Digesting Jung: Food for the Journey - Inner City Books
Digesting Jung: Food for the Journey - Inner City Books
Digesting Jung: Food for the Journey - Inner City Books
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118 Group Work<br />
from <strong>the</strong> woes of this world and escape from oneself.<br />
This has been as true <strong>for</strong> me as <strong>for</strong> anyone else. Be<strong>for</strong>e I went<br />
into <strong>Jung</strong>ian analysis I sought enlightenment in <strong>the</strong> study of astrology,<br />
graphology, palmistry, phrenology (bumps on <strong>the</strong> skull), Rosicrucianism,<br />
yoga, existentialism and more—all very interesting,<br />
indeed, but when it came to <strong>the</strong> crunch—when I found myself on<br />
my knees—<strong>the</strong>y were no help at all.<br />
To my mind, and in my experience, group work can be valuable<br />
in terms of individuation only if one’s experience in <strong>the</strong> group is<br />
viewed as grist <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> mill of personal analysis, which is where all<br />
our wayward chickens come home to roost.
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