ABSTRACT
An integral part of the analysis of group is an examination of the ways in which the collective imagery and shared imaginative productions of the group provide a linking and transforming medium between the intrapsychic and the socio-cultural contexts. Such an investigation assumes a relationship among the group’s: 1) ‘language structures’ (myth, symbol and fantasy); 2) ‘action structures’ (phases, roles, customs and norms), and 3) task and maintenance functions. ‘Myth’ is a paradigmatic construct through which a variety of group events can be understood. Myth bridges the gap between the ‘privacy of the self’ (Masud-Khan, 1974) and the cohesion of the group, establishing and regulating the internal and external environments.
