1. Collective Chaos Past and Present
The Child Archetype as a Still-point in Sandplay
Harriet S. Friedman, LMFT, Jungian Analyst
Presented to ISST: August 9, 2015
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2. “This innocent core of the self is a
sacred something, within the human
personality that is often referred to
as the soul.”
Kalsched, 2013, p. 24
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3. “So when all has become still around one, as
solemn as a starlit night, when the soul is alone
in the whole world, then there appears before
one, not a distinguished man, but the eternal
Power itself. The heavens part, as it were, and
the I chooses itself – or rather receives itself…
which never can be forgotten. He does not
become another man than he was before, but
he becomes himself. Consciousness is unified,
and he is himself.”
Kierkegaard, 1972: 181
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4. “In every adult there lurks a child – an eternal
child, something that is becoming, is never
completed, and calls for unceasing care, attention,
and education. That is the part of the human
personality, which wants to develop and become
whole.”
Jung, 1954, para. 286
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5. “The miraculous or divine child, is the germ
of wholeness in the personality – the pre-
figuration of the God-image in the
individuation process…”
Kalsched, 2013, p. 55
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6. “The human self is a synthesis of the finite and
the infinite, of the temporal and the eternal”
Kalsched 2013, p.38
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7. “Today we need psychology for reasons that involve our
very existence…because we know nothing about man. … If
we had self-knowledge, that would not be the case. We
stand face to face with the terrible question of evil and do
not even know what is before us, … we have no
imagination for evil, but evil has us in its grip… That is the
psychological situation in the world today: … Evil today
has become a visible Great Power…
Jung 1961, p. 233
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8. Jung 1961, p. 233
“Today we are compelled to meet that question of
“whence comes evil”, but we stand empty-handed,
bewildered, and perplexed…but we know of no way
out, and very few persons … draw the conclusion that
this time the issue is the long-since forgotten soul of
man.”
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9. Kalsched, 2013, p.19
“Trauma is about encountering the world before the
baby has had a chance to create it. In other words, the
infants psychic pain is unbearable and defenses
become necessary for survival.”
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10. I-Ching Hexagram 29
Dora Kalff, 1980, epilogue
It flows on and on, merely filling at the
places it traverses; it does not shy away
from any dangerous place, nor from any
sudden change; nothing can make it lose it’s
own intrinsic essence. It remains true to
itself in all circumstances… And once a
situation is mastered from within the heart,
the success of our exterior actions will
come about all by itself.
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11. I Ching Hexagram 29
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