Participation mystique Participation mystique (French; Lévy-Bruhl) names a mystical connection or partial identity between subject and object—where the subject cannot clearly distinguish himself from the thing or person. Ju
Parental complex Parental complex names a group of emotionally charged images and ideas associated with the parents. Related: parental imago; incest; primordial parents.
Orientation Orientation names the general principle governing a personal attitude or viewpoint. Related: typology; attitude.
Opposites Opposites names the paired polarities without which psychic life has no tension and no motion—classically, for Jung, ego and unconscious as the primary psychological pair. Related: conflict; compensat
Objective psyche Objective psyche in Sharp is a cross-reference: see collective-unconscious. Samuels: psyche as objective source of knowledge; and contents that are objective rather than personal/subjective—equated wi
Objective level Objective level names an approach to dream and fantasy images by reference to persons or situations in the outside world. Related: reductive; compare constructive and subjective level.
Objectivation Objectivation names a process of differentiating the ego from both other persons and contents of the unconscious.
