ABSTRACT
Although the collaboration and friendship between C. G. Jung and Victor White broke down, a fragile reconciliation followed, but it came too late for them to resolve any of the theoretical issues that had led to their impasse. What if they had both lived a few more years (White died in 1960, Jung in 1961) – could they have reached a resolution? Even now, could someone pick up the threads of their integrative work and finish it for them? I would like to consider three possible models of integration, three ways one might approach the project of retrieval and repair. One model is bridge-building: constructing a more or less stable structure (a Hegelian synthesis, perhaps) between the two systems of thought and practice. Another model might consist of amalgamation: creatively adding parts of one system onto the other to supplement or complete it. My third model amounts to nothing more than a ‘paper clip’ approach: loosely joining elements of the two systems in a temporary but perhaps useful way.
