Some new perspectives on unsconscious phantasies
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https://doi.org/10.60106/rsbppa.v5i1.110Keywords:
Unsconscious phantasy, Alpha-function, Unconscious, Evolutions of “O”, DreamAbstract
The author proposes some new perspectives on unconscious phantasies. He tries to demonstrate that Systems Cs. and Ucs. do not function conflictually but rather complementarily as binary oppositions. System Ucs. has two major components, the unrepressed Ucs. and the dynamic or repressed Ucs., the former of which is the inherent platonic Ucs. and the latter of which is the domain of repressed memories of actual experiences. The author postulates that the latter is the storehouse for mental processing via dreams and phantasies that originate from the activities of the former. Systems Ucs. and Cs. function as cooperative oppositional pincers to intercept “O” (the Absolute Truth about Ultimate Reality). Unconscious phantasy formation, i.e., the workings of alpha functioning, constitutes unconscious thinking. The “actors’ who enact unconscious phantasies are variegated phantoms or demons (both positive and negative) who perform a dramatic role hoping all the while that someone is there who can interpret their pantomime so that they can, like the sphinx in Oedipus Rex, be released and return to repertory. Psychoanalytic interpretation of unconscious phantasy confirms and completes them, not merely discrediting them. Dreams and unconscious phantasies are our “silent service”.
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