Homing In to Jung

https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/uram.34.1-2.95
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https://www.cgjunghaus.ch/en/visit/exhibitions/special-exhibition/
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My visit to Jung’s house, that became a museum in 2018, allowed me to view illustrations and carvings that were made by Jung while he was working on the Red Book. The Jung’s family home is situated on the Lake of Zurich in Küsnacht. When my daughter Jessica was playing in the women’s soccer playoffs for the super league in nearby Wil, I decided that we could take the Swiss Goldcoast, which is a road running along the lower eastern shore of the Lake of Zurich, to get to her soccer match. I was happy to find an itinerary that finally allowed me to visit the C. J. Jung Museum.
 
The house has a large front garden that separates the property from the main road. The beauty of the lake can be seen through many windows facing the lake, as well as the large veranda. There is a boat house and a small cabin on the water with a desk that must have lent itself well for inspirational writing and contemplation.
 
Jung’s library and his consultation room are upstairs. I followed the museum guide up the staircase, where she led us to his study. Jung’s books line the shelves of his extensive library, showing the topics of research that he was interested in. I noticed that a large shelf is devoted to the journal The Quest that he had bound together in sperate books over the years. I also saw many volumes on Egyptian history and symbols.
 
Jung’s quest for understanding led him to embark on self-experimentation that allowed him to write about his inner dialogues and dreams that are recorded in the Red Book. The key terms and concepts that emerged from this work are the foundation of his Analytical Psychology. His transformational approach to psychology is akin to alchemy.
 
When I signed the guest book before leaving, I wrote Susie Riva, Isis Rises, from Life-o-grams to Transformagrams. Isis Rises emerges from my name by re-organizing the letters in my signature. After visiting the Jung Museum, I realized that the symbol of Isis, and the feminine principal was not only the Goddess Isis who is presented as nurturing feminine energy but also the weaver. The exhibit in the C.J. Jung Museum explains how Jung saw Isis as the connector, connecting together the different parts of Osiris, after his brother Seth cut him into 14 pieces. Isis magically healed Osiris, by bringing the fragments of his body back together.
 
I have defined mediation as “faire le lien” or linkedness. This definition has guided my work in mediation and brought me to the understanding of mediatorship “The function and position of the mediator, and a vessel of connectivity that contains an integrated framework of mediation practices” (Riva, 2022, p. 257). When I returned home, I read the Special Exhibition 2023 book, C.G. Jung-Journey into the Unconscious that offered even more insights into Jung’s journey into the unconscious. The exhibit book provides an overarching view of Jung’s self-experimentation and his writing process that led to his conceptual framework.
 
Autoethnography allows us to engage in a form of psychological development that engenders completeness.