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Hi, There is actually a lot written on the subject: looping/unconscious/symbols/meaning. Shamanic literature Ecstatic dancing Voodoo Drumming Native American Etc. Read some of Charles Tart's stuff. Stanley Krippner. People have been fooling around in this area for a long time. Michael At 11:03 AM 12/5/00 -0600, you wrote: >I am sorry. The repeating of my message was not an intentional loop >but probably a looping mistake of my server. > >I am taking a class on C.G. Jung's active imagination. I found that, >actually, I have been doing it for years with my music and poetry, >although not as systematically as he suggests. Active imagination can >be done in various ways and with various techniques, such as poetry, >visual arts, sculpting, etc. The point is to do art in order to >reflect and not for art's sake. A session should be followed by the >reflection on the symbols and "messages" received during the creative >event. > >Personally, I do it with musical improvisation and looping. I find >looping VERY helpful in the process because, e.g. it lets me to stay >with a topic for a while, play over, let it go, mix it with another >one. Right now I am doing research on the relationship between >musical improvisation (and looping) and the unconscious during the >active imagination practice. I thought there might be someone on LD >knowledgeble of the subject. > >I am writing a paper about the process. When I am done with it, I >will put it on my web site and announce it here, in case some of you >wants to look at the paper. > >SOURCES: >I have not found anything written on looping and the unconscious yet >(would you know?). But some good resources about active imagination >and improvisation are these: >Robert A. Johnson: Inner Work >C.G. Jung: Jung on Active Imagination >Collin Lee: Music at the Edge: The Music Therapy experiences of a >musician with AIDS. (This is a great book showing the value of musical >improvisation!) > > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >