Om en mulig funktion af religiøse symboler i analyse og terapi set med jungianske briller.
Times have changed – Jungs religionspsykologi i lyset af en forandret indstilling til religion og psyke. Jungs religionspsykologi er arketypisk funderet, den er individualistisk og erfaringsorienteret med en tendens til at underkende organiserede former for religions
rolle, i hvert fald i det vestlige samfund. Men i de næsten 60 år der er gået siden Jungs død har tiden budt på forandringer i synet på religion, både i samfundsrelevans og i forståelse af fænomenet. Den almindelige antagelse, at vi lever i sekulariseringens tidsalder, er blevet udfordret af det, der er blevet benævnt ’The Resurgence of Religion’. Også synet på psyken har undergået forandringer, således at vi i dag er meget mere opmærksomme på relationens formative betydning både intrapsykisk og interpersonelt. En vending, der er blevet døbt ’The relational turn’. Begge forandringer kalder på overvejelser over, hvordan de påvirker Jungs religionspsykologi. Oplægget vil indlede med en introduktion til Jungs religionspsykologi og derefter vil de forandrede forudsætninger blive præsenteret. En mulig funktion af organiseret religion i det terapeutiske rum I dette oplæg vil jeg teoretisk begrunde den hypotese, at i en psykologisk kontekst kan symboler fra organiseret religion tjene som individuelt valgte containere mens transformationen af den relationelt dannede psyke (komplekser) finder sted. Psykologisk transformation kan betragtes som en trefaset proces: Opløsning af eksisterende komplekser – en liminalitetsfase – og en genopbygning af nye former for komplekser (komplekser præsenterer sig i symbolske former). I liminalitetsfasen, der er karakteriseret af at være hverken eller, kan symboler fra organiseret religion fungere som midlertidige symboler, der kan containe individet i denne orienteringsløse fase. Symbolerne er ikke spontant producerede symboler fra det ubevidste, men vælges bevidst af den enkelte blandt den organiserede religions symboler. Og når processen når til ende har de organiserede religiøse symboler gjortderes arbejde og returneres så at sige.
Denne endags-konference er en præsentation af en Ph.d.-afhandling. Henriette Heide-Jørgensen blev i foråret 2019 Ph.D. fra University of Essex, PPS, på afhandlingen: ‘Revisiting Jung’s Psychology of Religion in the Light of the Relational Turn and the Resurgence of Religion in Organized Forms’ Afhandlingen har to ben:
Refleksioner over de udviklinger i synet på religion og religionernes plads i samfundetog det enkelte individs psykologiske habitus og udvikling, som har fundet sted sidenJungs død for snart 60 år siden. Hvad betyder disse ændringer for Jungs
religionspsykologi? Det andet ben er klinisk og ved hjælp af en case-præsentation præsenteredes et teoretisk supplement til Jungs religionspsykologi. Dagens forelæsninger vil præsentere de to ben. Afhandlingens fokus er især den rolle som organiseret religion stadig synes at spille, på trods af at den siden midten af 1800- tallet gentagne gange er erklæret afgået ved døden.
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Religion in therapy, can you? And what can it look like?
About a possible function of religious symbols in analysis and therapy seen through Jungian glasses.
Times have changed – Jung’s psychology of religion in the light of a changed attitude towards religion and psyche. Jung’s psychology of religion is archetypally grounded, it is individualistic and experiential with a tendency to disregard organized forms of religion. role, at least in Western society. But in the almost 60 years that have passed since Jung’s death, time has offered changes in the view of religion, both in societal relevance and in understanding the phenomenon. The common assumption that we live in the age of secularization has been challenged by what has been termed ‘The Resurgence of Religion’. The view of the psyche has also undergone changes, so that today we are much more aware of the formative significance of the relationship both intrapsychically and interpersonal. A turn that has been dubbed ‘The relational turn’. Both changes call for consideration of how they affect Jung’s psychology of religion. The presentation will begin with an introduction to Jung’s psychology of religion and then the changed assumptions will be presented. A possible function of organized religion in the therapeutic space In this paper, I will theoretically justify the hypothesis that in a psychological context, symbols from organized religion can serve as individually selected containers while the transformation of the relationally formed psyche (complexes) takes place. Psychological transformation can be considered as a three-phase process: Dissolution of existing complexes – a liminality phase – and a reconstruction of new forms of complexes (complexes present themselves in symbolic forms). In the liminality phase, which is characterized by being neither or, symbols from Organized religions act as temporary symbols that can contain the individual in this disorientation phase. The symbols are not spontaneously produced symbols from the unconscious, but are deliberately chosen by the individual among the symbols of the organized religion. And when the process comes to an end, the organized religious symbols have done their job and are returned, so to speak.
This one-day conference is a presentation of a PhD thesis. In the spring of 2019, Henriette Heide-Jørgensen received her Ph.D. from the University of Essex, PPS, on the dissertation: ‘Revisiting Jung’s Psychology of Religion in the Light of the Relational Turn and the Resurgence of Religion in Organized Forms’ The dissertation has two legs: Reflections on the developments in the view of religion and the place of religions in society and the individual’s psychological habitus and development that have taken place since Jung’s death almost 60 years ago. What do these changes mean for Jungs psychology of religion? The other leg is clinical and with the help of a case presentation, a theoretical supplement to Jung’s religion psychology was presented. Today’s lectures will present the two legs. The focus of the dissertation is especially the role that organized religion still seems to play, despite the fact that it has been repeatedly declared dead since the middle of the 19th century.