The wounded healers : creative illness in the pioneers of depth psychology

Part 1 - Time and theory. 1 Kairos and Kairoi; creative illness as the pregnant moment in the lives of the founders of depth psychology. 2 Creativity, creative illness, and the dual egos: the sacrificial ego and the conscious ego. Part 2 - Antecedent cases of creative illness. 3 The shaman and creative illness; the first psychologist. 4 The Christian mystics and creative illness; "The dark night of the soul". 5 Mesmer, Fechner, Nietzsche; creative illness and the proclamation of universal truths. Part 3 - Creative illness in the pioneers of depth psychology. 6 The Kairoi of childhood; sexual abuse and other traumata. 7 Kairos; creative illness in Freud. 8 Jung's breakdown; creative ilolness and the myth of the death and rebirth of the hero. 9 Rank; the painful break with the father. 10 Sullivan; the suffering of the outsider. 11 Adler; the control--"overcomingness". Part 4 - From wounded healers to the messianic message. Epilogue

'The concept of Kairos is deeply rooted in the mythology and medicine of ancient Greece. According to Harold Kelman, Kairos, the youngest son of the Greek god Zeus, represents the "auspicious moment,' a unique event which may never be repeated. It is a time of divine decision, to be regarded most seriously, because it might usher in boom or ban....The concept of Kairos is directly or indirectly linked to three schools of depth psychology: Freudian, Jungian, and Existential....' --P. 3

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