Art of the Human Soul

The Images of my Individuation Process

Betty Paz’s Art of the Human Soul is an invitation to contemplate the processes that permeate life itself, through a selection of images representing the author/artist’s individuation process. Delving deeper into its pages, readers not only learn about Betty’s own psychological maturation and spiritual development, but also unearth the patterns and dynamics (archetypes) that shape our collective reality and the multiple ways in which they manifest symbolically. Her paintings are an invitation to explore the depths of the soul as it manifests itself in her, igniting her vocation and purpose in life. Betty Paz’s art is a devotional to the wonder and mystery of the human psyche. She paints; then, moved by the psychology of Carl Jung, she reflects. In her natural rhythm the circuit of creation is completed.



Forewords by J. Gary Sparks and Beatriz Rojas.

Edition: Bruce Ladan and Brock Peters. Brock is an active editor at Galley Creative Co. Ig: @galleybooks

Design and layout: Paul Naveda - www.16tm.org - Ig: @unoseistm


The images in this book represent my process. Their universal language allows you to experience the constant flow and movement of what lies within me. It is the story of what happens when I take the time to listen closely to my soul, shaped by my individual experience. My first exposure to C. G. Jung opened up my consciousness, and in that moment life made more sense. That book ignited a flame, beginning a new life journey towards growth. I am eternally grateful and indebted to Jung’s work, and to the work of many others who continue to shape his legacy, bringing light, meaning, and dignity to the essence of human existence.
— Betty Paz. Art of the Human Soul. The Images of my Individuation Process.

Betty’s devotion to her inner processes is an example of a contemporary woman gripped by her vocation. She incubates, she listens, she sketches, she paints with a rich palette of expressiveness that pulls the eye of the viewer to what is emerging from inside her—as she gives visibility to her images in her unique and evocative style.
And she writes. In her natural rhythm the circuit of creation is completed. Her inner world finds the light of day. The light of subterranean chambers communicates to her viewers another viewpoint, another way of understanding, the challenge to another piece of authenticity. Her artistry is a message from her soul and body to ours.
— J. Gary Sparks. Jungian Analyst.
Betty’s art, a kind of art therapy, is the result of this long journey that for an instant seems to be making a pause, just to show us in this book how she has been listening to the messages of her unconscious, how she began to babble the symbolism of her drawings—drawings that each time go deeper and, at the same time, touch with authority and humility that mysterious language.
This book is not only an artistic piece; it is a revelation of an intimacy that touches your own. It is seeing yourself in the mirror that belongs to another and concluding intuitively that we belong to the same Totality.
— Beatriz C. Rojas. Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Jungian Analyst.

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