ABSTRACT
In 1916, Jung wrote an article entitled "The Transcendent Function", which speaks briefly of several different ways in which people may consciously cultivate manifestations of the unconscious that are suitable foundations for the transcendent function. The psychological "transcendent function" arises from the union of conscious and unconscious contents. Jung's emphasis on the experiential dimension of inner dialogues, active imagination, and the like, concerned neither the pleasure of creative expression, nor any catharsis arising from making the unconscious conscious. By the help of the analyst, Jung refers the procedure that he called amplification, which amplifies the patient's production of symbols with further instances of the same symbols, known to the therapist through studies of the world's mythologies and religions. To illustrate his contention, Jung cited the New Testament narrative of the three temptations of Christ. In various places in his writings, Jung offered instruction on how to conduct and induce active imagination in patients.
