ABSTRACT

This chapter presents an overview of key concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. According to Jung his aim is to provide a point of orientation and departure for the critiques and dialogues. It addresses mainly to those who are not particularly familiar with Jung's work, it can also be taken as an introduction to analytical psychology. It shall also adopt a common approach to Jung, which is through the structure and dynamics of the psyche, followed by a discussion of the individuation process. It can also be noted that Jung's investigations are concerned almost exclusively with the human psyche, its significance, its range, its structure and dynamics. The psyche is the place of conscious and unconscious processes. Jung vacillates as to whether or not these processes can be brought under the control of the human will. There are three conceptually distinct but dynamically interrelated levels of the psyche: consciousness, the personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious.