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Donald, Beatrice. Philosophical Explorations of Transformation and Change in Sandplay |
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Donald, Beatrice. Philosophical
Explorations of Transformation and Change in Sandplay Volume 19, Number 1, 2010 Keywords: transformation and change, philosophy, Buddhism, symbols of change in case material. Abstract: This article begins to explore ideas from western and
eastern philosophy that invite us into new territory and new
perspectives on the experience of sandplay, and in particular,
processes of transformation and change. The philosophical ideas
introduced build on Dora Kalff’s hypothesis that it is the
sandplayer’s experiencing in the play that is the agent of change.
What is the nature of experience? How does the action of play and a
connection with nature deepen this experience? Thinking
philosophically about these questions may contribute to preserving
the Kalffian essence of sandplay, which reaches beyond the apparent
and toward investigation of the sensory and invisible. Implicit in
Kalff’s philosophy was the Buddhist view of the natural world and
the natural order and is an essential component of the discussion. A
sandplay case illustrates how play with experience that is given
form through figures and natural materials sets off a regression,
repair and integration process available to the sandplayer who is
contained in the free and protected space. |
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