ABSTRACT
This chapter attempts to explore states of grace in analysis together with phenomena, such as Eureka moments, and the unthought known related to them. It uses a Jungian approach to link some of the varied theories about these phenomena and explores some of the conditions that facilitate them. The feeling tone of the session becomes transformed with the awareness that something greater than the ego or the rational mind is at work. One of the ways in which the chapter came to think about these phenomena is in terms of 'states of grace'. Jung saw grace as central to the analytic process, informing many of his ideas including the transcendent function, synchronicity, the numinosum, and two kinds of thinking. The maintenance of an analytic attitude and the use of interpretation facilitate states of grace to emerge. Grace is a core concept in spiritual development. In Hindu and Bhakti devotional literature, grace is the ultimate key required for self-realization.
