Barbara Hannah

Barbara Hannah

Barbara Hannah was a British-born Jungian analyst, lecturer, and author known for her close work with C. G. Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz.

Constellation

Constellation

Constellation is the activation of a complex or archetypal pattern by a situation, causing connected emotions, memories, expectations, and behaviors to become unusually available.

Imago

Imago

An imago is an internal, subjectively shaped image of another person that must be distinguished from the person’s objective reality.

Psychic Energy

Psychic Energy

Psychic energy, often called libido by Jung, is a conceptual way of describing the intensity, direction, and movement of psychological interest and desire.

Jolande Jacobi

Jolande Jacobi

Jolande Jacobi was a Swiss psychologist, author, and early interpreter of C. G. Jung whose systematic introductions helped make analytical psychology accessible.

Coniunctio

Coniunctio union of opposites in Jungian psychology

Coniunctio is an alchemical image Jung used to explore the psychological union of opposites and the possibility of a new, more inclusive attitude.

Compensation

Psychological compensation in Jungian psychology

Compensation is the psyche’s tendency to balance or supplement a one-sided conscious attitude through dreams, emotions, fantasies, symptoms, and neglected perspectives.

Enantiodromia

Enantiodromia in Jungian psychology

Enantiodromia is the emergence of an unconscious counter-position after a conscious attitude becomes rigid, extreme, or chronically one-sided.

The Psyche on Stage

The Psyche on Stage

Edinger examines individuation motifs, the tragic hero, sacred marriage, and the search for wholeness in Shakespeare and Sophocles.

The Aion Lectures

The Aion Lectures

Edinger offers a chapter-by-chapter guide to Jung’s Aion and its difficult treatment of the Self, Shadow, Christ symbol, fish symbolism, Gnosticism, and alchemy.