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NBT- Chu-1
Dear Chu,
Thanks for sending the Baums. I shall deal with the most serious one first. Let us recall that , Baum Test is the most successful Access Test that really brings out the Unconscious into figural representation. Words have their limitations and verbal reports, because somehow Conscious allows for Ego interference and hence censure etc. Drawings and such other visual representations, because nonverbal succeed in catching glimpses of the unconscious or subconscious elements in the psychic interiority of the person. The instructions (for the benefit of those who are new to this) are as follows:
A. Draw a Tree bearing fruits as it comes to your mind.
B. Draw a tree bearings fruits as REALISTICALLY as you can.
C. Draw a tree bearing fruits which is YOUR OWN CREATION or design.
D. Draw a tree beraring fruits which is entirely imaginary and there is nothing like it in the word.
(More details in the Agamic Psychology Campus )
As I have already explained, these drawings not only succeds in capturing in visual form the contents of the unconscious but also the UNDERSTANDING which is HISTORICAL, the past, the ongoing and the FUTURE possibilities that awaits the person as his/her own possibility. The effecting of an ACTION not only brings what the person desires but also LEADS him to something as its CONSEQUENCE which may be pleasant or painful. This is importance of Baum D.
Baum A is a representation of the persons own PAST, baums B and C the ongoing, and certainly D, the yet to come. And all the four are interlinked like a chain. As I have already explained in the lectures, if D means something nasty , disasterous then the treatment consists in changing the present course of action as in C. Hence there is no magic here but only making the person UNDERSTAND and CHANGE his present course of behaviour to avoid the unpleasant future.
With these preliminaries I shall describe these Baums briefly and then come to their meanings in relation to your questions.
Baum A: quite standard-- large clean trunk with globular crown inside which are round fruits . The crown is abstract-- no detailing of the branches leaves etc. The fruits are actulally clean circles.
Meaning: the Crown is the Yin and the trunk is the Yang (the same as Bindu and Natham) and both are in healthy uninon. This means the subject ( a Chinese girl probably around 20 years old who just finished something like the A levels) quite normal and mentally quite healthy. However the cirlces may indicate some kind of sadness melancholy or plainly some worries. Or as you say, preccupation with sexual matters and hence indulging in sexual fantasies.
Baum B: Similar to A except for large and small patches of concentric circles inside the trunk. The fruits are scattered and the crown pressed here and there so that it is not that globular anymore- flattened in some places.Also there are some attachments , the top one with a circle inside.
Meaning: the patches of Four concentric circles inside the trunk indicates that she has done something WRONG, something NOT approved by the parents and which she wants to HIDE from every body. For a girl of this age it is normally clandestine love affairs and immoral sexual activities. Considering that there are FOUR it may be that she is playing around with several boys simultaneosly, maybe just out of sheer boredom as shown in baum A.
Baum C. Back to clean trunk and large fruit-like circles inside the crown. The crown is wavy at the edges and where it meets the trunk there are lines indicating branches. One large fruit-like circle is dropping to the ground.
Meaning: This dropping fruit, as you have rightly interpreted means actually dropping off.-- she wants to leave home may be to ingulge in her sexual activities without the control of her parents. There must already be anger on the part of the parents asking herself to behave , have self contol etc. May be they will also begin to be strict with her etc.
Baum D: You can see the crown is TWO suns together with sharp and spiky rays, sharp like knifes. Inside the crown we have triangles. The trunk is shaded throughout with criss-crossing lines.
Meaning: You are right, it represents HOT radiating suns, a form of Yang. It means a flare up of intense anger , a fight between her parents and herself in which she may be thrown out of the house. Or she may decide to leave her parents to live on her own.
Dear Chu , you can see the development , one leading to another. Her sexual desires have been suppressed probably by the demands of the studies and examinations. Once that pressure was over , the suppressed sexual desires come to the fore and make her enjoy sex however in clandestine manner and which in turn leads to the problems I have described.
Tips for Counselling:
Call her aside and tell her what AWAITS her-- she having a serius flare-up with her parents and thereby being deprived of their continued love and support. Ask her to tell you the TRUTH and make her understand how rash she is being. Later you can have a chat with her parents too so that they understand her needs as well. May be they are unduely strict