Papers by Cheryle Van Scoy
The island of Bali is situated in the center of the southern arc of the Indonesian archipelago, i... more The island of Bali is situated in the center of the southern arc of the Indonesian archipelago, in the Ring of Fire, a series of active volcanoes responding to intersecting tectonic plates (Lansing, 1995, p. 10). This physical reality is symbolic of the culture, a culture that lives between and manifests the energy that is constellated as a result of the interaction of two potent oppositions. The very fact that it was created by volcanic geology, literally and symbolically a place where what is 'under' has erupted to the surface, fundamentally impacts the culture, becoming a living presence in the unconscious of each of its residents. Carl Jung asserts that all that has occurred in the landscape on which we dwell penetrates our psyches, and influences our behavior consciously or unconsciously (Archaic Man, 1964,1970, para. 93). The Balinese live in the space of between, in the center of what is on either side, bearing a world-view that acknowledges both poles of a continuum and the necessity to hold them in balance. "The Balinese may be described as a nation of artists," a statement Stephen Lansing attributes to Geoffrey Gorer in 1936 (Lansing, p. 49). Indeed those sentiments are validated by the writings of Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, Katharine Mershon, Jane Belo, and Stephen Lansing, among many others who have had the fortune of exploring the culture of what is often referenced as the island of beauty (Sullivan, 1999). With tongue in cheek, though expressing an affective response to the island, Noel Coward left this comment in a Balinese hotel register upon departing with his travel companion, Charlie Chaplin, in the thirties: As I said this morning to Charlie There is far too much music in Bali And although as a place it's entrancing There is also a thought too much dancing It appears that each Balinese native From the womb to the tomb is creative And although the results are quite clever There is too much artistic endeavor! (Lansing, p. 4)
An experience of the sacred 4 day native american bear ceremony.
An exploration of Soul as symbol including an engagement with Soul in Active Imagination, wherein... more An exploration of Soul as symbol including an engagement with Soul in Active Imagination, wherein Soul articulates its essence. This paper was written during analytical training at the C G Jung Institute in Kusnacht, Switzerland.
Considers Williams’s Descent Into Hell as an excellent “example of the use of the mythical method... more Considers Williams’s Descent Into Hell as an excellent “example of the use of the mythical method [as defined by T.S. Eliot] as a metaphor of poesis, by which the fundamental forms of the imagination are catalyzed.” Geometrical symbolism and the underworld journey link it to many modernist works
International Journal of Group Psychotherapy
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Enkelados: Mediterranean Journal of Analytical Psychology, 2018
A modest sharing of a spontaneous creative process of layered drawing/painting integrating group ... more A modest sharing of a spontaneous creative process of layered drawing/painting integrating group reflection and body movement. The process emerged in attempts to further engage soul in response to analysand dreams, Sandplay scenes, and paintings within clinical analytical practice. This application of active imagination serves to honor, and to invite, body psyche to express its extraordinary wisdom in the quest for expanded dialogue and consciousness.
C G Jung institute of Zurich, 2014
This thesis is an articulation of a psychological research trial conducted in collaboration
with ... more This thesis is an articulation of a psychological research trial conducted in collaboration
with the Sansum Diabetes Research Institute in Santa Barbara, California, with partial funding from the Susan Bach Foundation Zürich. The study explores the inter-relationship of body and psyche, and specifically, attempts to unveil the spontaneous, unconscious symbolism evidenced by a sample of eleven individuals living with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM). It is a prospective, observational pilot project, designed to determine both the body-psyche symbolic expressions of the individuals with T1DM as well as the similarities among the group.
The investigation contributes to the existing attempts toward bridging the disciplines of
psychology and medicine, with a specific desire to communicate to medical professionals the value of the integrating the unconscious in the healing process. The research is driven by curious inquiry regarding:
• What symbols manifest in the reality of living with T1DM?
• Are there symbols shared among the group, perhaps evidence of this form of diabetes as a living psychic entity?
• What is the impact of the trial therapeutic process (Jungian analytic) on the subjects’
perceived Quality of Life?
The Research Design utilizes classic Jungian and Kalffian Sandplay therapeutic engagement for 24 consecutive sessions and follow-up at 3 months. Data is collected from Dreams, Sandplay pictures, Koch’s Tree Test, The World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment – Brief (WHOQOL-Bref), Medical History, and Hemoglobin A1c measurements.
The results of the study reveal a potently alive psychic field among the participants,
evidencing activated archetypal phenomena that positively impact adaptation and perceived quality of life. Significantly, despite a highly individual therapeutic experience, the research demonstrates shared symbolic material among the group.
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Papers by Cheryle Van Scoy
with the Sansum Diabetes Research Institute in Santa Barbara, California, with partial funding from the Susan Bach Foundation Zürich. The study explores the inter-relationship of body and psyche, and specifically, attempts to unveil the spontaneous, unconscious symbolism evidenced by a sample of eleven individuals living with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM). It is a prospective, observational pilot project, designed to determine both the body-psyche symbolic expressions of the individuals with T1DM as well as the similarities among the group.
The investigation contributes to the existing attempts toward bridging the disciplines of
psychology and medicine, with a specific desire to communicate to medical professionals the value of the integrating the unconscious in the healing process. The research is driven by curious inquiry regarding:
• What symbols manifest in the reality of living with T1DM?
• Are there symbols shared among the group, perhaps evidence of this form of diabetes as a living psychic entity?
• What is the impact of the trial therapeutic process (Jungian analytic) on the subjects’
perceived Quality of Life?
The Research Design utilizes classic Jungian and Kalffian Sandplay therapeutic engagement for 24 consecutive sessions and follow-up at 3 months. Data is collected from Dreams, Sandplay pictures, Koch’s Tree Test, The World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment – Brief (WHOQOL-Bref), Medical History, and Hemoglobin A1c measurements.
The results of the study reveal a potently alive psychic field among the participants,
evidencing activated archetypal phenomena that positively impact adaptation and perceived quality of life. Significantly, despite a highly individual therapeutic experience, the research demonstrates shared symbolic material among the group.
with the Sansum Diabetes Research Institute in Santa Barbara, California, with partial funding from the Susan Bach Foundation Zürich. The study explores the inter-relationship of body and psyche, and specifically, attempts to unveil the spontaneous, unconscious symbolism evidenced by a sample of eleven individuals living with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM). It is a prospective, observational pilot project, designed to determine both the body-psyche symbolic expressions of the individuals with T1DM as well as the similarities among the group.
The investigation contributes to the existing attempts toward bridging the disciplines of
psychology and medicine, with a specific desire to communicate to medical professionals the value of the integrating the unconscious in the healing process. The research is driven by curious inquiry regarding:
• What symbols manifest in the reality of living with T1DM?
• Are there symbols shared among the group, perhaps evidence of this form of diabetes as a living psychic entity?
• What is the impact of the trial therapeutic process (Jungian analytic) on the subjects’
perceived Quality of Life?
The Research Design utilizes classic Jungian and Kalffian Sandplay therapeutic engagement for 24 consecutive sessions and follow-up at 3 months. Data is collected from Dreams, Sandplay pictures, Koch’s Tree Test, The World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment – Brief (WHOQOL-Bref), Medical History, and Hemoglobin A1c measurements.
The results of the study reveal a potently alive psychic field among the participants,
evidencing activated archetypal phenomena that positively impact adaptation and perceived quality of life. Significantly, despite a highly individual therapeutic experience, the research demonstrates shared symbolic material among the group.