Up: [[Analysis]] Course: Sacrifice and the Individuation Process, Stacey Jenkins for Montreal Jung Society Created: 2023-10-21 ## Defining Sacrifice From Latin sacer (sacred) + facere (to make) = to make sacred According to OED - To give up (something) for the attainment of some higher advantage or dearer object (1706) - The destruction or surrender of something valued or desired for the sake of something having a higher or more pressing claim (1592) ## Sacrifice is Easier for Some A religious attitude usually has some characteristics that are compatible with accepting the need for sacrifice, such as humility, devotion, maybe even some submission. ## Sacrifice isn’t the Same Thing as Making a Swap For it to be a sacrifice, you have to give up something that belongs to you, and you have to give it up as if it were being destroyed. It’s not a temporary give up, not a swap of one thing for another. And it doesn’t necessarily have to be something physical. It just has to be something you love and suffer the loss of. It’s an accepted defeat. The presenter, Stacey, gave the example of having to sell her beloved condo to fund her last two years of analytical training which needed to be full time. ## And if You Don't Sacrifice? What's the cost if you don't make the sacrifice demanded by the Self? ![[The Nature of Sacrifice Stacey Jenkins slide.webp]] ## Questions - Are there different sacrifices required at different stages of life? - What about sacrifices in life’s third act? People spoke of old age as a process of constant sacrifices. And of final giving up, of death. - Can a diagnosis of a major illness in the third stage of life function as the hero archetype to allow a letting go? See [[When Sacrifice is Needed, Lean on Your Hero]]