Christina Becker, Jungian
Analyst
Published by Chiron Publications
August 2004
ISBN
1-888602-27-9
The
Heart is the meeting place of the individual and the divine, the inner
ground of morality, authenticity and integrity. The process of coming to
the Heart and of realizing the person we were meant to be is what Carl
Jung called 'Individuation'. This path is full of moral challenges for
anyone with the courage to take it.
Using Jung's premise that the main causes of psychological problems are
conflicts of conscience, the book takes the reader through the
philosophical and spiritual aspects of the ethical dimensions of
this individual journey toward wholeness. This book is a long overdue
and unique contribution to the link between individuation and ethics.
Table of
Contents
Introduction
Reviews
"Reading
The Heart of the Matter: Individuation as an Ethical Process
was like sitting at a feast, having the opportunity to be fed from many
sources. There is much that feeds us both intellectually and emotionally
in this work. It provides a systematic and scholarly grounding toward
the understanding the fundamental ethical urge/need within every human
being."
Shirley Halliday, Jungian Analyst .
"The
Heart of the Matter is a thoughtful and thought-provoking work that
provides a philosophical and psychological ground upon which archetypal
images of the heart dance with conscious and unconscious attitudes,
actions, vulnerabilities, oversights, and professional infractions of
individuals and the collective”
Brenda Weinberg, Psychotherapist and Sandplay Therapist
"
The author writes for clients and
patients asking questions about how to live in the world with
authenticity and integrity. She writes for analysts and therapists as
well, and for anyone interested in a scholarly discussion of ethical
practice and the theory of ethics, morality, and conscience.
Becker’s
inquiry is a journey to the core of the matter, the “heart”, her guiding
image and metaphor chosen because “the heart is the center of the
psyche, and the center of the body. It is the seat of the Self. Both
Eastern and Western ancient philosophical traditions have informed this
understanding of the Heart."
Ginny Mines, M.A.
Psychotherapist
See
full review from the Jung Seattle Society
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