ABSTRACT
Jung often spoke of his approach to psychotherapy as “analyzing from the Self”, to which he contrasted “prestige analysis,” based on persona, and “ego-centered analysis,” driven by a fear of the unconscious. This chapter explicates “analyzing from the Self” phenomenologically by attending to reports from Jung’s close associates and students who speak of the uncanny way he addressed their deepest issues directly. Three dimensions of Mitwelt are distinguished within the analytic temenos: (a) the social adaptation and inauthenticity of the persona field, (b) the critical reality-testing in the interaction between two egos, and (c) the imaginal “gathering” of the Self field.
