| This study explores the similarities in the lives and work of Carl G. Jung and David Bohm, showing that both assert the existence of an a priori source from which form and meaning emerge; it further explores the implications of these similarities for psychological processes and therapeutic modalities. Chapter One compares Jung's and Bohm's biographical material. Chapter Two examines Bohm's pioneering theory of the implicate and explicate orders, followed in the third chapter by Jung's equally pioneering theory of the collective unconscious and idea of the archetypes, drawing comparisons with Bohm's idea of the implicate order. Chapter Four examines Bohm's and Jung's ideas of a generative a priori source from which form and meaning emerge, and the concepts of specifically morphogenic, vibrational, and archetypal fields. An application of the theories of both men to dream interpretation and the subsequent implications for the psychotherapeutic process is presented in Chapter Five. The conclusion discusses the idea that although Bohm and Jung proceeded from different vantage points, they shared a common vision of a broad underlying reality that orders both the mental and physical worlds from behind the scenes. |
