Most Jungians are aware of the similarities between the written and musical ideas of Richard Wagner and the psychological concepts of C. G. Jung, first presented by Robert Donington in Wagner’s Ring and its Symbols (1963). What has been missing, however, is a detailed knowledge of Jung’s own views on Wagner and his operas, especially the Ring and Parsifal.
Diane’s talk will highlight the recent discovery and publication of Jung’s writings and visual works during the years around the First World War and new information about the 1920 English seminar held at Sennen Cove, Cornwall, which reveal the extent of Jung’s and Emma Jung’s personal and psychological interest in Wagner’s life and works, and subsequent influence on their professional writings.