Psychoanalysis & Psychodynamic Psychology

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5. Also on the back, you must type and attach an explanation of the symbolism of your mandala. Type no larger than a point font size and no smaller than a point font size. Include in this write-up what the shapes, colors, symbols, placement, etc, mean to you. This sheet should be cut to fit within the contours of the mandala and carefully glued (not stapled) to the back. The edges of this glued sheet should not exceed the edges of the circle. Every choice you have made in creating your mandala should be addressed. Carl Jung believed that if we become insightful and open to universal messages available to us through our collective unconscious as well as recognize truths in archetypal images and symbols, we can then begin to reunify our self with its universal energy source. Creation of a personal mandala is an attempt to begin this process. (Note. Symbols can be archetypal. Consider these worldwide, ancient, and modern ideas the hero going out/coming back earth, water, wind, fire coming-of-age rites and passages Mother Earth the ugly duckling becoming a swan idea death/
rebirth (the phoenix, etc.
activity 6 continued from previous page
Front
Back
your creation
Text about mandala symbols and siginicance to you.
full name class period date ______________
© Copyrighted by Katherine Minter. Permission granted to copy for classroom instruction only.

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Freudian and other psychodynamic allusions are all around us. Our
culture is still fascinated by the Oedipus Complex penis envy
“archetypes,” fixations phallic symbols and anal retentive
personalities.”
This activity should be presented at the conclusion of the unit
covering psychodynamic theories.
InStructIonS
1. Students maybe on the lookout for allusions and references to Freud and/or the other psychodynamic theorists. When they see an allusion or reference (magazine, newspaper, billboard, book cover, cartoon, drawing, etc, they should:
(a) Cut it out and mount it on a plain piece of paper.
(b) Explain what it is an allusion or reference to.
(c) Explain what the allusion or reference means (Why was it used in this way. When they hear an allusion or reference (nightly news, TV show, someone in daily life making a reference, etc, they should:
(a) Write down the time, date, and situation in which it occurred.
(b) Write down the allusion or reference and how it was used.
(c) Explain what the allusion or reference means.
During this time in my own classroom, I have a bulletin board I’ve
cleared, and all these extra credit allusions begin getting posted
on the board. Each time we have anew one arrive, the person

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