Up: [[Active Imagination]] Course: Active Imagination with Ken James for Jung Platform Created: 2025-05-03 Updated: 2025-12-06 [[Active Imagination Came from Jung]] not so he could amuse himself, but so he could heal himself. Jungian analyst [[Ken James]] says, *If you engage with active imagination sincerely, you will bring through material that will reorganize your understanding of your life.* And the more you engage in it, the more this will happen. How? #### Engaging in Active Imagination - Shows us that the Unconscious is real. We can work with it, but we can’t control it. Our awareness of this mystery is both humbling and empowering. - Teaches us about our individual psychic structure by showing us the unique-to-us figures and settings that recur over time. This helps us understand who we are below the masks we wear. - Develops our ego's capacity to view things from a [[symbolic perspective]], which is essential to [[Individuation]]. > [!Orbit] Alchemical wisdom > Habentibus symbolum facilis est transitus — For those who have the symbol, the passage is easy. - Helps us bring forth what we've learned from the unconscious into action in the outer world - Improves our understanding of the outer world through the tension between Unconscious and Ego.