Dying and Creating

Patients in analysis communicate some of their deepest feelings and thoughts about preparing for death, grieving, and dying. In this classic text, one of the most eminent of Jungian theorists shows how the creative analyst enables understanding to grow, when symbolization and creativeness are no longer hindered by paralyzing fears. Jung devoted much attention to the psychology of death, re-birth, and transformation, and Rosemary Gordon acknowledges her debt to his creative spirit and to the depth of his understanding when she convincingly argues that, by suppressing the fear of death in their daily lives, many people cut themselves off from the hidden sources of creativeness.