A cura d’alma na psicologia de Carl Gustav Jung

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the concept cure of the soul according to the psychology of Carl Gustav Jung, highlighting the religious aspects in the cure process, understood by the author as individuation. Organized into three chapters, the dissertation begins by presenting the concept of the soul, that, based on the author’s works, appears both as the psyche or as personality, complex, consciousness and individuality, showing an intricate network of meanings. On the next chapter, the concept of cure is investigated within the context of analytical psychotherapy, highlighting the need for a relationship with the unconscious, to provide a psychological development. The individuation as a process of differentiation of the self, leads to the realization of the self, the center of the psyche and the totality of the personality. On the third and final chapter, the term cure of the soul is examined in parallel with the definition of religion, understood in Jung's thoughts as relegere, which relates to care or diligence when dealing with numinous and transcendent aspects of the psyche. By this point of view individuation can be understood also in its religious aspect, denoting the presence of a cure of the soul in Jungian psychology.