Music, Affect, and Imagery: A Cross-Cultural Exploration
Hanks, Karlyn Johnson - Volume: 1
I will discuss how certain theories and methods of Jung and Kohut are linked with The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Mus ic. When combined, the resultant integrated approach can promote understanding of defense mechanisms, coping skills and response to cross-cultural experience; it can facilitate personal growth and integration of clinical, symbolic and spiritual work. I will conclude by summan:dng a phenomenological cross-cultural study of responses in imagery and affect to classical music of the West and of China. The study demonstrates that the psyche has a propensity to respond in patterns, including archetypal content, to the widely disparate music of two very different cultures.