The wounded healer refers to the capacity to be at home in the darkness of suffering and there to find germs of light and recovery. It is the archetype at the bottom of all genuine healing procedures. As long as we feel victimised, bitter and resentful towards our wound, and seek to escape from suffering it, we remain inescapably bound to it. This is neurotic suffering, as opposed to the authentic suffering of the wounded healer which is purified. The wound can destroy you, or it can wake you up. As Carl Jung wrote, “The doctor is effective only when he himself is affected. Only the wounded physician heals.”
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– Kerényi, K. (1959). Asklepios: Archetypal image of the physician’s existence. Archetypal images of Greek religion, 3
– Downing, C. (1990). Only the wounded healer heals: the testimony of Greek mythology. Soundings, 551-573
– Daneault, S. The wounded healer: can this idea be of use to family physicians? Can Fam Physician. 2008 Sep;54(9):1218-9, 1223-5
– Henderson, R. (2019). The Wounded Healer: A Conversation with Thomas Moore, Murray Stein, and Russell Lockhart. Jung Journal, 13(2), 115-127
– Jung and the Archetype of the Wounded Healer: Free introductory Class – James Newell PhD
– Chiron: The Archetype of the Wounded Healer – Jessica DiRuzza, MFT
– Episode 176 – The Wounded Healer – This Jungian Life
– Theurgy (A Brief Introduction) – Abbas the Alchemist
– Introduction to the Sacred and Profane | Mircea Eliade | The Myth of the Eternal Return
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⌛ Timestamps
0:00 Introduction: The Wounded Healer
1:39 Chiron: The Wounded Healer
4:03 Asclepius: The Greek God of Healing
6:13 Asclepieia: Healing Temples
11:12 The Importance of Death
15:06 The Wound as Initiation: Hero’s Journey
17:30 The Sacred and The Profane
19:59 The Wound as Initiation: Shamanism
21:49 Compensatory function
22:51 Repetition Compulsion
23:32 Pharmakon: Poison and Cure
24:26 Therapist as Wounded Healer
29:49 Conclusion
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