火のある風景描画法を「読む」ためのヒント(Ⅱ) : FLTにおける「太陽」と「火と水の関連」が象徴するものについて

In “Fire in Landscape Technique" (hereafter abbreviated as FLT)， we can often see cases where clients draw “the Sun" as the representation of “Fire" and something else related to“Water". At first，literature in the fields of folklore，cultural anthropology， mythology and psychology is reviewed. Then the symbolic meanings of“the Sun" and of “the interrelations between Fire and Water" in FLT are examined on the basis of the reviewed literature.
As a result，“Fire" and “the Sun" are found out to be in close relation with each other. Especially in the case of schizophrenic patients，“the Sun" is found to indicate the transition of their disease. In addition，it is also revealed that the conflicting and/or cooperative meanings between “Fire" and“Water"may delineate clients' inner worlds and may project their inner conflicts and recovery processes. Finally，examining the symbolic meanings of“the Sun" and “the interrelations between Fire and Water" in FLT can provide various useful hints understand clients' inner worlds.