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THE SYMBOLIC LIFE: LIFE AS CREATIVE PROCESS Running Head: Symbolic Life David Johnston ABSTRACT This talk is about individuation and life as a creative process. I discuss the nature of the archetype and the archetypal image, and then amplify a series of my paintings in order to illustrate their meaning. They refer to the archetypal constellations of creation, preservation and dissolution for re-creation which, in the case of the individual, reflect the pattern of a creative life and the individuation process. THE SYMBOLIC LIFE: LIFE AS CREATIVE PROCESS Introduction I am pleased to be here with you this evening and appreciate your invitation to speak to you on what I consider to be a fascinating topic. I always find that people who are interested in astrology have something of importance to teach me. Indeed, on more than one occasion, I have gained valuable insights from astrologers both regarding my personal life and outer events. Astrologers, I find, also have the turn of mind and openness to understand the message of C.G. Jung, which I am particularly interested in, and on which I wish to base my talk. Astrology can help clarify the nature of ones psychological blueprint and law of being, and guide people towards the potential fulfilment of their life. A study of Jung can direct the individual towards an inner life and the potential conscious integration into ones daily life of the archetypal patterns documented in ones birth chart, along with the planetary transits. Greta Baumann-Jung (1975), Jungs daughter, who was a practising astrologer, documents Jungs own relationship to the archetypal constellations and planetary transits in his horoscope in relationship to significant life events. When he was 72 years old and Uranus was in 24 degrees Gemini while forming a grand trine with natal Saturn and Jupiter, for example, he dreamt of being in bed with a Uranus-like old man with a long flowing white beard. Bauman-Jung also demonstrates how Jungs most creativ