Psychoanalysis.  2017 Apr;28(2):38-47. 10.18529/psychoanal.2017.28.2.38.

Creative and Healing Function of ‘Self-Archetype’ Revealed in the Experience and Analysis of ‘Extraordinary Attraction (Falling in Love, Transference)’: A Study on Love and Transference in the Perspective of Analytical Psychology

• Kim KH

• KMID: 2379837
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.18529/psychoanal.2017.28.2.38

Abstract

Who am I? This dissertation analyzes the stories of A and B, who realize who they are during a journey to find their true selves, a journey initiated by an extraordinary attraction (falling in love, transference). This dissertation also contains their introspective study of the "Soul" and "God" whom they have encountered on the way to find themselves. I introduce some selected experience and analysis of A and B. I analyze and compare the images and symbols that appear in the dreams of A and B, and how these images and symbols affect their conscious egos. Extraordinary attraction (falling in love, transference) can be seen as the impulse toward Self-realization, where here "Self" means the totality of the psyche, as well as its center in terms of analytical psychology. However, in order to reach such a happy ending, projection and unconscious identification, which result from non-differentiation between subject and object (often referred to as "participation mystique"), must be recognized and alleviated, which analysis facilitates by interpreting dreams as a subjective stage and by recognizing "Self." In the process of Self-realization, one is healed and feels the sense of salvation. Creative transformation of personality, artistic creation, and religious experiences are also born in the process of Self-realization.

Keyword

Extraordinary attraction; Falling in love; Transference; Who am I

MeSH Terms

Dreams
Ego
Love*
Psychology*
Transference (Psychology)