ORGAN WORLDS - TOWARDS AN ANALYTICAL PSYC HOLOGY OF THE BODY

In this article, the author introduces the expressions organ fantasies , pathological zones in the body self and organ world with the intenti on of formulating an analytical psychology of the body. He presents th e view that a person's own body has the significance of a primary obje ct which, under normal circumstances, enables a person to make several important basic experiences, such as the experience of being alive, o f having a body, and of being separate from others. On the basis of th is work with borderline patients, the author demonstrates that the pat hological zones in the body self can be understood by means of a phase model and that the illness-producing effect of a pathological organ w orld is related to a defective symbolization of experiences. The autho r suspects that the analytical psychology of the body can be applied t o psychosomatic illness as well.