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The paper traces features of Psychedelic art in Judith Thompson’s play Lion in the Street (1990), exploring how the play externalizes internal feelings stored in the unconscious. These characteristics are analyzed against C. G. Jung’s theory of Individuation, which aims to heal splits between the conscious and unconscious by experiencing the unconscious’s vital imagery and affective power. The three stages of Individuation—Personal Unconscious, Shadow (Anima/Animus), and Self—are employed to examine characters’ movement from unconscious to conscious, reaching a new realm of consciousness that promotes wholeness and freedom.

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The paper aims to trace some features of Psychedelic art, as a form of visual art in Judith Thompson’s play Lion in the Street (1990). These characteristics are explored against the backdrop of C. G. Jung’s theory of Individuation.Psychedelic art corresponds to the analysis of the play as it explores the thoughts about personalized perceptions and tries to reflect them. In other words, it is a way to externalize the internal feelings stored in the unconscious.The core of Jungian theory is “to experience the unconscious with its vital imagery, affective power and strong spiritual quality” (Martin, p. 257). The purpose of Jung’s Individuation process is to increase the individual’s consciousness to heal the splits between the conscious and the unconscious, bringing them to wholeness to overcome the trauma of the individual’s psyche. The three stages of Individuation: Personal Unconscious, Shadow (Anima/Animus), and Self, are employed to analyze the characters process of moving from the unconscious to the conscious to reach a new realm of consciousness that boosts wholeness and freedom.Judith Thompson (1954- ) is a renow