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sicheeype of initiation
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FOR MARGARET
A DREAM OB INITIATION
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sen sanding nurs: pod, Ths people steauinds
ing the pond on thes sid. On th fourth se dae a Iie of
escrners, mostly picts ad nos, iwi Tn he
ofthe Fine there is pret. Te is dhe sper Helis Iam
essing an ancien ite of these poops nd th nisin
swe thir customs along tine, epithe res,
perform this rte. e
‘The priest raises bis hands and begins to speak in
tongue, which Tdo noe wnlestand. As he speaks in
‘way, he alo. performs a eetemoniel danas
anciene nite, All the missionaries hold
‘The people abo respond. The
this manace
SU a dis chice mcd cl sete eh
fe come in ev evangelize, especially one chat isnot af she Chistian
pr The pris sata conta lear, he people are on chree sce
‘The only open sput fs in the chil, bebind the priest. 1 sit here
and others come anc juin me.
Take up knowing chat his is an important dreany an that
in will take some time to fully understand it, It may be
sransfinonig.
Anonymous Analysand
{used by permission)
CONTENTS
A DREAM OF INITIATION
LIST OF DIAGRAMS
FOREWORD (Don Jones)
PREFACE am
ACKNOWLEDGMINTS
1. SACRED SPACE... :
2. LIMINOID AND LIMINAL SACRED S2ACE,
3. THE VESSEL. OF ANALYSIS
4 THE ARCHETYPE OF INITIATION
6
ANALYSIS AS INITIATORY PROCESS.
RUIUAL PROCESS AND SPIR
LEADERSHII
MASCULINE SPIR
‘THE GLOBAL CHALL
LIST OF DIAGRAMS
(ln the Appendix)
‘THE SEASONS Ol A MAN'S LIFE
‘THE ARCHETYPE OF INITIATION ..
THE HERO CYCLE IN MYTHOLOGY
TURNER'S CATEGORIES IN CONTEMPORARY
JOURNEY TOTHE CENTER...
ASCENT TO III: CENTER ..
‘THE DEEP STRUCTURES OF THE HUMAN SELF 191
THE FOUR TENSIONS IN THE HUMAN SELF... 191
‘THE DEVELOPMENTAL JOURNEY TO
‘THE CENTER... r 192
THE GEOGRAPHY OF INNER SPACI
AND MILLON'S MAPPING OF
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
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that we need. 1 ye will "ead, mark, learn, and inva
digest’ whac is here presented, and heed the call, our World can be
blested and vanstormed.
Don Jones
Past International Chairinan
The ManKind Project
PREFACE
i gic gums 929707 suse
public my eatly resenel on the archetype of tsi
setting was the snnual meetiag of the Antriean
Regia, dl the enue was che Region ad Sn Si
of cat conference, My paper sas vntted "The
Tnitiacion: Phenossensiogical ad Paychalogicl
‘Ac chat sime I as accively pursing fle
process cré pevsonalty thar became my ove i
strange bur powerful world of “vital know
ar thar tine how aouch of my iy
cenergy—would be invest i
process initiation, ster
ship for huriae gaye
slid realize, however, that
thae « deeper
4 omar cose
the vnudl centr and Forefront oF my work in eesarch, teaching,
nd leadenhip. Vexgasized research vonfereaces on the wpe, taht
nduate enivarson ‘rte scr ssc and healing,” and focused
Thuch of my reach in Jungian psychoanelysis on this seca of
‘My despening realization of modern cultures bankrupesy in
tual Koowlelye and riual lewership helped me understand the
ames of fagetontation in the male sell, che Bilures in masculi
maturation, and the increasing influence of “monster boys.” My
swricings on the moral poychology of masculinity became widely
Kenowe during the erly 199s, but ey eal work on ritual process
and inkaion romcined unknown
‘Over the pets, however have continued vo receive Fequene
requests for access to tis sary material from many people with
exitencial and intelleeal iverests in these aress. Uhis present
‘olime is the fis ofa series of forthcoming publications that will
cone my cary rescarch, The next woluine will present sik
xarly pape I wre in 1987 char ako deals with initiation and tans
formation, but in a more technical way for formal presontation.
Later volumes will presene collctions of ocher early leceuzes al
‘say ina vareey of diverse bt seed sea ike the psychology oF
mythology, the nature of evil, spiritual narcissism, and the arche-
‘ype of spriual warfare. The whole series is a publication projece
‘of she Institute for Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Spirieuaity in
Chicaye.
| “The frst thre chapters in this fist volume represent the od-
line eat ofa series of three lectures I gave in Chicago in the spring
Chapter 1 introduces the concepts af sactod space and
‘rom the standpoine of individual life evemts
in Asem *
therayeavc. work channels pays energy withthe same dee come
premodern sieual processes. iti
The west ew chaptess eo
ec Sew of the same mare pee
heen vont Laer in ee ill of 1985, al show the
contiowing developmen of my thought in hi gee Chaper
dseibes in gear del the line ftp the age
al sudy of inition sual by Amal! van Geanep hs 19054
Ioseph Campbells fre description wf its moles! found
tions in 1949, thea to Blade’ fural dtnction between “he
sacred and the proine” in 1959, and ily to Vor Tuners
further distinctions andl picatios to the maar wed 1969.
Chapter 5 ves my on fel search end rund in dhe mie
tey ad various choos of rycnansys show how made enpy
has many of che same cher ax premeden tinal poesia
The 1987 esa repined in chap 6 challenged the ni
scious coblshment co ake advange ofthe 2c
evisu an approach co spin eaeship appmpriste
2secencury glob silage.” Chaptee 7 adds an inerac
‘ne ong alg the sme ns ug its
<hexe ne intellects and spiiul runes othe
cn beans win of them ae refer
“These materials anilate my
‘volved to the paint where
‘snseious, relives and
maturation and
unconsious and
social, an gh
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ities tes for he ii co
tis volume ranges far beyond ths srt lise oft
Forwlly acknnsledged. Ido, heweven gins special socogy
the following persons
First, 19. my wife and parsner, payshowtal
Shoahan. Withoue her early nd continuing erseu
regu (othe importance af thee materia, eaey
bees abl
Ty my teacher Miseoa Eliade, for hi
sactosinese and ernsfoomative poser
” war Moose
practic They lowed me to uelesen much ofthe mitinerpsetiton
‘of ul process that
experts
rrp nn Jones aml the rcual elders, leaders, avs initaes af the
Mankind Projet Incervaconal for ieircouragsous ongoing ef
Fans bring the power of eling stalzaion back ino the lives
of men wore, au eommnanie.
STs the © G, Jung Invite of Chicago for is early assistance
fn bringing these atrial 10 & wile audience
To le cul and gradte students of the Chicago Thevlog
cal Seminary, expecoly the seudenes in my seminars in “Ritual,
Sacred Sjce, and Heng.” for giving me the opporunity to cet
these ideas with those who feel especially called to a mission of
transformative ladeship.
“fe the Institane for Pychoanalyis, Caleure, and Spiricuchiy
for its support of thie publication, and its commirmenc to apply
the insights of prychoanalysis 0 the eost fundamental pessonal
and social problems
“Ta muy fiend Phil Matthews and the Norehero Star Founda
tion, without whose encouragement and support these ideas would
tneer ave reali he wlll sudience tha sels them.
ped been pasveil on tome by che academic
CHAPTER 1
SACRED SPACE
Lecture, Spring 1984
Ls sattnh fo worde ou ny in
opie of sceved space and sal process. i a
‘caching. psychology and religion at che Chicago The
Seminary Pam a diplomate snat of the Aled
sul Le curently
1 have private analiticl practices in Hye
chai of dhe Religion and Social Sciences S
Academy of Religion [explore the relat
and the phenomenclogy of
Rowe Mose
ast year during may sabbatical T scudied the implications of
squmners work for the fick! of psychology ate scligion and for
spiral eatersip. I ave also bven studying the elationship of
Religion (1984).
Presently thre i revoluson in the understanding of sacred space
“To start wih a referer each rners own experience, Diagra |
{in the Appondia) depicts the normal developmental periods and
snajor life transitions described in Daniel Leviasons book The Sea-
son ofa Mani Lif 1978)
The quest for generative minal space usually occurs daring
owe osm of lif transition, whether dlcted by onc of Levinson
‘major lifeeyele changes or some unexpected trauma, Everyone his
sume personal lowwledge of this quest v0 T ugge rele to teflect
com ther own experiences of cared space at they read this mare
‘When poople sct“erzy" by conventional standards they are
‘often seatching for some kind of extraordinary space chat will a:
low them to leven ol phase uf ife behind and experience niin:
tion ino an entirely new phase. Age-old buna existential iss
bring wid them a yearning to loate and enter a ceed “temple”
ete the isues can be addressed, whore a consteuetve reorient:
fon ean safely occur, and whee the chav of self and others can
once agnn begin to reinregate and make sense
‘The throe pages of Dingeam 2 (in the Appendix) show the
hase irutuce of intiacon as «transitional process in rel-
fo sacred space, Ten horizontal listings run across all chee
i ‘of te cheores and issues we will discuss.
Fn
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“riage cahnpeee ne ieee aa
svcd i oy Heal ede
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we lope cco wor ae
vor prin nrc
srove on uo the sited phase and rewurn ack ee ox
1 discussed this phesomena in The Gu Experience,
refer to this inthe story of nade sh
terion who dacs na ulestand strc
‘cuvegeable guide ean easly gt lost
