Archetypes
& Strange Attractors: 
The
Chaotic World of Symbols
by John R. Van Eenwyk
ISBN 0-919123-76-7.
How can we deal with the chaos that inevitably infects our lives? Perhaps
more to the point, shouldn't we strive to eliminate it? Isn't chaos a sign
that things have gone terribly wrong? Not necessarily. Carl Jung believed
that psychological development proceeds according to the influence of symbols
in our lives. In stripping us of our old points of view so that growth can
occur, symbols invariably feel chaotic. That's Jung's theory, but until recently
there was little in the hard sciences to back him up. Now, with the advent
of chaos theory, there is new support for his perspective. In accepting that
chaos can be creative as well as destructive, we are challenged to revision
our basic notions of psychic health and to enter into a new dialogue with
the forces of change. JOHN R. VAN EENWYK, Ph.D., is a graduate of the C.G.
Jung Institute in Chicago. He is a priest in the Episcopal Church and a clinical
supervisor at the Medical School of the University of Washington. He has lectured
internationally on the subject of this book and on the treatment of torture
survivors.
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