Based on extensive research and developed with the support of the IAAP, this fascinating new work presents the precious value of the special legacy of C.G. Jung, which he himself defined as Active Imagination, through a collection of unpublished contributions by some of the brightest Jungian analysts and renowned representatives from the worlds of Art, Culture, Physics and Neurosciences.
In addition to presenting the genesis, development and results of Chiara Tozzi’s research on Active Imagination, this volume explores the amplifications of Active Imagination in light of a range of disciplines. Contributors from all across the world give life to a multifaceted representation of this technique, showing the resonance that Active Imagination can have in the scientific, artistic and cultural fields, focussing on topics such as neuroscience, physics, literature, film, music, dance and painting.
Spanning two volumes, which are also accessible as standalone books, this essential collection will be of great interest to Jungian analysts, psychologists, psychoanalysts, or anyone interested in discovering more about the fascinating psychotherapeutic practice of Active Imagination and its interdisciplinary uses.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
1. Active Imagination: The Special Legacy of C.G. Jung
Chiara Tozzi
2. The Origin and History of Embodied Active Imagination: Authentic Movement Through the Life and Work of its Early Pioneers
Karin Fleischer
3. Active Imagination “When the Vague Images of the Psyche, Can Be Touched Whit the Finger”
Ana Deligiannis
4. Active Imagination and the Psychic Body
Margarita Méndez
5. A Rite of Passage: Interview with Elsa Piperno.
Chiara Tozzi
6. Active Imagination and Painting: Four Phases to Represent the Possible Similarities and Figurative Expression.
Luca Padroni
7. The Experience of Grace: The Possibility of Transformation in Vladmir Nabokov and Carl Gustav Jung
Chiara Tozzi
8. Imaginations
Dario Voltolini
9. Impalpable and Shooting for the Clouds: Interview with Umberto Contarello
Chiara Tozzi
10. Bridge, Hybrids and Devils: Floating in a Movie with Jung
Mario Sesti
11. Exploring the Active Search for Information During Active Imagination
Gianfranca Nieddu and Irene Cogliatti Dezza
12. Active Imagination and Quantum Entanglement: An Outlook
Emiliano Puddu
13. Intro-Spettro: 64 Acousmatic Examples of Synchronicity
Giacomo Aiolli