10.2.25 | Rafael Lopez-Pedraza | Dionysus in Exile | Free Reading Discussion
The internationally renowned Jungian analyst Lopez-Pedraza diagnoses the psychological illness at the core of modern society–the loss of embodied soulfulness in individual’s lives. In this study of the Greek god Dionysus, he offers insight for a cure. Dismemberment and cannibalism, Prometheus and Titanic nature, mystical experience, the communal aspect of Dionysiac worship, jazz, flamenco, and […]
9.4.25 | Euripides | The Bacchae | Free Reading Discussion
Considered by many to be Euripides’s most important work, The Bacchae has been rousing audiences since the fifth century BC. Appearing in human form, the Greek god Dionysus has come to seek vengeance on his mortal cousin, Pentheus, King of Thebes. The Greek ruler has proclaimed that, far from being the son of Zeus, Dionysus […]
8.7.25 | Henri Corbin | Mundus Imaginalis | Free Reading Discussion
Henry Corbin (1903-1978) was a groundbreaking French philosopher, theologian, and Islamicist whose visionary work unveiled the power of the imaginal realm. Corbin’s unique approach synthesized Islamic mysticism, Western philosophy, Jungian psychology, and the perennial wisdom traditions to illumine the transformative potency of creative imagination. His penetrating insights into the mediating realm between matter and spirit […]
5.1.25 | Marie-Louise Von Franz | The Psychological Meaning of Redemption Motifs in Fairy Tales (Part II of II) Free Reading Discussion
Why are we often at odds with ourselves? What lies behind our conflicts and relationship problems? Have they any purpose? This book, originally a series of lectures at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, explores these issues and many others. It is unique in its demonstration of the significance of fairytales for an understanding of […]
The Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf is not just a book of the sixties, an anthem to the hippies movement of “make love, not war.” It is actually the record of Hesse’s own deep turn inward during a period in which two Jungian analysts played a critical role in both his life and work as an author. It combines the […]
4.3.25 | Marie-Louise Von Franz | The Psychological Meaning of Redemption Motifs in Fairy Tales(Free Reading Discussion)
Why are we often at odds with ourselves? What lies behind our conflicts and relationship problems? Have they any purpose? This book, originally a series of lectures at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, explores these issues and many others. It is unique in its demonstration of the significance of fairytales for an understanding of […]
Androgyny: The Opposites Within
“Androgyny is stirring within us.” So claims June Singer in her 1976 book Androgyny, a classic in Jungian studies and the subject of our review. Trained in Zurich, Singer was co-founder of the Jung Institute of Chicago and the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, co-author of the Singer-Loomis Inventory of Personality (SLIP)–an alternative to the […]
8.1.24 | Erich Neumann: Depth Psychology and A New Ethic | Part I of II (Free Reading Discussion)
The modern world has witnessed a dramatic breakthrough of the dark, negative forces of human nature. The “old ethic,” which pursued an illusory perfection by repressing the dark side, has lost its power to deal with contemporary problems. Erich Neumann was convinced that the deadliest peril now confronting humanity lay in the “scapegoat” psychology associated […]
2024 Dream Study Seminar
Dream Study Seminar: This series invites participants to explore the symbolic messages of the Self in a Jungian-based interactive way. Group members will have the opportunity to share, gain understanding, and make positive use of the contents of their dreams within the supportive circle of a confidential community of peers. Each participant will have one […]
8.15.24 | Lecture: Persona
Jung specifies four functional complexes as central to understanding the psyche: the Persona, the Ego, The Shadow, and the Anima/Animus. As complexes, they all have archetypal cores that have tremendous psychic energy behind them coming from the collective unconscious. Of the four complexes, the Persona is the one most people believe they immediately understand because […]