often quoted in his later works.
There is a sun in the center of the first "four in one". There are sixteen spheres and decorations around the sun, and there are four small circles on the outermost periphery. Each circle has the image of a person, as shown above.
In the Complete Works of Jung, his analysis is as follows: "They represent four aspects of personality, or four archetypal images belonging to the edge of self. The images of these two women are not difficult to be regarded as the archetypes of Anima. The old man corresponds to the prototype of meaning and spirit, and the image of dark hell is the opposite of the wise old man, becoming a magical (sometimes destructive) Lucifer element ... Sixteen spheres drawn in four colors outside the circle come from the eyes, symbolizing the observation and discrimination function of consciousness. Similarly, the decoration of the other circle is inward, just like pouring the contents into the center from the outside. In addition, the peripheral decoration seems to be accepting external affairs. This is to recover the energy flow projected in the early stage and integrate it into the personality center in the process of self-identity. "
From this mandala, Jung can express the indescribable unconscious psychological characteristics (Armani and shadow) with clear images, and try to integrate them. The central sun symbolizes what he later thought was his self-prototype. From then on, Jung began to reveal his self-theory.
Another mandala painting, Stars, is a continuation of the previous painting, Four in One. Jung's analysis of it is: "consistent with the previous paintings with the sun as the center, this time using stars to symbolize the center is a very typical image." The sun is a star that can shine in the sky, showing the inner self, and the star representing the inner self is presented in the disorderly unconscious. This painting uses four colors to emphasize the structure that radiates in four directions. The most important thing about this painting is that I define the important function of self as fighting against disorder. "
The significance of this painting is that Jung's inner disorder has begun to be integrated, which makes Jung more aware of the contradictory and chaotic role of self-integration.
3. Late Datura painting
Window of Eternity and Castle of Gold are the most important works in Jung Datura's later paintings.
The window of eternity was drawn by Jung according to his dream, which was recorded in his autobiography Memory, Dreams and Thinking. In this book, I wrote: "Through this dream, I understand that self is the principle and prototype of direction and meaning. Its therapeutic effect is implicit. For me, the epiphany at this moment is to reach the center of the painting, and this process is therapeutic. And the myth about myself was born in this subtle constellation. "
The Golden Castle is Jung's last Datura work, painted on 1928.
In Memories, Dreams and Thinking, Jung wrote down his feelings at that time: "After painting, I asked myself,' Why is this painting so strong in China?' I was deeply impressed by the choice of its form and color. There is nothing traditional Chinese painting in appearance, but I think it is very traditional Chinese painting. ……"
At this point, we can see that Jung's heart has been in a harmonious and orderly state, and he can understand the relationship between his heart and the external real world through these mandala paintings (and then put forward * * *).
3.2 Jung's spiritual transformation
From these five representative Datura paintings and Jung's later analysis of himself, we can see the psychological transformation process brought by Datura paintings.
3.3 The significance of painting experience
First of all, the mandala-self theory has become the basic feature of psychoanalysis.
Secondly, self-theory becomes an important basis for dividing Jungian school.
Finally, self-theory becomes the theoretical cornerstone of sandplay therapy.
In a word, the core part of psychoanalytic theory comes from Datura painting technology, which can be said that Datura painting and psychoanalytic theory are inseparable. At the same time, Datura painting makes Jung's psychoanalysis have extremely distinctive characteristics in psychology.